Future Games (Spirit album)

This article is about the 1977 album by Spirit. For the 1971 album by Fleetwood Mac, see Future Games.

Future Games
Studio album by Spirit
Released	April 1977
Genre	Rock, psychedelic rock
Label	Mercury
Producer	Randy California
Spirit chronology
Farther Along (1976) Future Games (1977) ...Potato Land (1981)

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Future Games, subtitled "A Magical Kahauna Dream", was the fourth album that Spirit released for Mercury Records. However, it is practically a Randy California solo album in all but name, as he played most of the instruments and did most of the writing throughout the album. Coming off as a slightly-warped science fiction version of Spirit of '76, it is an album that greatly divides fans. Many find it boring and monotonous (and decry the poor sound quality, which is greatly improved by listening on headphones in binaural stereo), while others appreciate the humour and character that the album embodies.^{[citation needed]} If nothing else, it certainly stands alone in Spirit's oeuvre.^{[citation needed]}

It has been released several times on CD.

Track listing

All songs written by Randy California except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"CB talk"		0:42
2.	"Stars Are Love"		2:29
3.	"Kahauna Dream"		2:44
4.	"Buried In My Brain"	California, Fowley, Blair Mooney, Carla Savage	2:55
5.	"Bionic Unit"	California, Fowley, Mooney	2:52
6.	"So Happy Now"		0:19
7.	"All Along The Watchtower"	Bob Dylan	4:27
8.	"Would You Believe"		3:13
9.	"Jack Bond Speaks"	California, Burt Shonberg	1:17
10.	"Star Trek Dreaming"		2:16
11.	"Interlude XM"		0:26
12.	"China Doll"	California, Cassidy	2:00
13.	"Hawaiian Times"		0:10
14.	"Gorn Attack"	Timothy Blanton, California	2:10
15.	"Detroit City"		0:25
16.	"Freakout Frog"		3:55
17.	"The Romulan Experience"		1:57
18.	"Monkey See, Monkey Do"		0:57
19.	"Mount Olympus"		1:39
20.	"The Journey Of Nomad"	California, Tom Hall	0:25
21.	"Ending"		2:30
22.	Untitled		3:50

Personnel

Spirit

• Terry Anderson - Vocals
• Randy California - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
• Ed Cassidy - Percussion, Drums
• Joe Kotleba - Synthesizer

Production

• Blair Mooney - Engineer
• Jim Schubert - Art Direction
• Wally Traugott - Mastering

Charts

It was the band's second album to make it to the national charts.