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See You Later | ||||
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Studio album by Vangelis | ||||
Released | 1980 | |||
Recorded | Nemo Studios, London | |||
Genre | Electronica | |||
Length | 39:32 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Producer | Vangelis | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
See You Later is an album by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis, released in 1980. It breaks quite violently with the style he had employed in the late 1970s and later, relying much more on vocals and being more experimental and returning (in many respects) to his early 1970s work like Earth or 666.[2] It was never released in the United States, and is one of his rarest albums.[3]
Contents
1 Overview
2 Instruments and style
3 Composition
4 Track listing
5 Personnel
6 Production
7 References
8 External links
Overview
See You Later is Vangelis' most wide-ranging work of the 1980s, with more radical musical and lyrical themes than are found in his other albums. The concept album is bleaker than most of his records, incorporating negative and satirical intonations of a dystopian future. Subjects touched on include funerals, masks, and ready-to-wear and ready-to-eat things.[4]
The lyrics are written by Vangelis in English, French and Italian; they use electronic terminology and incorporate references to lost love, and the downfall of humanity due to the influence of technology influence. The title track lyrics say "See you later then... alive or dead".[4] Track "Suffocation" was inspired by the Seveso disaster in Italy.[5]
The album's sleeve shows an ice-covered ocean with a woman wearing sunglasses to protect her eyes; the image uses optical compression in the horizontal axis. The inner sleeve is also disturbing, displaying a character seated in a greenhouse wearing an eerie-looking gas mask.[4]
Instruments and style
Vangelis plays all instruments: synthesizers, electric piano, grand piano and drums.[3] The Roland CR-5000 drum machine is used extensively. Michel Ripoche plays the violin on #4. Vocals featured are by Jon Anderson (tracks #5 and #6), Peter Marsh (track #1), Christina and Maurizio Arcieri from the group Krisma (track #5) and Cherry Vanilla (track #4 narrative).[3]
Composition
"I Can't Take It Anymore" is sung by Peter Marsh through a vocoder over a deep synthesizer glissando bass, a synthesizer choir and CR-5000 hihats. "Multitrack Suggestion" is Kraftwerk-style and Eurodisco, which builds on a polysynth and upbeat CR-5000 pulse; the choir sings some terms associated with analog synthesizer technology (VCO, VCF). "Memories of Green" is a slow piano-based piece with a backdrop of synthesizer sounds and bleeps from the 1978 Bambino electronic game "UFO Master Blaster Station". The piano used on this piece was a Steinway Grand piano. Its distinctive "drunk" sound was achieved with the use of an Electroharmonix Electric Mistress flanger pedal.[6] This song was used in Vangelis' subsequent soundtrack to the 1982 film Blade Runner.[3]
"Not A Bit – All Of It" has vocals by Cherry Vanilla. "Suffocation" employs the CR-5000 and a saw wave synthesizer melody, followed by an eerie brass and megaphone emergency announcements in Italian. The second (slower) half of the piece features vocals by Jon Anderson and a narrative in Italian, by Krisma (Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser). "See You Later" has Vangelis on electric piano and staccato male atonal choir. About halfway through, there is a child narrative in French, with Anderson's vocals used in the finale.
Track listing
All songs composed and written by Vangelis.
- "I Can't Take It Anymore" – 5:42
- "Multi-Track Suggestion" – 5:36
- "Memories of Green" – 5:48
- "Not a Bit – All of It" 3:00
- "Suffocation" – 9:26
- "See You Later" – 10:22
A test 8-track test pressing (but was never officially released) has also surfaced without the title track, but including the track "My Love" which was featured on a previous single "My Love/Domestic Logic 1", along with two additional tracks "Neighbours Above" and "Fertilization".[3]
Side One:
- "My Love" - 4:02
- "Not A Bit - All Of It" - 2:55
- "Neighbours Above" - 4:48
- "I Can't Take It Anymore" - 5:38
- "Memories of Green" - 5:42
Side Two:
- "Fertilization" - 7:28
- "Suffocation" - 9:22
- "Multi-Track Suggestion" - 5:25
Personnel
Vangelis : Synthesizers and all instruments, Vocalese [Uncredited] on Not A Bit - All Of It
Jon Anderson : Vocals on Suffocation & See you later- Raphael Preston : Noises [Bambino Ufo Master Blaster Station, Uncredited]
- Krisma (Maurizio Arcieri et Christina Moser) : Italian Voice (Uncredited) on Suffocation
Peter Marsh : Vocals [Uncredited] on I Can't Take It Any More & Multi-Track Suggestion
Cherry Vanilla, Andrew Hoy : Vocals on Not A Bit - All Of It- Michel Ripoche : Violin on Not A Bit - All Of It
Production
- Vangelis : Producer, arranger, photography, design
- Raphael Preston, John Walker : Engineers
- Rena Shine : Studio assistant
- Veronique Skawinska, Alwyn Clayden : Design, photography
References
^ "See You Later". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 September 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Vangelis – See You Later". Synthtopia. 3 January 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
^ abcde "ReDiscover Vangelis' 'See You Later'". uDiscover. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ abc Jean-Michel Reusser (1980). "An interview with Vangelis". L'Autre Monde. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "Album Review: Vangelis - See You Later". uDiscover. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ Clews, Richard. "VANGELIS: Recording At Nemo Studios". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- Personnel + Production : https://www.discogs.com/fr/Vangelis-See-You-Later/release/4392264
External links
See You Later at Vangelis Lyrics
See You Later at Vangelis Collector Site
Categories:
- 1980 albums
- Vangelis albums
- Polydor Records albums
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