Radio Silence is an album by Boris Grebenshchikov

Boris Grebenshchikov

Boris Borisovich Grebenshchikov also known as Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov, is one of the most prominent members of the generation which is widely considered the "founding fathers" of Russian rock music...

, leader of the Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n group Aquarium

Aquarium (group)

Aquarium or Akvarium is a Russian rock group, formed in Leningrad in 1972 by Boris Grebenshchikov, then a student of Applied Mathematics at Leningrad State University, and Anatoly Gunitsky, then a playwright and absurdist poet.-History:...

. The album was recorded in 1989 in studios in the U.S., UK, and Canada

Canada

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, mostly with Western musicians, and produced by David A. Stewart

David A. Stewart

David Allan Stewart , often known as Dave Stewart, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".-Early life:Stewart was born in Sunderland,...

. It was hailed as the first contract of a Russian (then, Soviet) rock musician with a Western label.

Having by then achieved the status of the most prominent rock musician in Russia, Boris had just recently been permitted to travel abroad (thanks to Perestroika

Perestroika

Perestroika was a political movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during 1980s, widely associated with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev...

). On most tracks, only Alexander Titov (bass) is of the then-current Russian Aquarium band, the rest being Western musicians (with the exception of Death of King Arthur where many Aquarium musicians can be heard). It was originally planned that the album would have half songs in Russian and half in English, but in the final album there are only two Russian songs on the B side.

United States version

1. "Radio Silence"
2. "Winter"
3. "The Postcard"
4. "The Wind"
5. "The Time"
6. "That Voice Again"
7. "Real Slow Today"
8. "The Young Lions"
9. "Mother"
10. "Fields of My Love"
11. "Mother"
12. "China"
13. "Death of King Arthur"

International version

1. "Radio Silence"
2. "The Postcard"
3. "The Wind"
4. "The Time"
5. "Winter"
6. "That Voice Again"
7. "Молодые Львы (The Young Lions)"
8. "Fields of My Love"
9. "Death of King Arthur"
10. "Real Slow Today"
11. "Mother"
12. "Китай (China)"

External links

• Credits and lyrics on the official Aquarium site