Aeronautics (album)

2025-03-28T14:43:01Z

85.76.1.130: corrected the wrong Allmusic rating, doesn't appear to have been changed https://web.archive.org/web/20130618000420/https://www.allmusic.com/album/aeronautics-mw0000473645

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{{Infobox album
| name = Aeronautics
| type = studio
| artist = [[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]]
| cover = Masterplan_aeronautics.jpg
| alt =
| released = 31 January 2005
| recorded = Crazy Cat Studio
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Power metal]]
| length = 50:06
| label = [[AFM Records]]
| producer = [[Andy Sneap]] and [[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]]
| prev_title = [[Back For My Life]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[Lost and Gone]]
| next_year = 2007
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r743506|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
}}

'''''Aeronautics''''' is the second album by the German [[power metal]] band [[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]]. It's the first album to feature playing and songwriting by members Axel Mackenrott (keyboards) and [[Iron Savior]] bassist Jan S. Eckert, who both joined the band shortly after the recordings of the debut album.

The song ''After This War'' is a re-written version of [[Iron Savior]] song ''After The War'', which is on the album ''[[Dark Assault]]'' and was written by Jan S. Eckert and [[Piet Sielck]].

==Track listing==
All songs were written by [[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]], except where noted.
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| title1 = Crimson Rider
| length1 = 3:59
| title2 = [[Back for My Life]]
| length2 = 4:12
| title3 = Wounds
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I'm Not Afraid
| length4 = 5:29
| title5 = Headbanger's Ballroom
| length5 = 4:55
| title6 = After This War
| note6 = M&L: '''Masterplan''' / [[Piet Sielck]]
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Into the Arena
| length7 = 4:11
| title8 = Dark from the Dying
| length8 = 4:09
| title9 = Falling Sparrow
| length9 = 5:35
| title10 = Black in the Burn
| length10 = 9:44
| total_length = 50:06
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = (Bonus Track Listing)
| title1 = Treasure World
| length1 = 3:49
| note1 = Digipack Edition, as track # 11
| title2 = Love is a Rock
| length2 = 4:31
| note2 = Japanese Version, as track # 6
| title3 = Hopes and Dreams
| length3 = 2:04
| note3 = Japanese Version, as track # 12
| total_length = 60:30
}}

== Line-up ==
* [[Jørn Lande]] – [[vocals]]
* [[Roland Grapow]] – [[guitar]]
* Jan S. Eckert – [[Bass (guitar)|bass]]
* Axel Mackenrott – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* [[Uli Kusch]] – [[drums]]

== Credits ==
* Produced by [[Andy Sneap]] and Masterplan
* Recorded by [[Andy Sneap]] and [[Roland Grapow]] at Crazy Cat Studio, Hamburg (GER)
* Mixed by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studio, Helsinki (FIN)
* Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studio, Helsinki (FIN)
* Bandphotos by Dirk Schelpmeier
* Layout & Album cover by Thomas Ewerhard

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Masterplan}}

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[[Category:2005 albums]]
[[Category:AFM Records albums]]
[[Category:Masterplan (band) albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Andy Sneap]]

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Break Like the Wind

2025-03-28T08:47:16Z

85.76.1.130: already mentioned under 'charts'

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Break Like the Wind
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]]
| cover = Break Like the Wind.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 17, 1992
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = *[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<ref name=rs/>
*[[comedy rock]]
| length = 49:54
| label = *[[MCA Records|MCA]]
*[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| producer = Spinal Tap, [[T-Bone Burnett]], [[Dave Jerden]], [[Danny Kortchmar]], [[Steve Lukather]]
| prev_title = [[This Is Spinal Tap (album)|This Is Spinal Tap]]
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = [[Back from the Dead (Spinal Tap album)|Back from the Dead]]
| next_year = 2009
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123561|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=rs>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090207110255/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/spinaltap/albums/album/164064/review/5942883/break_like_the_wind Archived Rolling Stone review]</ref>
}}
'''''Break Like the Wind''''' is a 1992 [[album]] by the fictional heavy metal band [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]]. The songs include a range of genres, from the [[glam metal]] anthem "Bitch School" down to the [[skiffle]] satire of "All the Way Home". The title, and the album's title track, is a [[double entendre]] that combines and confuses the [[idiom]] "make like the wind" (also possibly a reference to the [[Christopher Cross]] song "[[Ride Like the Wind]]", famously covered by British heavy metal band [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]]) with "[[wikt:break wind|break wind]]", a [[euphemism]] for [[flatulence]].

Originally, the CD was packaged in an 18-inch "extra-long box", as a satire against the controversial packaging policy of [[longbox]]es which was increasingly criticized as unnecessary and wasteful. The album notes are by [[Steely Dan]]'s [[Walter Becker]], who spends the entire page highlighting the Crosley Phase Linear Ionic Induction Voice Processor System and ignoring the band and music entirely.

==Backstory==
In the film ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', [[David St. Hubbins]] (portrayed by [[Michael McKean]]) and [[Nigel Tufnel]] (portrayed by [[Christopher Guest]]) claim "All the Way Home" is the first song they wrote together, and that six years after it was written, David and Nigel recorded the song in December 1961. The film recounts the two being in different bands, David in the 'Creatures' and Nigel with the 'Lovely Lads'. Similarly, "The Sun Never Sweats" is implied to be the title track from their fictitious album of the same name, whose cover is shown on the packaging of the album ''[[This Is Spinal Tap (album)|This Is Spinal Tap]]''. "Clam Caravan" is apparently a "misspelling" of "Calm Caravan".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3irKOU55x8&t=10s Minute 1:30</ref>

== Track listing ==
All tracks by [[David St. Hubbins]], [[Nigel Tufnel]] and [[Derek Smalls]] except where noted.
{{tracklist
| title1 = Bitch School
| length1 = 2:50
| title2 = The Majesty of Rock
| length2 = 3:55
| title3 = Diva Fever
| length3 = 3:06
| title4 = Just Begin Again
| note4 = duet with [[Cher]]
| length4 = 4:52
| title5 = Cash on Delivery
| length5 = 3:03
| title6 = The Sun Never Sweats
| length6 = 4:23
| title7 = Rainy Day Sun
| length7 = 3:42
| title8 = Break Like the Wind
| note8 = {{refn|group=note|"Break Like the Wind" samples the classical guitar piece ''[[Concierto de Aranjuez]]'' by [[Joaquín Rodrigo|Rodrigo]].<ref>[http://www.spinaltapfan.com/articles/guitarworld1.html Spinal Tap Sits Down with Guitar World, Part 2]</ref>}}
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Stinkin' Up the Great Outdoors
| length9 = 2:50
| title10 = Springtime
| length10 = 4:02
| title11 = Clam Caravan
| length11 = 3:37
| title12 = Christmas with the Devil
| length12 = 4:33
| title13 = Now Leaving on Track 13
| note13 = hidden track{{refn|group=note|"Now Leaving on Track 13" is [[hidden track|unlisted]] on the album packaging.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=440200435&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316151629/http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=440200435&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-16|title=Writers: NOW LEAVING ON TRACK 13|work=ACE Title Search|publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]|accessdate=2009-12-05}}</ref>}}
| length13 = 2:08
| title14 = All the Way Home
| writer14 = St. Hubbins, Tufnel
| length14 = 2:07
}}
'''Notes'''
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== Personnel ==
;Spinal Tap
* [[David St. Hubbins]] ([[Michael McKean]]) – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]] and [[guitar]]
* [[Nigel Tufnel]] ([[Christopher Guest]]) – [[lead guitar]] and vocals, lead vocals on "Springtime" and "Clam Caravan"
* [[Derek Smalls]] ([[Harry Shearer]]) – [[bass guitar]] and [[Singing|vocals]], lead vocals on "Cash on Delivery"
* [[Ric Parnell|Ric Shrimpton]] (R.J. Parnell) – [[Drum kit|drums]] and [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
* [[C. J. Vanston]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]

;Additional personnel
* [[Jeff Beck]] – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"
* [[Cher]] – co-lead vocals on "Just Begin Again"
* [[Walter Becker]] – [[liner notes]]
* [[Steve Lukather]] – guitar on "Just Begin Again" and "Break Like the Wind", piano on "Clam Caravan"
* [[Joe Satriani]] – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"
* [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"
* [[Timothy B. Schmit]] – [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]] on "Christmas with the Devil" and "Cash On Delivery"
* Tommy Funderburk – background vocals on "Christmas with the Devil" and "Cash On Delivery"
* [[Waddy Wachtel]] – [[slide guitar]] on "Stinkin' Up the Great Outdoors"
* [[Dweezil Zappa]] – guitar solo on "Diva Fever"
* Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs – drums on "Rainy Day Sun"
* [[Nicky Hopkins]] – keyboards on "Rainy Day Sun"
* [[Luis Conte]] – percussion on "Clam Caravan"
* David Bianco – Mix Engineer
* Danny Alonso – Mix Assistant
* [[John Kosh]] Art director and Cover Designer
Mixed at Can Am Studios

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Break Like the Wind''
! scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=264}}</ref>
| 67
|-
{{album chart|Canada|44|chartid=2108|rowheader=true|access-date=October 16, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|51|date=19920405|rowheader=true|access-date=October 16, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|61|artist=Spinal Tap|rowheader=true|access-date=October 16, 2022}}
|}

== See also ==
* [[Spinal Tap discography]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Spinal Tap}}

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[[Category:Spinal Tap (band) albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by T Bone Burnett]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Dave Jerden]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Danny Kortchmar]]
[[Category:MCA Records albums]]

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