Fresh Aire V

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Fresh Aire V
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1983
Recorded1983
Genre New age, Synth-pop
Length34:41
Label American Gramaphone
Producer Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
Fresh Aire IV
(1981)
Fresh Aire V
(1983)
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
(1984)
Professional ratings
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Fresh Aire V is an album by Mannheim Steamroller, released in 1983. The music is inspired by Johannes Kepler's book The Dream . This is the first album in the Fresh Aire series to feature the London Symphony Orchestra. Excerpts from "Dancin' in the Stars" was used as music in several local TV news opens, and a large portion of "Escape from the Atmosphere" was used as the main theme to KOMO-TV's Sunday evening public affairs talk show "Town Meeting" throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s. [2] [3] Part of the intro of "Escape from the Atmosphere" was used during the Gulf War for a Saudi Arabian emergency population warning broadcast during an Iraqi SCUD missile attack on the Eastern Province. [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Lumen" – 1:29
  2. "Escape from the Atmosphere" – 10:38
  3. "Dancin' in the Stars" – 5:13
  4. "Z-Row Gravity" – 3:50
  5. "Creatures of Levania" – 3:51
  6. "Earthrise/Return" – 8:58
  7. "The Storm" – 0:42

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Shirley's Army (2014-03-23), Town Meeting with Shirley Temple Black, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved 2019-07-10
  3. RareNirvana (2015-06-14), Krist Novoselic on Komo TV's "Town Meeting" Show in 1992, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved 2019-07-10
  4. Escape From the Atmosphere , retrieved 2022-03-05
  5. Eas alarms: Saudi Arabia , retrieved 2022-03-05