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((more citations needed|date=February 2013))
((Infobox album
| name       = Information Society
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Information Society (band)|Information Society]]
| cover      = Information Society (album).png
| released   = ((start date|1988|6|21))
| recorded   = * Platinum Island (New York City)
* Nicollet ([[Minneapolis]])
| genre      = 
* [[Electropop]]<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/information-society/|title=Information Society|author=Ira Robbins|magazine=[[Trouser Press]]|access-date=13 July 2022))</ref>
* [[synth-pop]]<ref name= "AllMusic"/>
* [[dance-pop]]<ref name="AllMusic 2">((AllMusic |class=album |id= mw0000308999|title= Information Society - ''Hack'' (1990): Review |last= Cooper|first= William|access-date= January 2, 2024))</ref>
| length     = ((duration|m=43|s=42))
| label      = ((hlist|[[Tommy Boy Records|Tommy Boy]]|[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]))
| producer   = ((hlist|[[Fred Maher]]|[[Paul Robb]]))
| prev_title = [[Creatures of Influence]]
| prev_year  = 1984
| next_title = [[Hack (album)|Hack]]
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       = ((Singles
  | name        = Information Society
  | type        = studio
  | single1     = [[What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)]]
  | single1date = April 26, 1988
  | single2     = [[Walking Away (Information Society song)|Walking Away]]
  | single2date = 1988
  | single3     = [[Repetition (Information Society song)|Repetition]]
  | single3date = 1989
  | single4     = [[Lay All Your Love on Me#Information Society version|Lay All Your Love on Me]]
  | single4date = 1989
))))
((Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = ((Rating|4.5|5))<ref name= "AllMusic">((cite web |last=Bush |first=John |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/information-society-mw0000652260 |title=Information Society – Information Society |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 11, 2018))</ref>
))

'''''Information Society''''' is the debut studio album by American [[synth-pop]] band [[Information Society (band)|Information Society]], released on June 21, 1988, by [[Tommy Boy Records]] and [[Reprise Records]]. It was the band's first release under a major label, after two independently released [[extended play]]s. The album was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on December 6, 1988, denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States. Four singles were released from the album, including "[[What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)]]", the group's most commercially successful single to date. It was one of the only albums released in the seldom-used [[CD+G]] format.

==Production==
''Information Society'' is one of the very few albums to have [[CD+G]] content. As the CD+G format never caught on and compatible players are difficult to find, the whole content was also made available on the band's website. "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" and "Walking Away" were used in a sampler disc bundled with the [[Sega CD]] to showcase the console's CD+G capability. It had the same graphics as the album.

According to the CD+G notes,<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmYPQq7JcEg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/gmYPQq7JcEg |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Information Society CD+G (Completed)|website=[[YouTube]] |publisher=))((cbignore))</ref> instruments used in the production of this album include: [[Akai S900|Akai S-900]] sampler, [[E-mu SP-12|E-MU SP-12]] Drum Machine, [[Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000|Prophet 2002]] Sampler (X2), [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] TX Rack Module (X8), [[Minimoog|Moog Minimoog]] Synthesizer, [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] Super Jupiter Synth (X3), [[Roland JX-3P]] Synth, [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] S-50 Synth. This album was recorded onto [[floppy disk]] via Voyetra Technology's "Sequencer Plus MK III" MIDI sequencer software in the summer of 1987. It was transferred to 48-track analog tape in autumn 1987, at which time vocals were added. The 48-track was then mixed down to a stereo master in winter 1987–1988.

==Track listing==
All tracks produced by [[Fred Maher]], except "Running" by [[Paul Robb]].

((Track listing
| headline = Software

| title1 = [[What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)]]
| writer1 = ((hlist|Robb|[[Kurt Harland|Kurt Valaquen]]))
| length1 = 4:33

| title2 = Tomorrow
| writer2 = ((hlist|Robb|[[Amanda Kramer]]|Valaquen))
| length2 = 4:08

| title3 = [[Lay All Your Love on Me]]
| writer3 = ((hlist|[[Benny Andersson]]|[[Björn Ulvaeus]]))
| length3 = 3:39

| title4 = [[Repetition (Information Society song)|Repetition]]
| writer4 = Robb
| length4 = 4:32

| title5 = [[Walking Away (Information Society song)|Walking Away]]
| writer5 = Robb
| length5 = 5:01
))

((Track listing
| headline = Hardware

| title6 = Over the Sea
| writer6 = Valaquen
| length6 = 3:53

| title7 = Attitude
| writer7 = ((hlist|Robb|Valaquen))
| length7 = 4:11

| title8 = Something in the Air
| writer8 = Robb
| length8 = 4:53

| title9 = [[Running (Information Society song)|Running]]
| writer9 = Murat Konar
| length9 = 7:41

| title10 = Make It Funky
| writer10 = Robb
| length10 = 1:11
))

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Information Society''.<ref>((cite AV media notes |title=Information Society |type=liner notes |others=[[Information Society (band)|Information Society]] |publisher=[[Tommy Boy Records]] |year=1988 |id=9 25691-2))</ref>

===Information Society===
* [[Paul Robb]] – arrangements, programming
* [[Kurt Harland|Kurt Valaquen]] – samples
* [[James Cassidy (musician)|James Cassidy]]
* [[Amanda Kramer]]

===Additional musicians===
* Murat Konar – vocals ((small|(track 9)))
* [[ELIZA]] – guest vocals ((small|(track 10)))

===Technical===
((Div col))
* [[Fred Maher]] – production, mixing, recording engineering ((small|(tracks 1–8, 10))); arrangements, programming
* Paul Robb – production ((small|(track 9)))
* Roey Shamir – mixing, mix engineering ((small|(tracks 1–8, 10)))
* Joey Gardner – mixing ((small|(track 9)))
* "Little" Louie Vega – mixing ((small|(track 9)))
* Kevin Laffey – executive production
* Chopper Black – recording engineering ((small|(track 9)))
* Eric Calvi – mix engineering ((small|(track 9)))
* Jon Smith – mix engineering ((small|(track 9)))
* Oz Fritz – engineering assistance
* Angela Piva – engineering assistance
* The Latin Rascals ([[Tony Moran]] and Albert Cabrera) – edits ((small|(track 9)))
* Herb Powers Jr. – mastering
((Div col end))

===Artwork===
* [[Grey Organisation]] – art direction
* Isabel Snyder – photography
* Steven Miglio – layout
* Daniel Shapiro – typography

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Information Society''
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1988)
! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>((cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/80s/RPM-1988-11-26-OCR-Page-0011.pdf |title=RPM100 Albums |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume=49 |issue=6 |date=November 26, 1988 |page=11 |issn=0033-7064 |via=World Radio History))</ref>
| 41
|-
((album chart|Billboard200|25|artist=Information Society|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2018))
|-
((album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|78|artist=Information Society|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2018))
|}

==Certifications==
((Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Information Society''))
((Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Information Society|title=Information Society|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1988|date=December 6, 1988|access-date=September 11, 2018))
((Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes))

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070212224220/http://www.insoc.org/DiscIS.HTML Kurt Harland comments on ''Information Society'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071227000822/http://www.insoc.org/graphics/GalCDGTh.HTML ''Information Society’s'' CD+G content]

((Information Society))

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[[Category:1988 debut albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Fred Maher]]
[[Category:Electropop albums]]
[[Category:Information Society (band) albums]]
[[Category:Reprise Records albums]]
[[Category:Tommy Boy Records albums]]

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