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"Warriors of the Wasteland" is the sixth single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1986. It was taken from the album ''Liverpool''. Having already referenced literary heavyweights such as Coleridge in "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" and Thomas in "Rage Hard", for "Warriors of the Wasteland" Holly Johnson turned to T. S. Eliot for inspiration. Johnson cited Eliot's ''The Waste Land'' poem, the 1981 Mel Gibson film, ''Mad Max 2'', and the 1979 film, ''The Warriors'' as inspirations. Even though it featured 3 different 12" singles, "Warriors of the Wasteland" reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart (making it the group's first UK hit not to go Top Five), #7 in Germany (for two weeks) and #13 in Switzerland. ==Track listings== (All discographical information pertains to UK releases only unless noted) ;7": ZTT / ZTAS 25 # "Warriors of the Wasteland" - 5:01 # "Warriors (Of the Wasteland)" - 3:55 *The 5:01 side is the album version, featuring the band's original instrumentation; the 3:55 flip is a 7" mix recreated digitally using samples and synths. ;12": ZTT / 12 ZTAS 25 # "Warriors" (Twelve Wild Disciples Mix) - 9:45 # "Warriors" (instrumental) () - 4:50 # "Warriors" (return) - 1:22 # "Warriors" (end) - 3:29 *As with many ZTT releases, unlisted tracks have created confusion as to which track has which title. "Warriors" (return) can be taken to be the full 6:12 instrumental track, or just the 1:22 reprise. The 2014 digital reissue labelled both pieces as "Warriors" (return). *"Warriors" (end) began life as an unreleased track called "Pocket Vibrator". *On the sleeve notes to this release, producer Trevor Horn noted: "On ''Liverpool'' the members of Frankie Goes to Hollywood played ''Warriors'' with their own notoriously fair hands ... This so-called 12" is in fact a total cheat ... No-one played anything, in any orthodox sense. It was all done by computers, very powerful computers ... juggling and organising pre-recorded sounds." ;12": ZTT / 12 ZTAX 25 # "Warriors" (Turn of the Knife Mix) - 8:09 # "Warriors" (instrumental) () - 4:50 # "Warriors" (return) - 1:22 # "Warriors" (end) - 3:29 ;12": ZTT / 12 ZTAK 25 "Heavy Mental" # "Warriors" (attack mix) - 6:30 # "Warriors" (instrumental) () - 4:50 # "Warriors" (return) - 1:22 # "Warriors" (end) - 3:29 *The "Attack Mix" featured additional guitar parts by Gary Moore. ;12": Island / 0-96799 United States # "Warriors of the Wasteland" (Twelve Wild Disciples Mix) - 9:42 # "Warriors of the Wasteland" (Turn of the Knife Mix) - 8:11 ;CD: ZTT / ZCID 25 "Warriors" (Compacted) # "Warriors" (introduction) - 2:25 # "Warriors" (Twelve Wild Disciples Mix) - 9:45 # "Warriors of the Wasteland" (lyrics ) - 5:02 # "Warriors (Of the Wasteland)" - 3:57 # "Warriors" (Monopoly Re-Solution) (in a cage' ) - 2:21 *The CD is one track without a title list, and the titles above are for convenience of reference, apart from ''"Warriors" (Twelve Wild Disciples)'' and ''"Warriors" (Of the Wasteland)''. *"Introduction" starts with various vocal sounds, then sped-up samples re-edited, then slowed down samples, moving into what sounds like the Return Mix and some re-edited instrumental bits. *"Twelve Wild Disciples" is the first 12" mix - a reconstructed version with additional keyboards. *"Fewer Lyrics" is the album version with verse lyrics missing. *"Warriors (Of the Wasteland)" sounds similar to Twelve Wild Disciples, but a 7" edit. *"Monopoly Re-Solution" is a stand-alone track. "Warriors" (Compacted) was rereleased in 2012 on CD Sexmix Disk 2, Track 11. ;MC: ZTT / CTIS 25 "Warriors (Cassetted)" # "A Matter of Life and Death" - 0:04 # "Warriors of the Wasteland" () - 2:59 # "Warriors (Of the Wasteland)" (version ) - 3:09 # "Warriors" (Twelve Wild Disciples) () - 8:32 # "we're rats" (noises from 'Introduced' ) - 0:43 # "Warriors" (from 'Return' ) - 1:27 # "Warriors" (Monopoly Re-Solution) (in a cage' ) - 3:03 *As with the CD single, no individual tracks are listed on the sleeve, which simply states "... featuring Warriors (Twelve Wild Disciples Mix) and a phenomenon of megabytes". The latter phrase, which does not specifically refer to any tracks in the cassette, is a ZTT coinage meaning "remix" or "collection of remixes" (i.e. remix album), and as such it was also used as a subtitle for ''The Art of the 12"'', a 2011 2-CD release featuring a selection of classic ZTT remixes, two more volumes of which followed in 2012 and 2014. *The opening voiceover and the instrumental version of the Twelve Wild Disciples mix were unique to this cassette, until CTIS25 was finally released on CD in 2011 as part of the ''Liverpool'' deluxe edition. 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「Warriors of the Wasteland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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