''Alien Shores'' is the second studio album by Platinum Blonde 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". The album reached a high of 3 for 4 weeks on the Canadian charts. This album was the first to feature

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as a full-time bassist and keyboardist. This freed lead singer Mark Holmes to focus on lead vocal duties. The band enlisted

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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 ''

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

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and narrative.

Track listing

;Side 1 # "

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" (Mark Holmes) – 3:31 # " Crying Over You" (Holmes) – 3:39 # "Red Light" (Holmes, Sergio Galli) – 2:50 # "It Ain't Love Anyway" (Holmes) – 3:12 # "Somebody Somewhere" (Holmes) – 4:06 ;Side 2 #

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

Credits

Platinum Blonde: * Sergio Galli: guitar, backing vocals * Mark Holmes: lead vocals *

: bass, keyboards, backing vocals * Chis Steffler: drums, percussion with "special guest musicians": * Bruce Barrow * Claude Desjardins * Lou Pomanti *

: guitar solos on 2, 8 *

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: backing vocals on 3, 7, 8 * Earl Seymour: saxophone solo on 5 * Randall Wyse: vocal chant on 7 It is not noted on the actual album package which specific instruments the first three listed musicians played, but Barrow is normally a bassist, Desjardins a drummer/keyboardist, and Pomanti a keyboard player/bassist. Engineers: *

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, Ed Stone Pre-production on 2, 6, 9: *

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References

1985 albums Platinum Blonde (band) albums CBS Records albums Albums produced by Eddy Offord Albums recorded at Metalworks Studios {{1980s-pop-album-stub