Fire on the Moon

Infobox Album


Name = Fire on the Moon
Type = studio
Artist = Dream Command
Released = 1990
Recorded =
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 40:38
Label = Island Records
Producer = Kevin Bacon
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|1.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:it6uakjk5m3l link]
Last album = "Chasing Shadows" (1986)
This album = "Fire on the Moon" (1990)
Next album = "My Mind's Eye" (1992)

"Fire on the Moon" was released in 1990 on Island Records. It was the Comsat Angels' seventh album. The album was released on CD, Cassette and LP initially, but has yet to be reissued. The album was released under the alias Dream Command and in limited quantities in the United States and the Netherlands only. [Comsat Angels website [http://www.hotsdesign.co.uk/comsats/story2.htm] ] A single of "Celestine" was released in similarly small quantities as a promo only. [Comsat Angels website [http://www.hotsdesign.co.uk/comsats/web.htm] ]

Frontman Steve Fellows was once asked which of the Comsat Angels' albums was his least favorite, He replied, "Least favourite is not a Comsats album, but a Dream Command one " [Fire On The Moon] " – what the hell were we thinking about?" [Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows Q & A Session May 2002 [http://www.comsatangels.net/] ]

Track listing

"All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake."

#"Celestine" – 3:49
#"Whirlwind" – 3:35
#"Sleepwalking" – 5:13
#"Reach For Me" – 5:01
#"Ice Sculpture" – 4:44
#"Venus Hunter" – 4:37
#"Phantom Power" – 3:45
#"Transport of Delight" – 3:25
#"She's Invisible" – 4:05
#"Mercury" – 2:24

Personnel

*Stephen Fellows - vocals, guitar
*Andy Peake - synthesizer, vocals
*Kevin Bacon - bass guitar
*Mik Glaisher - drums
*Deborah Goddard - Backing vocals on "Whirlwind" and "Reach For Me"

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