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From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1981
RecordedMid-1980
("European Man" - late 1979/early 1980)
GenreElectropop[1]
Length43:40
LabelRCA
ProducerLandscape
Colin Thurston and Landscape
Landscape chronology
Landscape
(1979)
From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
(1981)
Manhattan Boogie-Woogie
(1982)
Singles from From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
  1. "European Man"
    Released: 1980
  2. "Einstein a Go-Go"
    Released: 1981
  3. "Norman Bates"
    Released: 1981
  4. "European Man (reissue)"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... (fully titled: From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus) is the second album by Landscape which was released in 1981. The album contains the band's only UK chart hits: "Einstein a Go-Go" which reached No. 5 in April 1981 and "Norman Bates" which reached No. 40 in June of the same year.

The album was reissued in 1992 on the Mau Mau Records label. This CD also includes Landscape's first album, Landscape. The album was reissued again in 2002 on the Cherry Red Records label.[3]

Track listing

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LP: RCA LP AFL1-5003

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From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."European Man"Richard James Burgess, Landscape4:22
2."Shake the West Awake"Landscape3:24
3."Computer Person"Peter Thoms, Landscape2:59
4."Alpine Tragedy"/"Sisters"Christopher Heaton, Landscape/John Walters, Burgess, Landscape4:44
5."Face of the 80's"Burgess, Walters, Landscape3:26
6."New Religion"Heaton, Burgess, Landscape3:13
.... to the Hell-holes of Uranus
No.TitleWriter(s)Sub-titleLength
1."Einstein a Go-Go"Walters, Burgess, Landscape 2:59
2."Norman Bates"Walters, Landscape 5:36
3."The Doll's House"Heaton, Burgess, Landscape 5:23
4."From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus" i. "Beguine" (Burgess, Walters, Landscape) – 2:43

ii. "Mambo" (Thoms, Heaton, Landscape) – 2:22

iii. "Tango" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 2:29
7:34

1992 Mau Mau Records CD: MAU CD 618

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2002 Cherry Red Records CD: CDMRED 209

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No.TitleWriter(s)Sub-titleLength
1."European Man"Richard James Burgess, Landscape 4:23
2."Shake the West Awake"Landscape 3:26
3."Computer Person"Peter Thoms, Landscape 3:00
4."Alpine Tragedy"/"Sisters"Christopher Heaton, Landscape/John Walters, Burgess, Landscape 4:46
5."Face of the 80's"Burgess, Walters, Landscape 3:29
6."New Religion"Heaton, Burgess, Landscape 3:14
7."Einstein a Go-Go"Walters, Burgess, Landscape 3:26
8."Norman Bates"Walters, Landscape 5:07
9."The Doll's House"Heaton, Burgess, Landscape 5:19
10."From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus" i. "Beguine" (Burgess, Walters, Landscape) – 2:49

ii. "Mambo" (Thoms, Heaton, Landscape) – 2:20

iii. "Tango" (Walters, Burgess, Landscape) – 2:32
7:41
11."Eastern Girls"Burgess, Heaton, Andy Pask, Thoms, Walters 3:16
12."It's Not My Real Name"Burgess, Heaton, Pask, Thoms, Walters 5:24
13."So Good, So Pure, So Kind"Burgess, Walters, BPW 4:26
14."You Know How to Hurt Me"Burgess, Walters, BPW 6:51

Personnel

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Landscape

Production

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  • Producer: Landscape
  • "European Man" produced by Colin Thurston and Landscape
  • Engineered by: John Etchells at JAM
    John Hudson and Brian Tench at Mayfair Sound
    Hugh Padgham at the Town House
    Andy Jackson, Peter Walsh, Rafe McKenna and Peter Smith at Utopia
    Steve Rance and Graeme Jackson at Nova Suite
    Rik Walton at Workhouse
    Dave Hunt at Berry Street
    David Baker at Odyssey
    Colin Thurston at Red Bus
    Landscape at Southern Studios

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Richard (6 August 2024). "1981.1". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.
  2. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Review: From the Tea-rooms of Mars ..." Allmusic. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  3. ^ "From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2010.