Future Shock is the fourth album by the British rock band Gillan

Gillan

Gillan was a rock band formed in 1978 by Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan.-History:In 1978 Ian Gillan had become dissatisfied with the jazz fusion style of his band called the Ian Gillan Band and dissolved it, retaining only keyboard player Colin Towns, and formed a new band entitled Gillan...

. Released by Virgin in 1981, it reached number 2 in the UK album chart; this would remain the band's highest placing.

The title is taken from Alvin Toffler's book Future Shock

Future Shock

Future Shock is a book written by the futurist Alvin Toffler in 1970. In the book, Toffler defines the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. His shortest definition for the term is a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of...

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The original vinyl LP had a gatefold sleeve, with centre pages.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Future Shock" - (3.06) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
2. "Night Ride Out Of Phoenix" - (5.06) (Gillan/Towns)
3. "(The Ballad Of) The Lucitania Express" - (3.10) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
4. "No Laughing In Heaven" - (4.58) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
5. "Sacre Bleu" - (3.03) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
6. "New Orleans" - (2.37) (Guida/Royster)

Side 2

1. "Bite The Bullet" - (4.50) (Gillan/Towns)
2. "If I Sing Softly" - (6.10) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
3. "Don't Want The Truth" - (5.40) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
4. "For Your Dreams" - (5.04) (Gillan/Towns)

1989 Re-release

In 1989 the album was re-released in CD format again on the Virgin label. The revised track listing, featuring several bonus tracks, was as follows:

1. "Future Shock" - (3.06) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
2. "Night Ride Out Of Phoenix" - (5.06) (Gillan/Towns)
3. "(The Ballad Of) The Lucitania Express" - (3.10) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
4. "No Laughing In Heaven" - (4.58) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
5. "Sacre Bleu" - (3.03) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
6. "New Orleans" - (2.37) (Guida/Royster)
7. "Bite The Bullet" - (4.50) (Gillan/Towns)
8. "If I Sing Softly" - (6.10) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
9. "Don't Want The Truth" - (5.40) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
10. "For Your Dreams" - (5.04) (Gillan/Towns)
11. "One For The Road" - (3.03) (Gillan/Towns)
12. "Bad News" - (3.08) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Underwood)
13. "Take A Hold Of Yourself" - (4.42) (Gillan/McCoy/Towns/Underwood)
14. "Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)" - (3.13) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
15. "The Maelstrom (Longer Than The A Side)" - (5.07) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
16. "Trouble" - (2.39) (Lieber/Stoller)
17. "Your Sister's On My List" - (4.07) (Gillan/Towns)
18. "Handles On Her Hips" - (2.10) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
19. "Higher and Higher" - (3.42) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
20. "I Might As Well Go Home (Mystic)" - (2.16) (Gillan/Towns)

2007 Re-release

In 2007 the album was re-released in CD format again on the Edsel

Edsel

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 label. This has retrospective comments by Ian Gillan and the original artwork, plus pictures of various single picture-sleeves. The revised track listing, similar to the 1989 release, is as follows:

1. "Future Shock" - (3.06) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
2. "Night Ride Out Of Phoenix" - (5.06) (Gillan/Towns)
3. "(The Ballad Of) The Lucitania Express" - (3.10) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
4. "No Laughing In Heaven" - (4.58) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
5. "Sacre Bleu" - (3.03) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
6. "New Orleans" - (2.37) (Guida/Royster)
7. "Bite The Bullet" - (4.50) (Gillan/Towns)
8. "If I Sing Softly" - (6.10) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
9. "Don't Want The Truth" - (5.40) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
10. "For Your Dreams" - (5.04) (Gillan/Towns)
11. "Trouble
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    " - (2.40) (Lieber/Stoller)
12. "Your Sister's On My List" - (4.07) (Gillan/Towns)
13. "Mutually Assured Destruction" - (3.13) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
14. "The Maelstrom (Longer Than The A Side)" - (5.16) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
15. "Take A Hold Of Yourself" - (4.42) (Gillan/McCoy/Towns/Underwood)
16. "One For The Road" - (3.02) (Gillan/Towns)
17. "Lucille
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    " - (2.39) (Collins/Richard)
18. "Bad News" - (3.06) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Underwood)

Personnel

• Ian Gillan
  Ian Gillan
  Ian Gillan is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple. During his career Gillan also fronted his own band, had a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath, and sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd...
  
   - vocals
• Colin Towns
  Colin Towns
  Colin Towns is an English composer, born 13 May 1948 in London, specialising in soundtracks for film, television and commercials. Learning piano as a child, by the age of 13 he was earning money playing at weddings and birthdays in his neighbourhood of the East End of London...
  
   - keyboards
• John McCoy
  John McCoy (musician)
  John McCoy is a British bass guitarist who is best known for his work with Ian Gillan and Mammoth as well as numerous other bands and sessions since the late 1960s. He currently plays in British rock trio Guy McCoy Torme with former Gillan/Ozzy guitarist Bernie Torme and Bruce Dickinson/Sack Trick...
  
   - bass guitar
• Bernie Tormé
  Bernie Tormé
  Bernie Tormé is a rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, record label and recording studio owner.-Early career:...
  
   - guitar
• Mick Underwood
  Mick Underwood
  Mick Underwood is a British drummer best known for his work with Episode Six, Quatermass and Gillan. First playing drums at the age of 14, he was a professional musician by the time he left school...
  
  - drums

External links

• Ian Gillan's Homepage
• The Ian Gillan Discobiography (The Highway Star)
• Edsel Records feature about Gillan's Future Shock
• Alvin Toffler's official website