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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] [5]
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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).
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Robert Christgau |  [7] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| The Observer | (favorable) [9] |
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." [9]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] | 145 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] | 15 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] | 29 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] | 12 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] | 10 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] | 10 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [16] | 69 |
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