E=MC² (Giorgio Moroder album)
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E=MC² is a 1980 album produced and composed by Giorgio Moroder
, Harold Faltermeyer
. The album describes itself as the first electronic live-to-digital album.
. Faltermeyer helped program computers as well as do digital editing. The writings were shared between Chris Bennett, Keith Forsey
and Pete Bellotte.
The music had an infectious, heavy rhythm which included tracks such as 'Baby Blue', 'Oh What A Night', 'If You Weren't Afraid', 'I Wanna Rock You' and 'E=MC²'. They were all electronically processed to give it an extra bite or bee gees feeling.
E=MC² was a hit around the world.
Giorgio Moroder
Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
, Harold Faltermeyer
Harold Faltermeyer
Harold Faltermeyer is a German musician, keyboardist, composer and record producer.He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synth-pop in film scores...
. The album describes itself as the first electronic live-to-digital album.
Album information
Moroder used heavy uses of computers and electronics to make the album wedded for the digital process. 25 computerized synthesizers, four computerized keyboards, three microcomputers as well as electric drums, percussion and vocals were all used in the making of the album. It took only a week as well as five days to get things synchronized. It took six weeks to create the project and it was all recorded at Rusk Sounds in Los Angles. Work was also done at Soundstream in Salt Lake City. It was all produced by Moroder as well as help from Harold FaltermeyerHarold Faltermeyer
Harold Faltermeyer is a German musician, keyboardist, composer and record producer.He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synth-pop in film scores...
. Faltermeyer helped program computers as well as do digital editing. The writings were shared between Chris Bennett, Keith Forsey
Keith Forsey
Keith Forsey is an English soundtrack composer, drummer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Forsey's first recordings were as the younger member of the group The Spectrum, better known for the end title theme for Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet, but hit makers across Europe in their own...
and Pete Bellotte.
The music had an infectious, heavy rhythm which included tracks such as 'Baby Blue', 'Oh What A Night', 'If You Weren't Afraid', 'I Wanna Rock You' and 'E=MC²'. They were all electronically processed to give it an extra bite or bee gees feeling.
E=MC² was a hit around the world.
Track listing
- "Baby Blue" - 4:54 - (Keith ForseyKeith ForseyKeith Forsey is an English soundtrack composer, drummer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Forsey's first recordings were as the younger member of the group The Spectrum, better known for the end title theme for Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet, but hit makers across Europe in their own...
, Giorgio MoroderGiorgio MoroderHansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
) - "What a Night" - 4:54 - (Harold FaltermeyerHarold FaltermeyerHarold Faltermeyer is a German musician, keyboardist, composer and record producer.He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synth-pop in film scores...
, Forsey, Moroder) - "If You Weren't Afraid" - 5:40 - (Chris Bennett, Moroder)
- "I Wanna Rock You" - 6:32 - (Faltermeyer, Forsey, Moroder)
- "In My Wildest Dreams" - 4:37 - (Bennett, Moroder)
- "E=MC²" - 4:32 - (Pete Bellotte, Faltermeyer, Moroder)
- "Love's in You, Love's in Me" - 3:35 - (Bellotte, Moroder)[2001 CD bonus track; from 'Giorgio and Chris', 1978]
- "Evolution" - 15:15 - (Moroder)[2001 CD bonus track; from 'Battlestar Galactica', 1978]
Song details
- E=MC² ends with lyrics detailing the composition of the album.
- The songs "E=MC²" and "I Wanna Rock You" were featured in the game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City StoriesGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City StoriesGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is a 2005 sandbox-style action video game developed by Rockstar North and Rockstar Leeds. It is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto series...
on the radio station "Flashback FM".