Future Shock (Gillan album)
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| Studio album by Gillan | ||||
| Released | March 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Kingsway Recorders, London, UK, December 1980 – January 1981 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 43:24 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer |
Paul "Chas" Watkins John McCoy Colin Towns Bernie Tormé Mick Underwood |
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Future Shock is the fourth album by the British rock band 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.
The original vinyl LP had a gatefold sleeve, with centre pages. Cover painting was by Alan Daniels for Young Artists.
In 2005, Future Shock was ranked number 467 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
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:
In 2007 the album was re-released in CD format again on the Edsel 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:
In August 2012 a new collectors edition of the album was released on vinyl. The release was produced as a 12-inch hardback book, with all the lyrics, images, photos and art from the original. The records themselves are housed in black holders within the book, each in a special bag with sleeve notes detailing the story of the album. The discs were pressed at 45 rpm for clarity of sound. This edition was limited to just 1,000 copies.
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