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''Pink World'' is a rock opera and the second album released by American rock music recording artist Planet P Project as a double LP, originally on pink vinyl, on cassette in 1984, and on CD in 1993 on the MCA label. It was remastered and re-released on CD as ''Pink World (Edition )'' on the Renaissance Records label in 2008. ''Pink World'' is also the title of the album's promotional music video. The video features two songs from the album. (The title track is not included in the video.) Planet P Project is a pseudonym used by American rock musician and producer Tony Carey (born Anthony Lawrence Carey on October 16, 1953) for his more experimental recordings. ''Pink World'' is Carey's fifth solo studio album under his name or his Planet P Project pseudonym. Carey performed all vocals and nearly all instruments on the album, and he composed all of the songs. The album tells the story of a dystopian society sheltered from nuclear annihilation by the Zone, a protected area created through the psychic powers of a seven-year-old boy named Artemus. The boy is manipulated by government officials into acting as a figurehead to gain public support for their rule, though Artemus himself has nearly absolute power over everybody in the Zone. Artemus eventually leaves the area of safety he created, causing it to vanish as he departs. ''Pink World'' was a success among the critics, though sales were initially modest. However, the album has achieved a cult following. ==Background== Planet P Project is a pseudonym used by rock musician Tony Carey to distinguish his more progressive and experimental music from his pop-oriented rock releases. In 1982, Carey released his first two solo albums, ''In the Absence of the Cat'', on the indie label X-Records, and ''I Won't Be Home Tonight'', on the Rocshire label, along with the single (and music video) "West Coast Summer Nights". The title track of the second album was also released as a single. Upon the demise of the Rocshire label, Carey signed with Geffen Records for his third solo album, but he had a great deal of music written that didn't fit the style of that album. He signed a second contract with Geffen to record and release that material under the "Planet P Project" pseudonym. He released his first album under the name Planet P Project in 1983, called ''Planet P'' (later titled ''Planet P Project'') and the first popular single under the Planet P Project name, "Why Me", which reached #64 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and #4 in the magazine's Top Rock Tracks chart. The single and its video made an impact on MTV during its formative years. (The song was one of 30 songs to be included in the 1995 MTV compilation album ''MTV Class of 1983''.) Planet P Project had become a successful recording act independent of Tony Carey's self-named releases. In 1983 and 1984, Carey recorded his third solo album, ''Some Tough City'', and his second Planet P Project album, the double LP rock opera ''Pink World'', in Hotline Studios, which he co-owned with producer Peter Hauke. A dispute with the label arose when, according to Carey, Geffen's representative was not satisfied with the lyrics to "A Fine, Fine Day" and "The First Day of Summer", both of which would later be released as singles from the album ''Some Tough City'', and Carey refused to rewrite them.〔 Relations with Geffen deteriorated further when Carey delivered the finished ''Pink World'' album, which was not well received by the label. Carey had this to say about the response from Geffen: :''I delivered'' Pink World'', and the shit REALLY hit the fan. Some of the comments that filtered back to me were "unreleasable" and "this kid's crazy." And some bad ones, too. Long story short, I got traded like a baseball player to MCA Records, which went ahead and released both of these records.''〔 MCA released ''Some Tough City'' in the spring of 1984, along with two top 40 singles from the album, and Carey and the label decided to delay the release of ''Pink World'' until later that year to avoid interfering with sales and airplay of the earlier album by releasing competing material. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pink World」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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