From Here to Eternity (Giorgio Moroder album)

From Here to Eternity
Studio album by Giorgio Moroder
Released July 22, 1977 (1977-07-22)
Recorded June 1977
Studio Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany
Genre
Length 30:44
Label Casablanca Records
Producer Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder chronology
Knights in White Satin
(1976)		 From Here to Eternity
(1977)		 Love's in You, Love's in Me
(1978)
Singles from From Here to Eternity
  1. "From Here to Eternity" / "Too Hot to Handle"
    Released: 1977
  2. "From Here to Eternity" / "Utopia - Me Giorgio"
    Released: 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork8.6/10[4]

From Here to Eternity is a 1977 studio album by Giorgio Moroder. It peaked at number 130 on the Billboard 200 chart.[5] The album's title track, together with "Too Hot to Handle" and "First Hand Experience in Second Hand Love", reached number 2 on Billboard's Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart.[6][7] The first five songs comprise a continuous disco medley built around the title track, while the remaining songs are not connected to each other.

Critical reception

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "The metallic beats, high-energy impact, and futuristic effects prove that Moroder was ahead of his time like few artists of the 1970s (Kraftwerk included), and the free-form songwriting on tracks like 'Lost Angeles,' 'First Hand Experience in Second Hand Love,' and the title track are priceless."[3] Dominique Leone of Pitchfork gave the album an 8.6 out of 10, calling it "a marvel for disco historians" and "a perfect nugget of dance music for anyone else."[4]

In 2004, the album was ranked at number 88 on Pitchfork's "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s" list.[8] In 2015, Thump placed it at number 19 on the "99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time" list.[9]

Track listing

All tracks written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte.

No.TitleLength
1."From Here to Eternity"5:58
2."Faster than the Speed of Love"1:54
3."Lost Angeles"2:44
4."Utopia - Me Giorgio"3:24
5."From Here to Eternity (Reprise)"1:45
6."First Hand Experience in Second Hand Love"5:02
7."I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone"5:08
8."Too Hot to Handle"4:51

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Giorgio Moroder – writing, production, electronic keyboards, engineering
  • Pete Bellotte – writing, mystery voice
  • Robby Wedel – moog programming
  • Gitte – backing vocals
  • Lucy – backing vocals
  • Betsy – backing vocals
  • Juergen Koppers – engineering
  • Phyllis Chotin – art direction
  • Henry Vizcarra – art direction, design
  • Gribbitt! – art direction, design
  • Ronald Slenzak – photography

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 130

References

  1. ↑ Poe, Jim (May 29, 2014). "Giorgio Moroder: 10 groundbreaking tunes". The Guardian. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Fowle, Kyle (June 25, 2015). "A beginner's guide to dance-music godfather Giorgio Moroder". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Bush, John. "From Here to Eternity - Giorgio Moroder". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Leone, Dominique (February 27, 2005). "Giorgio Moroder: From Here to Eternity". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Giorgio Moroder - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Giorgio Moroder - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 182.
  8. ↑ "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2/10)". Pitchfork. June 23, 2004. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  9. ↑ "The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time". Thump. July 14, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
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