# Moscow Calling > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Moscow_Calling > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Moscow_Calling.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Calling > Source revision: 1173494434 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{distinguish|text = [Andrey Kurshin](/source/Andrey_Kurshin), who ran the telegram account ''Moscow Calling''}} {{Infobox album | name = Moscow Calling | type = studio | artist = [Gorky Park](/source/Gorky_Park_(band)) | cover = Gorky Park 2.jpg | alt = | caption = Original cover art | released = 1992
March 29, 1993 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [Hard rock](/source/Hard_rock), [glam metal](/source/glam_metal) | length = 57:28 | language = English | label = [BMG International, N.V.](/source/BMG_International%2C_N.V.) | producer = | prev_title = [Gorky Park](/source/Gorky_Park_(album)) | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = [Stare](/source/Stare_(album)) | 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](/source/Allmusic) | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r314110|first=Jason|last=Anderson}} | rev2 = | rev2Score = | noprose = yes }} '''''Moscow Сalling''''' (titled '''''Gorky Park 2''''' in many countries, including Russia) is the second album by [Russia](/source/Russia)n rock band [Gorky Park](/source/Gorky_Park_(band)). 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](/source/Nikolai_Noskov) left the band in 1990, bassist [Alexander Minkov](/source/Alexander_Minkov) took over as lead vocalist.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)'s Jason Anderson notes his "faux [Joe Elliot](/source/Joe_Elliot) vocals" and overall finds the album "at times extremely reminiscent of ''[Pyromania](/source/Pyromania_(album))''-era [Def Leppard](/source/Def_Leppard)". The album went completely unnoticed in the U.S., where the band's MTV hit "[Bang](/source/Bang_(Gorky_Park_song))" 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,{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/1519607/gorky-park/biography|title=Gorky Park - Biography|publisher=[Billboard.com](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|author=Curtis Zimmermann, Rovi|date=2014-10-08}} notably becoming Platinum in Denmark.{{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 }} == 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](/source/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](/source/Fee_Waybill) | length8 = 4:21 | title9 = Two Candles | music9 = Jan Janenkov, [Alexandre Minkov](/source/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](/source/CD) & [MC](/source/Compact_cassette)) | music11 = Alexei Belov | lyrics11 = Alexei Belov, Kevin Roberts | length11 = 4:57 | title12 = Don’t Pull The Trigger | note 12 = bonus on [CD](/source/CD) & [MC](/source/Compact_cassette)) | music12 = Alexei Belov | lyrics12 = Alexei Belov, Fee Waybill | length12 = 4:55 | title13 = Tell Me Why | music13 = Alexei Belov | lyrics13 = [Todd Meagher](/source/Todd_Meagher_(entrepreneur)) | length13 = 3:25 }} == Personnel == ; Band members * [Alexandre "Big Sasha" Minkov](/source/Aleksandr_Marshal) — 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](/source/Richard_Marx) — backing vocals on "Two Candles" * [Steve Lukather](/source/Steve_Lukather) — guitar solo on "Don't Pull the Trigger" * [Scott Page](/source/Scott_Page) — saxophone on "Tomorrow" * Steve Farris — guitar solo on "Strike" * [Fee Waybill](/source/Fee_Waybill) — backing vocals on multiple songs * [Dweezil Zappa](/source/Dweezil_Zappa) — additional guitar == Release dates == {|class=wikitable |- ! Country ! Label ! Year |- | [EU](/source/European_Union) | [BMG](/source/Bertelsmann_Music_Group)
[CNR Records](/source/CNR_Records) | 1992–1993 |- | Russia | Moroz Records
M.I.R. Records{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Gorky-Park-2/release/1881467|title=Gorky Park - 2 (CD, Album) at Discogs}}
Soyuz
Nox Music | 1992 ([LP](/source/LP_record) and CD)
1993 ([CD](/source/CD))
1994 and 1996 ([MC](/source/Compact_cassette))
2000 (CD) |- | South East Asia | [Pony Canyon](/source/Pony_Canyon) | 1992–1993 |- | Japan | [Nippon Crown](/source/Nippon_Crown) | 1992 |} == "Moscow Calling" (single) == {{Infobox song | name = Moscow Calling | cover = | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = [Gorky Park](/source/Gorky_Park_(band)) | album = Moscow Calling | released = 21 November 1992 (Japan) | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [Hard rock](/source/Hard_rock), [glam metal](/source/glam_metal) | length = | label = | composer = | lyricist = | producer = | prev_title = [Try to Find Me](/source/Try_to_Find_Me) | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Stare | next_year = 1996 }} "'''Moscow Calling'''" is a song by the [Russia](/source/Russia)n rock band [Gorky Park](/source/Gorky_Park_(band)), 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){{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](/source/Oricon)|accessdate=2014-10-08}} |title1 = Moscow Calling |length1 = |title2 = Welcome To The Gorky Park |length2 = }} === Selected release dates === {|class=wikitable |- ! Country ! Label ! Year |- | Japan | [Nippon Crown](/source/Nippon_Crown) | 21 November 1992 (CD) |} == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} Category:Gorky Park (band) albums Category:1992 albums Category:1993 albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Moscow Calling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Calling) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Calling?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.