Cybotron ‎– Enter

i wonder if this is the one with the crickets at the beginning of clear

the cassette version had crickets before the countoff.....

there is actually a ultra rare version of this song "clear"....it was on a cassette version of this album....a friend of mine had it back in the 80's.....real talk!!

It is note-worthy to know that some pressings of the original ENTER album from 1983 included the original version of "Clear" while others included the remix, which is the most familiar version.

It should be noted that some 1983 pressings contain the 12" version of "Clear" (The Jose Animal Diaz Remix) while others contain the original version.

This is definately the original Pressing of this fantastic LP ! I ask myself why nobody had allready contributed the original one. Anyway, all the differences are mentioned in the notes, so you can check very easily if you have the original or the 90's repress.
In case you have the repress, let me tell ya that the version of "Clear" is really incredible on the original pressing. Sounds really underground, totally different from the allready known one, so if you are missing this one you will definately need it!
Peace
Fab

I find it a bit rubbish that people on here are selling this LP saying things like "very rare edition with the remix". With or without the sticker, the remix version of Clear is the one that everyone knows, and it is not rare at all.
The rare one is the original version that not so many people have ever heard.
So beware of sellers trying to charge extra for nothing special.

Apart from that, fantastic album, some all-time great tracks on here, both versions of Clear are fantastic.

The only old-school electro LP with any amount of staying power (thanks in part to its release on Fantasy), this CD release of the Cybotron album -- previously known as Enter -- includes crucial, early singles like "Alleys of Your Mind," "Cosmic Cars," and techno's first defining moment, "Clear." The collision of Atkins' vision for cosmic funk and the arena rock instincts of Rick Davis result in a surprisingly cohesive album, dated for all the right reasons and quite pop-minded. Ecological and political statements even crop up with the final tracks, "Cosmic Raindance" and "El Salvador."

There are alot of mixed feelings about this release. The reason this album is considered a classic, at least from the Detroit point of view is because it contains 4 bonified hits, "Alley of your mind", "Clear","Cosmic Raindance" and the one most forgotten "Cosmic Cars".These were all very popular in Detroit. The others may be slightly irritating and off key, but experimentation is what got electro/techno where it is today.

"Industrial Lies" is the most obvious evidence how Cybotron and the other pioneers from Detroit were inspired by Tofflers book "The Third Wave". It is the transformation of vision and critics into revolutionary sound. Begin reading the book in order to really understand this early piece of "Sound of Detroit" and its deeper meaning.