From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....

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From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
Landscape - From The Tea-rooms Of Mars album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1981
RecordedMid-1980
("European Man" - late 1979/early 1980)
Genre Synth-pop, electronic dance
Length43:40
Label RCA
Producer Landscape
Colin Thurston and Landscape
Landscape chronology
Landscape
(1979)
From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
(1981)
Manhattan Boogie-Woogie
(1982)
Singles from From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
  1. "European Man"
    Released: 1980
  2. "Einstein a Go-Go"
    Released: 1981
  3. "Norman Bates"
    Released: 1981
  4. "European Man (reissue)"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
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From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... (fully titled: From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus) is the second album by Landscape which was released in 1981. The album contains the band's only UK chart hits: "Einstein a Go-Go" which reached No. 5 in April 1981 and "Norman Bates" which reached No. 40 in June of the same year.

Contents

The album was reissued in 1992 on the Mau Mau Records label. This CD also includes Landscape's first album, Landscape . The album was reissued again in 2002 on the Cherry Red Records label. [2]

Track listing

LP: RCA LP AFL1-5003

From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."European Man" Richard James Burgess, Landscape4:22
2."Shake the West Awake"Landscape3:24
3."Computer Person" Peter Thoms, Landscape2:59
4."Alpine Tragedy"/"Sisters"Christopher Heaton, Landscape/John Walters, Burgess, Landscape4:44
5."Face of the 80's"Burgess, Walters, Landscape3:26
6."New Religion"Heaton, Burgess, Landscape3:13
.... to the Hell-holes of Uranus
No.TitleWriter(s)Sub-titleLength
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
7:34

1992 Mau Mau Records CD: MAU CD 618

2002 Cherry Red Records CD: CDMRED 209

No.TitleWriter(s)Sub-titleLength
1."European Man" Richard James Burgess, Landscape 4:23
2."Shake the West Awake"Landscape 3:26
3."Computer Person"Peter Thoms, Landscape 3:00
4."Alpine Tragedy"/"Sisters"Christopher Heaton, Landscape/John Walters, Burgess, Landscape 4:46
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
7:41
11."Eastern Girls"Burgess, Heaton, Andy 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 4:26
14."You Know How to Hurt Me"Burgess, Walters, BPW 6:51

Personnel

Landscape

Production

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References

  1. Unterberger, Richie. "Review: From the Tea-rooms of Mars ..." Allmusic. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  2. "From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2010.