Alien Shores

Alien Shores
Studio album by Platinum Blonde
Released	1985
Recorded	Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Ontario
Genre	New wave
Label	CBS Canada – 80105
Producer	Eddy Offord, Mark Holmes
Platinum Blonde chronology
Standing in the Dark (1983) Alien Shores (1985) Contact (1987)
Singles from Alien Shores
"Crying Over You" Released: 1985 "Situation Critical" Released: 1985 "Somebody Somewhere" Released: 1986 "Hungry Eyes" Released: 1986

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Alien Shores was Platinum Blonde's 1985 follow up to their debut album Standing in the Dark. Released by Columbia/CBS Records Canada in 1985, it contained one of the band's biggest Canadian hits with "Crying Over You" and their only US hit, "Somebody Somewhere".

This album was the first to feature Kenny MacLean as a full-time bassist and keyboardist. This freed lead singer Mark Holmes to focus on lead vocal duties.

The band enlisted Alex Lifeson from fellow Canadian rockers Rush to perform guitar solos on two songs on the album, "Crying Over You" and "Holy Water". A song entitled "Alien Shore" is the sixth track on Rush's 1993 album Counterparts.

The album was released as a mini-concept album with the b-side (starting with "Lost in Space") containing various songs with a science fiction theme and narrative.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Crying Over You" (Mark Holmes) – 3:39
2. "Situation Critical" (Holmes) – 3:31
3. "Red Light" (Holmes, Sergio Galli) – 2:50
4. "It Ain't Love Anyway" (Holmes) – 3:12
5. "Somebody Somewhere" (Holmes) – 4:06

Side 2

6. "Lost In Space" (Holmes, Galli) – 4:04
7. "Temple of the Newborn" (Kenny MacLean) – 4:02
8. "Holy Water" (Holmes, MacLean) – 3:41
9. "Animal" (Holmes) – 4:31
10. "Hungry Eyes" (Holmes, Galli) – 4:38

References

1. Allmusic review