{{distinguish|text = Andrey Kurshin, who ran the telegram account ''Moscow Calling''}} {{Infobox album | name = Moscow Calling | type = studio | artist = Gorky Park | cover = Gorky Park 2.jpg | alt = | caption = Original cover art | released = 1992<br />March 29, 1993 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Hard rock, glam metal | length = 57:28 | language = English | label = BMG International, N.V. | producer = | prev_title = Gorky Park | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Stare | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative Cover | type = studio | cover = Moscow_Calling.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Alternative cover art for U.S. and European release }} {{Singles | name = Gorky Park | type = studio | single1 = Moscow Calling | single1date = 1992 }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic-review">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r314110|first=Jason|last=Anderson}}</ref> | rev2 = | rev2Score = | noprose = yes }}
'''''Moscow Сalling''''' (titled '''''Gorky Park 2''''' in many countries, including Russia) is the second album by Russian rock band Gorky Park. It was released between 1992 and 1993. Four music videos were made for the album: "Moscow Calling", "Stranger", "I’m Going Down" and "Tell Me Why".
== Reception == After Nikolai Noskov left the band in 1990, bassist Alexander Minkov took over as lead vocalist.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} AllMusic's Jason Anderson notes his "faux Joe Elliot vocals" and overall finds the album "at times extremely reminiscent of ''Pyromania''-era Def Leppard".<ref name="allmusic-review" />
The album went completely unnoticed in the U.S., where the band's MTV hit "Bang" was long forgotten by most rock enthusiasts and the taste of the audience had changed, but was well received in other countries. It sold 500,000 copies outside the United States,<ref name="allmusic-review" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/1519607/gorky-park/biography|title=Gorky Park - Biography|publisher=Billboard.com|author=Curtis Zimmermann, Rovi|date=2014-10-08}}</ref> notably becoming Platinum in Denmark.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nneformat.ru/archive/?id=3656/ |title=ПАРК ГОРЬКОГО, НЭП... |journal=Ya Molodoy (Я — Молодой) |number=2 (31) |date=January 1994 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205194344/http://www.nneformat.ru/archive/?id=3656%2F |archivedate=December 5, 2008 }}</ref>
== Track listing == {{tracklist | title1 = Moscow Calling | music1 = Alexei Belov | lyrics1 = Alexei Belov | length1 = 5:09
| title2 = All Roads | music2 = Alexei Belov | lyrics2 = Steve Diamdon | length2 = 5:10
| title3 = Politics Of Love | music3 = Alexei Belov | lyrics3 = Alexei Belov | length3 = 4:03
| title4 = Tomorrow | music4 = Alexei Belov | lyrics4 = Alexei Belov, Struan Oglanby | length4 = 5:55
| title5 = Stranger | music5 = Alexei Belov | lyrics5 = Alexei Belov | length5 = 4:49
| title6 = Volga Boatman | note6 = Instrumental | music6 = Gorky Park, based on "The Song of the Volga Boatmen" | lyrics6 = | length6 = 1:14
| title7 = Strike | music7 = Alexei Belov | lyrics7 = Alexei Belov | length7 = 3:50
| title8 = Welcome To The Gorky Park | music8 = Alexei Belov | lyrics8 = Fee Waybill | length8 = 4:21
| title9 = Two Candles | music9 = Jan Janenkov, Alexandre Minkov, Alexei Belov | lyrics9 = Alexei Belov, Andrew Grigoriev, Fee Waybill | length9 = 5:01
| title10 = I’m Going Down | music10 = Alexei Belov | lyrics10 = Struan Oglanby | length10 = 4:30
| title11 = City Of Pain | note11 = bonus on CD & MC) | music11 = Alexei Belov | lyrics11 = Alexei Belov, Kevin Roberts | length11 = 4:57
| title12 = Don’t Pull The Trigger | note 12 = bonus on CD & MC) | music12 = Alexei Belov | lyrics12 = Alexei Belov, Fee Waybill | length12 = 4:55
| title13 = Tell Me Why | music13 = Alexei Belov | lyrics13 = Todd Meagher | length13 = 3:25 }}
== Personnel ==
; Band members * Alexandre "Big Sasha" Minkov — lead vocals, bass guitar * Alexei Belov — guitar, keyboards, backing vocals * Alexandre "Jan" Janenkov (Alexander "Yan" Yanenkov) — guitar * Alexandre "Little Sasha" Lvov — drums
;Additional musicians * Richard Marx — backing vocals on "Two Candles" * Steve Lukather — guitar solo on "Don't Pull the Trigger" * Scott Page — saxophone on "Tomorrow" * Steve Farris — guitar solo on "Strike" * Fee Waybill — backing vocals on multiple songs * Dweezil Zappa — additional guitar
== Release dates == {|class=wikitable |- ! Country ! Label ! Year |- | EU | BMG<br />CNR Records | 1992–1993 |- | Russia | Moroz Records<br />M.I.R. Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Gorky-Park-2/release/1881467|title=Gorky Park - 2 (CD, Album) at Discogs}}</ref><br />Soyuz<br />Nox Music | 1992 (LP and CD)<br />1993 (CD)<br />1994 and 1996 (MC)<br /> 2000 (CD) |- | South East Asia | Pony Canyon | 1992–1993 |- | Japan | Nippon Crown | 1992 |}
== "Moscow Calling" (single) == {{Infobox song | name = Moscow Calling | cover = | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = Gorky Park | album = Moscow Calling | released = 21 November 1992 (Japan) | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Hard rock, glam metal | length = | label = | composer = | lyricist = | producer = | prev_title = Try to Find Me | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Stare | next_year = 1996 }}
"'''Moscow Calling'''" is a song by the Russian rock band Gorky Park, released in 1992 as the lead single from the band's second album ''Moscow Calling''.
=== Track listings ===
{{tracklist |headline = CD (Nippon Crown CRDP-56, Japan)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/9109/products/music/88102/1/|title=「Ｍｏｓｃｏｗ Ｃａｌｌｉｎｇ」 ゴーリキー・パーク|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=2014-10-08}}</ref> |title1 = Moscow Calling |length1 = |title2 = Welcome To The Gorky Park |length2 = }}
=== Selected release dates === {|class=wikitable |- ! Country ! Label ! Year |- | Japan | Nippon Crown | 21 November 1992 (CD) |}
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