| 词条 | Afternoons in Utopia | ||||||||||||||
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| name = Afternoons in Utopia | type = Album | artist = Alphaville | cover = AlphavilleAIU.jpg | alt = | released = June 5, 1986 | recorded = September 1985–May 1986 | venue = | studio = Studio 54, Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin, Media Sound Studios, New York | genre = Synthpop, new wave | length = 46:36 | label = Warner, Atlantic | producer = Peter Walsh, Wolfgang Loos, Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero | prev_title = Forever Young | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = Alphaville Amiga Compilation | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{Singles | name = Afternoons in Utopia | type = studio | single1 = Dance with Me | single1date = March 1986 | single2 = Universal Daddy | single2date = June 1986 | single3 = Jerusalem | single3date = November 1986 | single4 = Sensations | single4date = December 1986 | single5 = Red Rose | single5date = April 1987 }} }}Afternoons in Utopia is the second album released by Alphaville in 1986, by Warner Music. The album was recorded between September 1985 and May 1986, and Alphaville employed no less than 27 guest musicians and singers to record the songs.[1] Reviews{{Album ratings|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[2] }} Reviews for this album were again generally positive, with one reviewer saying "at points things are just bad yup-funk for wine bars, but a couple of misfires aside, Afternoons in Utopia holds up well" and "in retrospect it's actually a successful endeavour, perfectly evocative of a mainstream style."[3] The album finished in the Top 20 in five European countries and at #174 the US. Another reviewer points out that "by the time of this album's 1986 release, synth-pop was no longer a chart concern."[4] Album notesThe album's lyrics make several references to cosmic entities ("sci-fi" as one reviewer called it),[3] including comets, the planet Mars and its landscape, and a starship. When the word "smile" is used in the songs "Afternoons in Utopia," "Lassie Come Home," and "Red Rose," it's printed in the liner notes as the acronym S.M.I².L.E., a reference to Timothy Leary, which stands for "Space Migration, Increased Intelligence, [and] Life Extension."[1] Marian Gold, singer and songwriter for the band, acknowledged that the message of their music was different from their previous album, saying "Sometimes people used to say, 'Have they gone crazy now? Talking with dolphins and all that!!' But I think that once we've learned the language of the dolphins - this mutual approach - that could be the moment of significant change in our messed up civilization."[5] Track listing{{Tracklist| all_writing = Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Ricky Echolette, except as noted | title1 = IAO | writer1 = | length1 = 0:42 | title2 = Fantastic Dream | writer2 = | length2 = 3:56 | title3 = Jerusalem | writer3 = | length3 = 4:09 | title4 = Dance With Me | writer4 = | length4 = 3:59 | title5 = Afternoons in Utopia | writer5 = | length5 = 3:08 | title6 = Sensations | writer6 = | length6 = 4:24 | title7 = 20th Century | writer7 = | length7 = 1:25 | title8 = The Voyager | writer8 = | length8 = 4:37 | title9 = Carol Masters | writer9 = | length9 = 4:32 | title10 = Universal Daddy | writer10 = | length10 = 3:57 | title11 = Lassie Come Home | writer11 = | length11 = 6:59 | title12 = Red Rose | writer12 = | length12 = 4:05 | title13 = Lady Bright | writer13 = Albert & The Heart of Gold | length13 = 0:43 }} The first song, "IAO" (which stands for International Aquarian Opera), begins with the word "night" and fades into the short IAO chorus (which itself is a lyric from the song "Afternoons in Utopia"). The album ends with the song "Lady Bright", a limerick about relativity, wherein the Lady Bright leaves one day and returns "the previous ...[night]", with the word "night" omitted. Thus the album loops back to its beginning. The song "Afternoons in Utopia" is dedicated "For Inka" in the liner notes for the album. PersonnelAll songs produced by Peter Walsh except where noted. Musicians credits
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References1. ^1 Afternoons in Utopia Liner Notes {{Alphaville}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Afternoons In Utopia}}2. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r476|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/afternoons-in-utopia-1|title=All Music Guide|publisher=answers.com}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/alphaville.html|title=MusicFolio|publisher=musicfolio.com}} 5. ^First Harvest 1984-92 liner notes 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php |title=German chart |publisher=Charts-Surfer |accessdate=2009-07-01 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628050252/http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php |archivedate=28 June 2009 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=alphaville|title=Norwegian albums chart|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|accessdate=2009-07-01}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=alphaville|title=Swedish albums chart|publisher=swedishcharts.com|accessdate=2009-07-01}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?cat=a&search=alphaville|title=Swiss albums chart|publisher=Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade|accessdate=2009-07-01}} 10. ^{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=alphaville|chart=all}}|title=Artist Chart History: Albums|publisher=Billboard charts|accessdate=2009-07-01}} 2 : 1986 albums|Alphaville (band) albums |
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