To the Hell-holes of Uranus From The Tea Rooms Of Mars [Import]

Landscape | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 6, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Cherry Red/Wave Imports
• ASIN: B000063XAR
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,751 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. European Man

2. Shake the West Awake

3. Computer Person

4. Alpine Tragedy/Sisters

5. Face of the 80's

6. New Religion

7. Einstein a Go-Go

8. Norman Bates

9. The Doll's House

10. From the Tea-Rooms of Mars...to the Hell Holes of Uranus: ...

11. Eastern Girls [*]

12. It's Not My Name [*]

13. So Good So Pure So Kind [*]

14. You Know How to Hurt Me [*]

Editorial Reviews

An overdue re-release of this innovative and timeless album, "From The Tea Rooms Of Mars" by electro pop pioneers, Landscape. Originally released in 1981 on RCA Records, the album enjoyed both commercial and critical success with a string of chart hits. The band's over-riding achievement was they way technology was used to create such a mainstream but also unusual sound. Cherry Red.

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5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous stark electro pop, December 15, 2007

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The sound of Landscape resonates in the eletroklash era (1981 versus 2007). There tracks works seemlessly and blends beautifully. This is a really fabulous band. If you like Our Daughters Wedding (lawn chairs is a great single), Men without hats, New Muzik, Devo, Classic Nouveau, Spoons (a great Canadian new wave band from the early eighties). Enjoy.

4.0 out of 5 stars Terraformations, August 26, 2010

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Before he became a successful producer in the New Romantic era of new wave, Richard James Burgess led a synth-band through three albums of eclectic pop. "From The Tea Rooms of Mars..." was their most successful, due primarily to the brilliant pair of singles "Einstein-a-go-go" and "Norman Bates." "Einstein" was my introduction to the band in my college radio days, and years later the hook of "You better watch out, you better beware, Albert says that E=Mc squared" would occasionally rear itself in my aural memory.

While Burgess did eventually tie his reputation to the likes of Spandau Ballet and Living in a Box, Landscape was far more experimental. They fiddled with synthed out jazz, like the multipart title suite, and soundtrack styled instrumentals like "Alpine Tragedy Sisters." And rather than use synthesized instrumentals for everything, the band incorporated actual woodwinds and trombone playing into their recordings.

The four bonus tracks (some of which were released on the follow-up, "Manhattan Boogie Woogie") are fine, making this a quasi-greatest hits. While the albums themselves are something of a new wave footnote, this is the best of their trio of recordings. "Einstein-a-go-go" is the keeper.