Na początku 1989 roku ukazał się w Związku Radzieckim składankowy podwójny album
Greenpeace: Breakthrough. Album został wydany przez firmę fonograficzną "Melodia". W jego nagraniu wzięli udział artyści tej miary, co Peter Gabriel, Pretenders, Basia Trzetrzelewska, Eurythmics, Talking Heads, Sting, Grateful Dead, Dire Straits, U2 i Bryan Adams. Była to pierwsza tak duża, oficjalna prezentacja zachodniej muzyki pop w Związku Radzieckim. Jednocześnie był to pierwszy album wydany w tym kraju w celach charytatywnych. Dzięki zyskom ze sprzedaży Greenpeace był w stanie otworzyć swoje biura w Moskwie i Kijowie. Do każdej płyty i kasety dołączona była także 16 stronicowa książeczka pokazująca najpoważniejsze problemy ekologiczne świata, prezentująca Greenpeace oraz informująca w jaki sposób powstał i czemu służy ten unikalny album.
NOTES: By Terry Trucco
Twenty-four leading rock musicians and groups, including U2, Terence Trent D'Arby and Sting, are donating some of their biggest hits to a new double album that will carry the latest Western rock music to the Soviet Union. The album, entitled "Greenpeace - Breakthrough," is to be released in other countries as well, including the United States, with proceeds to benefit Greenpeace, the 15-year-old international environmental advocacy group. But its main target is Soviet youth. "We're trying to give the Soviets the absolute quintessence of Western rock music during the last five or six years," said Ian Flooks, the album's executive producer. The album is also intended to raise Soviet awareness of Greenpeace's environmental concerns, including efforts to protect whales, dolphins and seals and to close down nuclear power stations. "Since Chernobyl, the Soviet attitude toward environmental issues has changed completely," said Cornelia Durrant, a Greenpeace official who helped organize the album. Seeking An Audience Work on the album began in May. Although independent advocacy groups have only begun to be tolerated in the Soviet Union, Greenpeace hopes to open chapters there eventually. The group also hopes the album, which is to be released internationally in January, raises money. All of the album's artists and producers have donated their time and royalties. At present, Greenpeace expects to sell five million copies in the Soviet Union, where the album will be produced by the Government record agency, Melodiya, and another five million in the West, where nearly all the cuts have already been released. The records are to be priced in line with other albums in each country, Mr. Flooks said. The record, which has a colorful jacket designed by Neville Brody, a popular English graphic artist, will feature liner notes and a booklet on Greenpeace, with the group's name translated into each country's language. But for the most part, the music will convey the message. 'We Picked Hits' A number of the selections are about environmental issues, including Peter Gabriel's "Red Rain" and "Look Out Any Window," by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Others carry a softer message of peace and friendship, like Sade's "I Will Be Your Friend."Some have no particular message at all. "We wanted hits, so we picked hits," said Miss Durrant. But most of the hits will be new to Soviet audiences, Mr. Flooks said. Though rock music tapes often make their way into the country, Melodiya has released only a very limited selection of Western rock, mostly by artists from the 1960's and '70's, like the Beatles, Jethro Tull and the Moody Blues. "This is certainly the first time anything like this has been done in the Soviet Union," said Mr. Flooks. "The album is a real example of perestroika in action." The songs' lyrics are to be printed in English on the Soviet album, with only key phrases translated into Russian. Miss Durrant said that although Greenpeace originally wanted full translations, it was told by Melodiya that young Russians would understand what was being said. "In Russian rock encyclopedias and music magazines, the lyrics are always in English," she said. "It's the language of rock." Other artists on the album will include the Pretenders, the Eurythmics, Dire Straits, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bryan Ferry, Simple Minds, INXS, Basia, Belinda Carlisle, R.E.M., Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, Talking Heads, Waterboys, Bryan Adams, Aswad, World Party, Thompson Twins and John Farnham.
Strona 1
1. Pride - U2
2. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
3. Love Is The Seventh Wave - Sting
4. Set Them Free - Aswad
5. Ship Of Fools - World Party
6. Don't Stop The Dance - Bryan Ferry
Strona 2
7. When Tomorrow Comes - Eurythmics
8. Middle Of The Road - The Pretenders
9. Throwing Stones - Grateful Dead
10. This Time - INXS
11. Lay Your Hand On Me - The Thompson Twins
12. City Of Dreams - Talking Heads
Strona 3
13. Waterfront - Simple Minds
14. The Whole Of The Moon - Waterboys
15. It's The End Of The World - REM
16. You're The Voice - John Farnham
17. Somebody - Bryan Adams
18. Miles Away - Basia
19. Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
20. Look Out any Window - Bruce Hornsby
21. Let's Go Forward - Terence Trent D'Arby
22. Wholly humble Heart - Martin Stephenson
23. I Will Be Your Friend - Sade
24. We Are The People - John Cougar Mellencamp
25. Why Worry - Dire Straits
Stan: b. dobry
Wyd.: Melodia A 6000439 008
Napisy na płycie w wersji rosyjskiej:
A1 Ю 2 - Гордость (Во Имя Любви) (Pride)
A2 Белинда Карлайл - Землю Осушить До Слез (Heaven Is A Place On Earth)
A3 Стинг - Любовь - Это Седьмая Волна (Love Is The Seventh Wave)
A4 АСВАД - Освободите Их (Set Them Free)
A5 Уорлд Парти - Корабль Глупцов (Ship Of Fools)
A6 Брайан Ферри - Не Стой, Танцуй Со Мной (Don't Stop The Dance)
B1 Юритмикс - Когда Настанет Завтра (When Tomorrow Comes)
B2 Притендерз - Середина Пути (Middle Of The Road)
B3 Грейтфул Дэд - Бросая Камни (Throwing Stones)
B4 ИНКСС - На Этот Раз (This Time)
B5 Томпсон Туинз - Положи Мне Руку На Плечо (Lay Your Hands On Me)
B6 Токинг Хэдз - Город Мечты (City Of Dreams)
C1 Симпл Майндз - В Порту (Waterfront)
C2 Уотербойз - Луна Целиком (The Whole Of The Moon)
C3 Р.Е.М. - Конец Света (А Мне Хорошо) (It's The End Of The World)
C4 Джон Фарнем - Ты - Тот Голос (You're The Voice)
C5 Брайан Эдамс - Кто-то (Somebody)
C6 Баша - Далеко - Далеко (Miles Away)
D1 Питер Гэбриэл - Красный Дождь (Red Rain)
D2 Брюс Хорнсби И "Рэйндж" - Посмотри Из Любого Окна (Look Out Any Window)
D3 Теренс Трент Д'Арби - Вперед (Let's Go Forward)
D4 Мартин Стивенсон И "Дэйнтиз" - Совершенно Смиренное Сердце (Wholly Humble Heart)
D5 Шаде - Я Буду Твоим Другом (I Will Be Your Friend)
D6 Джон Кугар Мелленкамп - Мы - Народ (We Are The People)
D7 Дайер Стрейтс - Зачем Волноваться (Why Worry)
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