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Welcome to Tomorrow | ||||
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Released | 30 September 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1993–1994 | |||
Length | 46:04 | |||
Label | Arista/Ariola | |||
Producer | Snap! | |||
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Singles from Welcome to Tomorrow | ||||
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Welcome to Tomorrow is the third studio album by German Eurodance project Snap! It was released in 1994 on Arista/Ariola Records and made the top ten in Germany and Switzerland. [4]
In 1993, Snap! producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti recruited Washington, D.C.-born singer Summer (Paula Brown) to front the act. The first single from the album was "Welcome to Tomorrow (Are You Ready?)" and was co-written by Brown. It was a top-ten hit in Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK, and went to number one in Finland. Three further singles were released: "The First the Last Eternity (Till the End)", "The World in My Hands", and "Rame", featuring Rukmani (Neela Ravindra).
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Robert Christgau | [6] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
Neil Spencer from The Observer wrote, "Silkier and more ambient than their string of Euro-dance hits, the German popsters' third album puts their futurist disco kitsch into mega-drive, with Bacofoil suits and android dreams." [8]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Green Grass Grows (Earth Follows)" |
| 4:00 |
2. | "It's a Miracle (People Need to Love One Another)" |
| 4:35 |
3. | "Rame (featuring Rukmani)" |
| 4:35 |
4. | "Dream on the Moon" |
| 5:05 |
5. | "Welcome to Tomorrow (Are You Ready?)" |
| 4:12 |
6. | "The World in My Hands" |
| 4:12 |
7. | "The First the Last Eternity (Till the End)" |
| 5:09 |
8. | "Waves" |
| 5:03 |
9. | "Where Are the Boys, Where Are the Girls?" |
| 4:09 |
10. | "It's Not Over" |
| 4:55 |
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] | 145 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] | 15 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] | 29 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] | 12 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] | 10 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] | 10 |
UK Albums (OCC) [15] | 69 |
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