Information Society (album)

Information Society

Studio album by Information Society

Released

June 21, 1988

Recorded

Recorded at Platinum Island, New York, and Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis.

Genre

Freestyle, synthpop, new wave

Length

43:42

Label

Tommy Boy/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
25691

Producer

Fred Maher
Paul Robb

Information Society chronology

Creatures of Influence
(1984)

Information Society
(1988)

Hack
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Information Society is an album by the synthpop, techno and freestyle band Information Society. It was their first release under a major label, after two independently released albums. Numerous top-40 hits quickly led the group to fame and fortune. The album was certified gold (selling 500,000 units) after five months in the U.S. and also went gold in Brazil in just 10 days. The album had several chart-topping hits such as "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)", "Walking Away", and "Running". It was one of the only albums released in the seldom-used CD+G format.

Track listing

All songs published By T-Boy Music/INSOC Music, except where noted.

"What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" (Paul Robb, Kurt Harland) — 4:33
"Tomorrow" (Robb, Harland, Amanda Kramer) — 4:11
"Lay All Your Love on Me" (Ulvaeus, Andersson; Eleven East Corporation) — 3:39
"Repetition" (Robb) — 4:33
"Walking Away" (Robb) — 5:01
"Over the Sea" (Harland) — 3:50
"Attitude" (Robb, Harland) — 4:12
"Something in the Air" (Robb) — 4:54
"Running" (Konar; T-Boy Music/Murat Konar Music) — 7:41
"Make it Funky" (Robb) — 1:08

Personnel

"Kurt Valaquen" (Kurt Harland) – vocals, sampler
Paul Robb – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
James Cassidy – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
Amanda Kramer – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers

Production

It is one of the very few CDs to have CD+G content. As the CD+G format never caught on and compatible players are difficult to find, the whole content was also made available on the band's web site. "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" and "Walking Away" were used in a sampler disc bundled with the Sega CD to showcase the console's CD+G capability. It had the same graphics as the album.

Certifications

Country	Music recording sales certification	Date	Sales certified
United States - RIAA ^[2]	Gold	December 6, 1988	500,000

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart^[3]	56
US Billboard 200^[4]	25
US Billboard Top R&B Albums^[4]	78

Notes

External links

Information Society

Paul Robb James Cassidy Kurt Harland Amanda Kramer Mariuccia Nocera Christopher Anton

Studio albums	Information Society (1988) Hack (1990) Peace and Love, Inc. (1992) Don't Be Afraid (1997) Synthesizer (2007) Hello World (2014) Orders of Magnitude (2016)

Compilations	InSoc Recombinant (1999) strange haircuts // cardboard guitars // and computer samples (2001) Pure Energy (2004) Apocryphon: Electro Roots 1982–1985 (2008) Energize! Classic Remixes, Vol. 1 (2011) Engage! Classic Remixes, Vol. 2 (2014) Encode! Classic Remixes, Vol. 3 (2015)

Extended plays	The InSoc EP (1983) Creatures of Influence (1984) Oscillator (2007) Modulator (2009) Land of the Blind (2014)

Singles	"Running" "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" "Walking Away" "Repetition" "Lay All Your Love on Me" "Think" "Are 'Friends' Electric?"

Related	Discography

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