Under Influence
title: "Under Influence" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1979-debut-albums", "zones-(band)-albums", "arista-records-albums", "albums-produced-by-tim-friese-greene"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Influence" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Under Influence |
| type | Album |
| artist | Zones |
| cover | Under Influence.jpg |
| released | June 1, 1979 |
| recorded | The Manor (mixed at Wessex Studios) |
| genre | New wave |
| label | Arista |
| producer | Tim Friese-Greene |
| prev_title | Slik |
| as Slik | |
| prev_year | 1976 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Under Influence |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Looking to the Future |
| single1date | May 24, 1979 |
| single2 | Mourning Star |
| single2date | July 20, 1979 |
| :: |
| name = Under Influence | type = Album | artist = Zones | cover =Under Influence.jpg | alt = | released = June 1, 1979 | recorded = The Manor (mixed at Wessex Studios) | venue = | studio = | genre = New wave | length = | label = Arista | producer = Tim Friese-Greene | prev_title = Slik as Slik | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Under Influence | type = studio | single1 = Looking to the Future | single1date = May 24, 1979 | single2 = Mourning Star | single2date = July 20, 1979 |rev1 = ARTIST direct |rev1score =
Under Influence, released by Arista Records on June 1, 1979, is the only album of new wave band Zones, an offshoot of Midge Ure’s pre-Rich Kids Scottish pop outfit, Slik. The album is described in Trouser Press as the band "try a little of everything ... without any forceful, unifying personality".
Although the album has the new wave sound, it was unsuccessful at the time of its release. Shortly afterwards, Zones released a 7" single called "Mourning Star", whose eponymous song (a shorter version of the album song) was backed with "Under Influence", which did not appear on the album, despite the name being the same. At the end of 1979, and after years of failures, the group split up.
Track listing
Original LP (1981)
|all_writing = Willie Gardner; except where noted | headline = Side one | title1 = Do It All Again | length1 = 2:53 | title2 = Vision On | length2 = 3:45 | title3 = Deadly Dolls | writer3 = Russell Webb | length3 = 2:48 | title4 = The End | length4 = 3:58 | title5 = Mainman | writer5 = Billy McIsaac | length5 = 4:35 | headline = Side two | title1 = You're Not Foolin' Me | writer1 = McIsaac | length1 = 2:44 | title2 = Anything Goes | writer2 = McIsaac | length2 = 3:16 | title3 = Strength to Strength | length3 = 3:20 | title4 = Looking to the Future | writer4 = McIsaac | length4 = 3:21 | title5 = Mourning Star | length5 = 4:31
Personnel
- Willie Gardner - lead vocals, guitar
- Billy McIsaac - keyboards, vocals
- Russell Webb - bass, vocals
- Kenny Hyslop - drums, percussion
References
References
- [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,190372,00.html ARTIST direct review]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&q=Under+Influence Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982, pg 207]
- [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=zones trouser press: Zones - Under Influence (by Jim Green)]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&q=Under+Influence Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982, pg 223]
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