Alien Shores
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Alien Shores was Platinum Blonde
's 1985 follow up to their debut album Standing in the Dark
. Released by Columbia/CBS Records Canada in 1985, it contained one of the band's biggest Canadian hits with "Crying Over You" and their only US hit, "Somebody Somewhere".
This album was the first to feature Kenny MacLean
as a full-time bassist and keyboardist. This freed lead singer Mark Holmes to focus on lead vocal duties.
The band enlisted Alex Lifeson
from fellow Canadian rockers Rush
to perform guitar solos on two songs on the album, "Crying Over You" and "Holy Water". A song entitled "Alien Shore" is the sixth track on Rush's 1993 album Counterparts.
The liner notes from the Seven Year Itch collection bear this relationship out: "...Platinum Blonde managed to infuse well-crafted intelligent modern rock with pop hooks that literally grafted themselves onto the airwaves. One of the first to acknowledge this fact was Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson who validated their efforts with solos on "Crying Over You", "Holy Water"."
The album was released as a mini-concept album with the b-side (starting with "Lost in Space") containing various songs with a science fiction theme and narrative.
CD: CBS Records Canada / CK-80105 Canada
Platinum Blonde (band)
Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...
's 1985 follow up to their debut album Standing in the Dark
Standing in the Dark
Standing in the Dark was the first full-length album by Platinum Blonde. Released by Columbia/CBS Records Canada in 1984, it expanded on the band's original 6-track EP...
. Released by Columbia/CBS Records Canada in 1985, it contained one of the band's biggest Canadian hits with "Crying Over You" and their only US hit, "Somebody Somewhere".
This album was the first to feature Kenny MacLean
Kenny MacLean
Kenneth Irving MacLean was a Scottish-Canadian musician, best known as a former member of the multi-platinum selling band Platinum Blonde....
as a full-time bassist and keyboardist. This freed lead singer Mark Holmes to focus on lead vocal duties.
The band enlisted Alex Lifeson
Alex Lifeson
Aleksandar Živojinović, OC, better known by his stage name Alex Lifeson, is a second generation Serbian-Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist of the Canadian rock band Rush. In the summer of 1968, Lifeson founded the band that would become Rush with friend, drummer John Rutsey...
from fellow Canadian rockers Rush
Rush (band)
Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
to perform guitar solos on two songs on the album, "Crying Over You" and "Holy Water". A song entitled "Alien Shore" is the sixth track on Rush's 1993 album Counterparts.
The liner notes from the Seven Year Itch collection bear this relationship out: "...Platinum Blonde managed to infuse well-crafted intelligent modern rock with pop hooks that literally grafted themselves onto the airwaves. One of the first to acknowledge this fact was Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson who validated their efforts with solos on "Crying Over You", "Holy Water"."
The album was released as a mini-concept album with the b-side (starting with "Lost in Space") containing various songs with a science fiction theme and narrative.
CD: CBS Records Canada / CK-80105 CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- "Situation Critical" – 3:31 (Holmes)
- "Crying Over You" – 3:39 (Holmes)
- "Red Light" – 2:50 (Holmes/Galli)
- "It Ain't Love Anyway" – 3:12 (Holmes)
- "Somebody Somewhere" – 4:06 (Holmes)
- "Lost In Space" – 4:04 (Holmes/Galli)
- "Temple Of the New Born" – 4:02 (MacLean)
- "Holy Water" – 3:41 (Holmes/MacLean)
- "Animal" – 4:31 (Holmes)
- "Hungry Eyes" – 4:38 (Holmes/Galli)