Radio Silence (Boris Grebenshchikov album)


Radio Silence is an album by Boris Grebenshchikov, leader of the Russian group Aquarium. The album was recorded in 1988 – 1989 in studios in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, mostly with Western musicians, and produced by David A. Stewart. It was hailed as the first contract of a Russian rock musician with a Western label.
Having by then achieved the status of the most prominent rock musician in Russia, Boris had just recently been permitted to travel abroad. On most tracks, only Alexander Titov is of the then-current Russian Aquarium band, the rest being Western musicians. It was originally planned that the album would have half songs in Russian and half in English, but in the final album there are only two Russian songs on the B side.

History

In 1987, American music producers Marina Albi and Kenny Shaffer noticed Grebenshchikov; they helped him to obtain a US visa and to sign a contract with CBS for recording eight albums. Radio Silence was the first one. It was recorded and presented in 1988 and distributed in 1989. The recording process was documented in the 1989 film The Long Way Home by Michael Apted.

Track listing

All songs were written by Grebenshchikov, except for "Death of King Arthur" and "China".

United States version

  1. "Radio Silence"
  2. "Winter"
  3. "The Postcard"
  4. "The Wind"
  5. "The Time"
  6. "That Voice Again"
  7. "Real Slow Today"
  8. "The Young Lions"
  9. "Mother"
  10. "Fields of My Love"
  11. "Mother"
  12. "China"
  13. "Death of King Arthur"

    International version

  14. "Radio Silence"
  15. "The Postcard"
  16. "The Wind"
  17. "The Time"
  18. "Winter"
  19. "That Voice Again"
  20. "Молодые Львы "
  21. "Fields of My Love"
  22. "Death of King Arthur"
  23. "Real Slow Today"
  24. "Mother"
  25. "Китай "

    Personnel