Paranoimia

	Paranoimia
	Produced by The Art of Noise
	Released on June 1986
	US CHART POSITION #34 (charted Aug. 16, 1986 for 12 weeks) . . . UK CHART POSITION #12
	Find it at GEMM
43002 wo. picture sleeve [high resolution scan]

F eeling tense? Then step back into the future past with Max Headroom. At the time (the 1980s), the choppily edited talking head anticipated the future of television. Unfortunately, the future wasn’t scary so much as annoying, and the idea never really gained any traction beyond a novelty. On “Paranoimia” (in which Max wakes up in the middle of the night), the video-only experience doesn’t translate so effectively to the ears. However, it’s an interesting single, some of the best dance-rock this side of the alphabet, the other side residing near the Ws in the guise of Was (Not Was). The B side is a nonalbum instrumental of no consequence. In my pursuit of information on Max Headroom, I did find a brilliant site on science fiction & fantasy programs that I’d love to share with the link below:

TRACK LISTING

PARANOIMIA (Anne Dudley/Jonathan J. Jeczalik) 3:18
WHY ME? (Anne Dudley/Jonathan J. Jeczalik)

UK 12-inch single
PARANOIMIA (EXTENDED VERSION)
PARANOIMIA
WHY ME
A NATION REJECTS

CREDITS

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REGION	RELEASE DATE	LABEL	MEDIA	ID NUMBER	FEATURES
UK	June 1986	China	7"/12	WOK9/WOKX9	picture sleeve
US/CAN	August 1986	China	7"	43002
US	1986	China	12	AV9 43017
AUS'L	1986	China	12	X 14298
GER/NET	1986	China	7"	108339	picture sleeve
GER	1986	China	12	608339

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