Inner City – Paradise

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Label:	10 Records – DIX 81, 10 Records – 209 608-630
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	UK
Released:	May 8, 1989
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	House, Techno

Tracklist

A1	Inner City Theme Keyboards [Additional] – R Holmon* Mixed By – K Saunderson* Producer – K Saunderson* Written-By – K Saunderson*	2:50
A2	Paradise Engineer – Chris Andrews Keyboards [Additional] – R Holmon* Mixed By – Magic Juan* Producer – K Saunderson* Written-By – A Saunderson, K Saunderson, P Grey*	4:05
A3	Ain't Nobody Better Engineer – Chris Andrews, Mike Iacopelli Mixed By – Duane Bradley Producer – K Saunderson* Producer [Production Assistant] – R Holmon* Written-By – K Saunderson, P Grey	4:01
A4	Power Of Passion Engineer – Chris Andrews Mixed By – K Saunderson* Producer – K Saunderson* Producer [Production Assistant] – R Holmon* Written-By – K Saunderson, P Grey	5:00
A5	Big Fun Engineer – K Saunderson* Producer – K Saunderson* Written-By – A Forest, J Pennington, K Saunderson, P Grey	3:25
B1	Do You Love What You Feel Engineer – Chris Andrews, Mike Iacopelli Mixed By – Duane Bradley Producer – K Saunderson* Written-By – K Saunderson, P Grey	5:01
B2	Good Life Engineer – Ben Grosse Mixed By – B Grosse, K Saunderson Producer – K Saunderson* Written-By – K Saunderson, P Grey, R Holmon*	3:25
B3	Set Your Body Free Engineer – Mark Childress, Mike Iacopelli Mixed By – Duane Bradley Producer – K Saunderson* Written-By – A Saunderson, Chez Damier, K Saunderson	4:01
B4	And I Do Engineer – Chris Andrews Mixed By – Magic Juan* Producer – Juan Atkins Written-By – J Atkins, P Grey	4:18
B5	Secrets Of The Mind Engineer – Chris Andrews Mixed By – Kevin Saunderson Producer – K Saunderson* Written-By – K Saunderson, P Grey	4:55

Companies, etc.

Mixed At – Powerhouse Studio
Mixed At – Pearl Sound Studios
Recorded At – Powerhouse Studio
Licensed Through – Best Beat Ltd.
Licensed To – 10 Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 10 Records Ltd.
Copyright © – 10 Records Ltd.
Published By – Drive On Music
Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Published By – Copyright Control
Mastered At – The Town House
Pressed By – EMI Records
Manufactured By – Virgin
Distributed By – Virgin
Marketed By – AVL

Credits

Artwork, Design – Hills Archer*
Management [for Best Beat Limited] – John Mostyn, Neil Rushton
Musician [Inner City are] – Kevin Saunderson, Paris Grey
Photography By – Simon Fowler (2)

Notes

Direct Metal Mastering (D.M.M.)

Cat# DIX 81 on labels and spine, DIX81 on rear cover and inner liner. 2nd cat# 209 608-630 on rear cover only, just below the barcode.

Recorded by KMS of Detroit
All tracks recorded at Powerhouse Studio in Detroit and mixed at Powerhouse and Pearl Sound (in Canton).
Manufactured & distributed in the UK by Virgin

On labels:
Produced by Kevin Saunderson
℗ 1989 10 Records Ltd
© 1989 10 Records Ltd
Licensed to 10 Records via Best Beat Ltd (UK)

On rear cover:
Produced by Kevin Saunderson except 'And I Do' produced by Juan Atkins (consistent with inner liner listing)
℗© 10 Records 1989 (also on spine)
Licensed to 10 Records via Best Beat Ltd (U.K.)

Publishers:
On labels:
Tracks A1 to A4, B1 to B5: Drive On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
Track A5: Drive On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd/Copyright Control

On inner liner:
Tracks A1 to A4, B1 to B5: Drive-On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
Track A5: Drive-On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd/Cop Con

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 5012982508110
Matrix / Runout (A, stamped): DIX 81 A-1U-1-2 D
Matrix / Runout (B, stamped): DIX 81 B-2U-1- D
Matrix / Runout (B, etched): TOWNHOUSE D.M.M.
Label Code: LC 3098

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Big Fun (CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	7 91242-2, 2-91242	US	1989
Recently Edited	Paradise (CD, Album)	10 Records, 10 Records	DIXCD 81, 259 608-222	UK & Europe	1989
Recently Edited	Big Fun (LP, Album)	10 Records	7 91242-1	US	1989
Recently Edited	Paradise (Cassette, Album)	10 Records, 10 Records	CDIX 81, 409 608-630	Turkey	1989
	Paradise (LP, Album)	10 Records, 10 Records	DIX81, 209 608	Europe	1989

Reviews

Echodriver Sep 4, 2022
I can’t recall any artist producing a techno/house album in the late 80s other than Inner City. If these genres interest you this album is a historical start point. Reference material and when you listen deep replicated in modern day material.
rlmaddock1 Aug 24, 2022
This album has the busiest percussion I think I've ever heard.
mrnphilip26 Oct 22, 2020
Great Album! From Start to Finish, Bangers. Club Party Record
jancito303 Nov 30, 2007
Edited 9 years ago
Back in '89 there weren't too many 'real albums' out there in the electronic genre and this was certainly it. Paradise is my favorite track.
Alain_Patrick Mar 8, 2006
Edited 16 years ago
The point of being 'above thirty' is that you'll certainly carry good memories with you.
It's like remembering the year of 1989 when I was still a teenager on a French school and a great friend of mine, Sylvain 'Gazza' Justum brought me Inner City's "Paradise" LP.
The mélange between the soulful atmosphere and futuristic-sophisticated sounds from synthesizer lines & the drum sequencers got straight into my mind, and I just couldn't stop listening to the WHOLE LP every-single-day.
I guess the same situation happened with many young kids at that time - it was like the official anthem of the year 1989 had been released!
The tunes were so emotional, delicate and different from anything I have heard before... So intense, so unique, that I really don't know if we'll ever be able to be surprised again by such a magnificent kind of music.
Kevin Saunderson's synthesizer timbres and Paris Grey's vocals had no parallel anywhere else in the whole World. They broke with the traditional paradigms on the dance music Universe and brought a sophisticated, soulful-futuristic perspective that influenced an incredible amount of producers later (just remember the synth lines timbres on U.R. 001 - "Your Time Is Up", for example).
"Paradise" LP is much more than "Big Fun" and "Good Life". For many people, it was the mark zero for the Detroit Sounds, as some of the hits were played on the main clubs, and even on the radios.
Above all, it was perhaps the album that consolidated the range of the Techno music on the bigger audiences Worldwide.