From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....

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From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... cover
Studio album by Landscape
Released 1981
Recorded Mid 1980
* Late 1979/ Early 1980
Genre Synthpop
Electronic dance
Length 43:40
Label RCA
Producer(s) Landscape
* Colin Thurston and Landscape
Professional reviews
Landscape chronology
Landscape
(1979)
From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
(1981)
Manhattan Boogie-Woogie
(1982)


From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... (fully titled: From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus) was Landscape's (1981) album containing the band's two UK chart hits: "Einstein A Go-Go", which reached No. 5 in February 1981 and "Norman Bates", which got to No. 40 in May of the same year.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] LP: RCA LP 5003

[edit] From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars ....

  1. "European Man" (Burgess, Landscape) – 4:22 *
  2. "Shake The West Awake" (Landscape) – 3:24
  3. "Computer Person" (Thoms, Landscape) – 2:59
  4. "Alpine Tragedy" (Heaton, Landscape) – 1:36
    "Sisters" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 3:08
  5. "Face Of The 80's" (Burgess, Walters, Landscape) – 3:26
  6. "New Religion" (Heaton, Burgess, Landscape) – 3:13

[edit] .... To The Hell-Holes Of Uranus

  1. "Einstein A Go-Go" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 2:59
  2. "Norman Bates" (Walters, Landscape) – 5:36
  3. "The Doll's House" (Heaton, Burgess, Landscape) – 5:23
  4. "From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars .... To The Hell-Holes Of Uranus"
    • i. "Beguine" (Burgess, Walters, Landscape) – 2:43
    • ii. "Mambo" (Thoms, Heaton, Landscape) – 2:22
    • iii. "Tango" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 2:29

* "European Man" produced by Colin Thurston and Landscape.

[edit] 1992 Mau Mau (Demon) CD Reissue: MAU CD 618

1992 Mau Mau CD Cover
1992 Mau Mau CD Cover
  1. "European Man" (Burgess, Landscape) – 4:22 *
  2. "Shake The West Awake" (Landscape) – 3:24
  3. "Computer Person" (Thoms, Landscape) – 2:59
  4. "Alpine Tragedy" (Heaton, Landscape) – 1:36
  5. "Sisters" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 3:08
  6. "Face Of The 80's" (Burgess, Walters, Landscape) – 3:26
  7. "New Religion" (Heaton, Burgess, Landscape) – 3:13
  8. "Einstein A Go-Go" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 2:59
  9. "Norman Bates" (Walters, Landscape) – 5:36
  10. "The Doll's House" (Heaton, Burgess, Landscape) – 5:23
  11. "From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars .... To The Hell-Holes Of Uranus"
    • i. "Beguine" (Burgess, Walters, Landscape) – 2:43
    • ii. "Mambo" (Thoms, Heaton, Landscape) – 2:22
    • iii. "Tango" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 2:29
  12. "Japan" (Burgess, Walters, Heaton, Landscape) – 3:12
  13. "Lost in the Small Ads" (Walters, Landscape) – 4:05
  14. "The Mechanical Bride" (Walters, Landscape) – 3:24
  15. "Neddy Sindrum" (Burgess, Heaton, Landscape) – 3:40
  16. "Kaptin Whorlix" (Pask, Landscape) – 3:46
  17. "Sonja Henie" (Heaton, Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 3:29
  18. "Many's the Time" (Thoms, Landscape) – 3:25
  19. "Highly Suspicious" (Heaton, Burgess, Landscape) – 3:36
  20. "Gotham City" (Landscape) – 3:37
  21. "Wandsworth Plain" (Walters, Landscape) – 3:03

* "European Man" produced by Colin Thurston and Landscape.

Tracks 1-11 the complete album From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... (1981) produced by Landscape.
Tracks 12-21 the complete album Landscape (1979) produced by Greg Walsh.

[edit] 2002 Cherry Red Records CD Reissue: CDMRED 209

  1. "European Man" (Burgess, Landscape) – 4:23 *
  2. "Shake The West Awake" (Landscape) – 3:26
  3. "Computer Person" (Thoms, Landscape) – 3:00
  4. "Alpine Tragedy" (Heaton, Landscape) – 1:36
    "Sisters" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 3:10
  5. "Face Of The 80's" (Burgess, Walters, Landscape) – 3:29
  6. "New Religion" (Heaton, Burgess, Landscape) – 3:14
  7. "Einstein A Go-Go" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 3:26
  8. "Norman Bates" (Walters, Landscape) – 5:07
  9. "The Doll's House" (Heaton, Burgess, Landscape) – 5:19
  10. "From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars .... To The Hell-Holes Of Uranus"
    • i. "Beguine" (Burgess, Walters, Landscape) – 2:49
    • ii. "Mambo" (Thoms, Heaton, Landscape) – 2:20
    • iii. "Tango" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 2:32
  11. "Eastern Girls" (Burgess, Heaton, Pask, Thoms, Walters) – 3:16
  12. "It's Not My Real Name" (Burgess, Heaton, Pask, Thoms, Walters) – 5:24
  13. "So Good, So Pure, So Kind" (Burgess, Walters, BPW) as 'Landscape III' – 4:26
  14. "You Know How To Hurt Me" (Burgess, Walters, BPW) as 'Landscape III' – 6:51

* "European Man" produced by Colin Thurston and Landscape.

Tracks 11-12 from the album Manhattan Boogie-Woogie (1982) produced by Landscape.
Tracks 13-14 extended versions of singles released as 'Landscape III' (1983) produced by Richard James Burgess, John Walters and Andy Pask.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producer: Landscape
    * "European Man" produced by Colin Thurston and Landscape
  • Engineered by: John Etchells at JAM
    John Hudson and Brian Tench at Mayfair Sound
    Hugh Padgham at the Town House
    Andy Jackson, Peter Walsh, Rafe McKenna and Peter Smith at Utopia
    Steve Rance and Graeme Jackson at Nova Suite
    Rik Walton at Workhouse
    Dave Hunt at Berry Street
    David Baker at Odyssey
    Colin Thurston at Red Bus
    Landscape at Southern Studios

[edit] Audio excerpts

Landscape
Richard James Burgess | Christopher Heaton | Andy Pask | Peter Thoms | John Walters
Discography

Studio albums: Landscape (1979) | From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... (1981) | Manhattan Boogie-Woogie (1982)

EPs & Singles: U2XME1X2MUCH (1977) | Workers Playtime (1978) | Japan (1979) | Sonja Henie (1979) | European Man (1980) | Einstein A Go-Go (1981) | Norman Bates (1981) | European Man (reissue) (1981) | It's Not My Real Name (1982) | Eastern Girls (1982) | So Good, So Pure, So Kind (as Landscape III) (1983) | You Know How To Hurt Me (as Landscape III) (1983)

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