Worlds Away (Strange Advance album)

Worlds Away
Studio album by Strange Advance
Released	November 1982
Recorded	February–May 1982; August 1982;
Studio	Little Mountain Sound Studios; Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia;
Genre	Rock, new wave
Label	Capitol
Producer	Bruce Fairbairn
Strange Advance chronology

Worlds Away is the debut studio album by Canadian new wave band Strange Advance, released November 1982.[2] It featured two hit Canadian singles, "She Controls Me" and "Kiss in the Dark". Strange Advance was subsequently nominated for a Juno Award for "Most Promising Group of the Year" in 1983.[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The 7" single for "She Controls Me" contains a b-side track called "Lost in Your Eyes" which was later released on the Over 60 Minutes with... Strange Advance compilation.

Tomas Mureika of AllMusic calls this album one of Canada's most underrated new wave debut releases.[4]

Four singles were released from this album, not including a dance mix of "Love Games" which was a club hit in England.[5]

According to a 2000 e-mail exchange with keyboardist Drew Arnott, Worlds Away was performed with Yamaha CS-80, Roland Jupiter-8, and Mellotron M400 synthesizers. Drums were performed with a Roland TR-808 augmented by live tom-toms and cymbals.

Track listing

Top side
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"She Controls Me"	Drew Arnott, Darryl Kromm	2:56
2.	"Love Games"	Arnott	3:47
3.	"One Chance in a Million"	Arnott	4:11
4.	"Sister Radio"	Kromm	5:20
5.	"Automatic Sighs"	Arnott, Kromm	4:38

Bottom side
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Worlds Away"	Arnott	7:01
7.	"Kiss in the Dark"	Arnott, Kromm	3:54
8.	"Hold on to the Nite"	Arnott	4:30
9.	"Watermusic"	Robert Minden	0:54
10.	"Prisoner"	Peter Bjerring, Kromm	4:14
11.	"Worlds Away (Reprise)" (unlisted track)	Arnott	1:11

Album credits

Personnel

Darryl Kromm - lead vocals, guitar
Drew Arnott - keyboards, drums, backing vocals, electronic percussion
Paul Iverson - bass, backing vocals
Robert Minden - waterphones

Production

Bruce Fairbairn - producer
Bob Rock - engineer
Lindsay Kidd - engineer

Footnotes

Citations

Allmusic review
Library and Archives Canada. "AMICUS No. 7406743". collectionscanada.gc.ca. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
"Juno Awards Database". junoawards.ca/database. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
Tomas Mureika. "Worlds Away > Strange Advance > Review". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
"Artist: Strange Advance Biography". jam.canoe.ca. Jam!. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

References

Discogs.com - Worlds Away entry

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[1] Allmusic review

[collectionscanada.gc.ca2-2] Library and Archives Canada. "AMICUS No. 7406743". collectionscanada.gc.ca. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

[junoawards.ca-3] "Juno Awards Database". junoawards.ca/database. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

[allmusic.com-4] Tomas Mureika. "Worlds Away > Strange Advance > Review". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

[jam.canoe.ca-5] "Artist: Strange Advance Biography". jam.canoe.ca. Jam!. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2011.