Planet P Project - Pink World - 1984

hey all :

here is another obscurity , the classic conceptual underground double LP ..
some may remember , some may not know.
engineered by the same guy that did "the wall" -- Nigel Jopson.
i found this treasure back in the 80`s , so i kinda grew up on this one.
i rank it up there with elo`s "out of the blue" both in scope & magnitude.
its rather lengthy & a tough chew , but if you are into the sci-fi , space rock conceptual all out sort of vibe , this will be your new treasure.

tony carey had a couple hits b4 this ; a fine , fine day & why me ?
he also played keyboards with ritchie blackmore & ronnie dio in rainbow.
pink world was conceived shortly after his departure from rainbow & carey wrote, plays & produced the whole project.
one of my all time faves , i actually have this on double PINK vinyl !

transfered from CD MP3 @ VBR , 111 MB

enjoy

let me know what ya think !

"and the minute men stood as we knew they would & the world went temporarily sane - the radio said "my god , cover your head & get out of the pourin` rain"



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"Still a one-man show, Tony Carey, under the banner of Planet P Project, again teamed with producer Peter Hauke for this 1984 follow-up to the self-titled debut of the prior year. It's a sprawling, ambitious double album with a sketchy plot line revolving around Artimus, a boy who doesn't speak, and a Cold War-inspired Armageddon. Like it's predecessor, the music features a heavy emphasis on synthesizers, although there's also a good dose of guitar, giving it appeal to rock fans. Carey infuses Pink World with solid melodies, and there's plenty to enjoy on tracks like the surging title cut, the brooding "What I See," and the folk-tinged "A Boy Who Can't Talk." And, to his credit, despite the somewhat cumbersome premise, Carey manages to keep it all from getting too pretentious. Pink World is a curiously interesting work that has managed to achieve a certain cult status." -- AMG


"this record is one of the greatest of the concept albums made in the class of Pink Floyd's The Wall or The Who's Tommy, comparable only in the type of the album, not the story. Pink World is fascinating in how it interprets the subconscious terrors of the cold war into a coherent artistic work. The imagery is fascinating and speaks to Tony Carey's talent. To make sense of what the story is about, you have to realize that Tony Carey is at least nominally a Native American and his culture placed premium value on visions and storytelling, the other part of it is that at the time he recorded the album he lived in West Germany, that in an event of al all out Nukewar was going to bear the brunt of the US/Soviet Armor/Artillery/Nuclear/Chemical Biological exchange in which the main casualties were going to be civilians. In general terms, the gist of the story is about a messianic visionary leading the survivors of the nuclear holocost across the devastated landscape, much as shamans in the pre-historic times attempted to lead their fellow tribesmen out of starvation. It is unfortunate that this album did not receive greater acclaim or that Tony Carey did not have his own band or worked with other artists since greater artistic collaboration would have created a stronger piece. The fact that the album played on all of the fears of Tony Carey's generation, and yet did not receive greater acceptance is a good argument against the concept of Collective Unconsciousness as postulated by Dr. Jung. Finally, his last laugh is that Artemis was the goddess of hunting in Greek panthenon, and historically, the oldest worshipped deity in ancient Greece, mayhaps even The Goddess. Mona Lisa has her smile, Buddha has his, and so does Tony Carey." --- amazon



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PLANET P PROJECT - PINK WORLD : 1984 - MCA

tracklisting :

1. In the Woods
2. To Live Forever
3. Pink World
4. What I See
5. To Live Forever, Pt. 2
6. Power
7. In the Forest
8. Boy Who Can't Talk
9. Stranger
10. What I See, Pt. 2
11. Shepherd
12. Behind the Barrier
13. Pink World Coming Down
14. Breath
15. This Perfect Place
16. What Artie Knows
17. In the Zone
18. Behind the Barrier, Pt. 2
19. March of the Artemites
20. This Perfect Place, Pt. 2
21. Letter From the Shelter
22. What Artie Knows, Pt. 2
23. One Star Falling
24. Baby's at the Door
25. Requiem
26. Boy Who Can't Talk, Pt. 2

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