Welcome to Tomorrow

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Welcome to Tomorrow
Welcome to Tomorrow Snap.jpg
Studio album by
Snap!
Released30 September 1994
Recorded1993–1994
Genre
Length46:04
Label Arista/Ariola
Producer Snap!
Snap! chronology
The Madman's Return
(1992)		Welcome to Tomorrow
(1994)		 Snap! Attack: The Best of Snap!
(1996)
Singles from Welcome to Tomorrow
  1. "Welcome to Tomorrow (Are You Ready?)"
    Released: 1 September 1994
  2. "The First the Last Eternity (Till the End)"
    Released: 20 February 1995 [1]
  3. "The World in My Hands"
    Released: 11 September 1995 [2]
  4. "Rame"
    Released: February 1996 [3]

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]

Contents

Background

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).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Music Week Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Select U+25A0.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svg [9]

Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "There's a distinct softening of tones, with some competent pop vignettes, though others, such as 'It's Not Over' from the movie Neverending Story III , are a disappointment." [8] Neil Spencer from The Observer noted, "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." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Green Grass Grows (Earth Follows)"
  • Benito Benites
  • John "Virgo" Garrett III
  • Paula Brown
4:00
2."It's a Miracle (People Need to Love One Another)"
  • Benites
  • Garrett
  • Brown
4:35
3."Rame (featuring Rukmani)"
  • Benites
  • Garrett
4:35
4."Dream on the Moon"
  • Benites
  • Garrett
5:05
5."Welcome to Tomorrow (Are You Ready?)"
  • Benites
  • Garrett
  • Brown
4:12
6."The World in My Hands"
4:12
7."The First the Last Eternity (Till the End)"
  • Benites
  • Garrett
  • Brown
5:09
8."Waves"
  • Benites
  • Garrett
5:03
9."Where Are the Boys, Where Are the Girls?"
4:09
10."It's Not Over"
  • Benites
  • Garrett
4:55

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 145
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 29
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 10
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 69

References

  1. ↑ "German Charts".
  2. ↑ "German Charts".
  3. ↑ "German Charts".
  4. ↑ "SNAP! – Welcome to Tomorrow". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Snap! Biography by Ron Wynn". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Snap!". Robert Christgau . Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  7. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Omnibus Press. p. 578.
  8. 1 2 Jones, Alan (1 October 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream – Albums" (PDF). Music Week . p. 19. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  9. ↑ MH (November 1994). "New Albums: Soundbites". Select . p. 107. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  10. ↑ Spencer, Neil (2 October 1994). "Pop Releases". The Observer .
  11. ↑ "SNAP! ARIA Albums chart history (to 2022), received from ARIA in 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 3 December 2023– via Imgur.com.N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  12. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Snap! – Welcome to Tomorrow" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Snap! – Welcome to Tomorrow" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Snap! – Welcome to Tomorrow" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Snap! – Welcome to Tomorrow". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Snap! – Welcome to Tomorrow". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Snap! | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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