Information Society (album)

Information Society (album)
Information Society
Studio album by Information Society
Released June 21, 1988
Recorded Recorded at Platinum Island, New York, and Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis.
Genre Freestyle
Synthpop
Length 43:42
Label Tommy Boy/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
25691
Producer Fred Maher
Paul Robb
Information Society chronology
Creatures Of Influence
(1984)
Information Society
(1988)
Hack
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]

Information Society is the self-titled album by synthpop, techno, and Latin freestyle band Information Society. It was their first release under a major label, after two independently released albums. Numerous top-40 hits quickly led the group to fame and fortune.The album was certified gold (selling 500,000 units) after five months in the U.S and also went gold in Brazil in just 10 days. The album had several chart-topping hits such as "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)," "Walking Away," and "Running." It was also one of the only albums released in the seldom-used CD+G format.

Contents

Track listing

  • All Songs Published By T-Boy Music/INSOC Music, except where noted.
  1. "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" (Robb, Harland) — 4:33
  2. "Tomorrow" (Robb, Harland, Kramer) — 4:11
  3. "Lay All Your Love on Me" (Ulvaeus, Andersson; Eleven East Corporation) — 3:39
  4. "Repetition" (Robb) — 4:33
  5. "Walking Away" (Robb) — 5:01
  6. "Over the Sea" (Harland) — 3:50
  7. "Attitude" (Robb, Harland) — 4:12
  8. "Something in the Air" (Robb) — 4:54
  9. "Running" (Konar; T-Boy Music/Murat Konar Music) — 7:41
  10. "Make it Funky" (Robb) — 1:08

Line-up

Trivia

  • It is one of the very few CDs to have CD+G content. As the CD+G format never caught on and compatible players are somewhat difficult to find, the whole content was also made available on the band's Web site.
  • "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" and Walking Away were used in a sampler disc bundled with the Sega CD to showcase the console's CD+G capability. It had the same graphics as in the album.
  • "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" contains a sample of Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock saying "pure energy" from the Star Trek episode Errand of Mercy.
  • "Walking Away" contains a sample of William Shatner as Captain Kirk saying "It is useless to resist us" from the Star Trek episode Mirror, Mirror.
  • "Over the Sea" contains a sample of William Shatner as Captain Kirk saying "In every revolution, there's one man with a vision." from the Star Trek episode Mirror, Mirror.

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