Another Planet

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Another Planet
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Studio album by
Released1988
Recorded1988
Genre
Length39:37
Label Anagram
Producer Alien Sex Fiend
Alien Sex Fiend chronology
Here Cum Germs
(1987)
Another Planet
(1988)
Curse
(1990)

Another Planet is a studio album by the English gothic rock band Alien Sex Fiend. [1] It was released in 1988 by Anagram Records.

Contents

Release

The cassette and CD versions included the bonus track "Satisfaction", a cover of the Rolling Stones song.

The CD was reissued in the UK in 2005.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Trouser Press qualified the album as "extremely entertaining". [3] The Chicago Tribune called it "an LP of strange, well-done dance-floor fare that relies as much on biting, astringent guitar and murderous drumming as on synth-generated thumps and thweeps." [4]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Bun-Ho!"1:43
2."Everybodys Dream"3:51
3."Radiant City"4:11
4."Spot Your Lucky Warts"0:16
5."Sample My Sausage"2:38
6."Outer Limits"1:54
7."Instant Karma Sutra"7:13
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."So Much to Do – So Little Time"4:23
2."Alien"4:14
3."Wild Green Fiendy Liquid"0:17
4."Nightmare Zone"4:03
5."Bun-Ho! (Time After Time)"2:52
6."Another Planet"3:58
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Silver Machine" 
15."Satisfaction" 

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References

  1. "Alien Sex Fiend". Melody Maker. 64 (44): 38. 29 October 1988.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Another Planet – Alien Sex Fiend". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Alien Sex Fiend". Trouser Press . Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. Popson, Tom (20 January 1989). "'Another Planet', Alien Sex Fiend". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 1.