GILLAN: Future Shock CD. Incl. 10 extra songs. Deep Purple singer. 20 songs incl. "For Your Dreams". Check videos

Artist: Gillan
Title: Future Shock (CD)
Record Label: Virgin
Catalogue No.: CDVM2196
Year: 1989

Track listing:
Future Shock (3.06) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé)
Night Ride Out Of Phoenix (5.06) (Gillan / Towns)
(The Ballad Of) The Lucitania Express (3.10) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé)
No Laughing In Heaven (4.58) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé / Towns / Underwood)
Sacre Bleu (3.03) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé)
New Orleans (2.37) (Guida / Royster)
Bite The Bullet (4.50) (Gillan / Towns)
If I Sing Softly (6.10) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé)
Don't Want The Truth (5.40) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé)
For Your Dreams (5.04) (Gillan / Towns)
One For The Road (3.03) (Gillan / Towns)
Bad News (3.08) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé / Underwood)
Take A Hold Of Yourself (4.42) (Gillan / McCoy / Towns / Underwood)
Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) (3.13) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé / Towns / Underwood)
The Maelstrom (Longer Than The A Side (5.07) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé / Towns / Underwood)
Trouble (2.39) (Lieber / Stoller)
Your Sister's On My List (4.07) (Gillan / Towns)
Handles On Her Hips (2.10) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé)
Higher and Higher (3.42) (Gillan / McCoy / Tormé)
I Might As Well Go Home (Mystic) (2.16) (Gillan / Towns)

Total running time = 77.52

Personnel
Vocals: Ian Gillan
Keyboards: Colin Towns
Bass: John McCoy
Guitar: Bernie Tormé
Drums: Mick Underwood

Recording details:
Mixed by: Paul 'Chas' Watkins & John McCoy with contributions from Colin Towns, Bernie Tormé & Mick Underwood
Engineered by: Paul 'Chas' Watkins

Recorded & mixed at Kingsway Recorders, London, UK

Tracks 16 and 17 mixed by John McCoy and Paul 'Chas' Watkins
Track 19 music arranged and produced by Gillan

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing short of Amazing!,
Ian Gillan's solo albums do not sound like Deep Purple. His solo albums range from blues, jazz, pub rock to metal. This is one of his heavier numbers. The title track is a great fast rocker, "Night Ride Out Of Phoenix" and "Lucitania" are more of the NWOBHM numbers. "No Laughing In Heaven" is a classic tale about going to heaven and finding out it is no fun! Hilarious. The Gillan albums from 1979 to 1982 are similar to his Black Sabbath "Born Again" album, so if you liked that, you will like this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A master,
It's very, very hard to follow correctly Ian Gillan's solo discography, but I'll try to put some order here. First of all, I must say FUTURE SHOCK is one of his best albums ever! IT's hard, strong, a band at its peak, released in 1981, when it seemed every band around was releasing their masterpieces! So, to Ian discography's now...(I'll deal only with studio albums)
When he left Deep Purple, his first solo effort was CHILD IN TIME. Then, he formed the Ian Gillan Band, who released CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE and SCARABUS. Tired of musicians that loved jazz and wanting to come back to hard rock, he formed a band called GILLAN, and this band was the high point of his solo career. Featuring John McCoy on bass, guitarrist Bernie Torme, drummer Mick Underwood and keyboardist Colin Towns, they released three great albums: MR. UNIVERSE, GLORY ROAD and FUTURE SHOCK. Then, with no Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers handling the guitars, they recorded the still successful DOUBLE TROUBLE (half studio album, half live album) and MAGIC. Then, Gillan disbanded his band, went to Sabbath then to the Deep Purple reunion. In 1998, rhe recorded an album with Roger GLover called ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE. Soon. he was out of Deep Purple again, and launched a new solo career, this time called IAN GILLAN. HE released the different (and very good!) NAKED THUNDER and the straight ahead metal-hard rock TOOLBOX. Then, back to Purple again. After this, his latest solo release, DREAMCATCHER (definetly not a great album, unfortunately..)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gillan Peaks,
In my opinion "Future Shock" sounds nothing like Gillan's Black Sabbath outing "Born Again" and yet *does* sound like some of his earlier Deep Purple ventures!
One thing I will agree with the previous reviewer is that this is top notch, quality hard rock... it is not metal, it has too much finesse for that, but it is balls to the wall rock that features brillant vocals (Gillan probably at his peak) and excellent musicianship from Messers Torme, Towns, McCoy and Underwood.

You don't need to turn this album up loud to appreciate it, it is what rock and roll should be about... rebellion, energy, attitude and humour with the knowledge and ability to put it across uncomprimisingly. A true rock album, written and recorded before the time in the mid eighties when the whole genre seemed to sink into one big 'hair band' parady. Enjoy "Future Shock" all the more for that and the gem it is

1. Futureshock
2. Night Ride Out of Phoenix
3. Lucitania Express, (The Ballad of the)
4. No Laughing in Heaven
5. Sacre Bleu
6. New Orleans
7. Bite the Bullet
8. If I Sing Softly
9. Don't Want the Truth
10. For Your Dreams
11. One For the Road - (bonus track)
12. Bad News - (bonus track)
13. Take a Hold of Yourself - (bonus track)
14. M. A. D. - (bonus track)
15. Maelstrom, The - (bonus track)
16. Trouble - (bonus track)
17. Your Sister's on My List - (bonus track)
18. Handles on Your Hips - (bonus track)
19. Higher and Higher - (bonus track)
20. I Might as Well Go Home (Mystic)(bonus track)