Levittown
Renaissance
Subtitled “Go Out Dancing — Part II,” this marks the second installment in a planned trilogy by Tony Carey, keyboardist extraordinaire and onetime member of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. Carey has had a prolific solo career (about 20 albums), but his work under the Planet P Project moniker remains his finest.
The first PPP phase consisted of 1983’s self-titled album and 1984’s two-record “Pink World.” The second phase didn’t start until late 2003, when “1931 (Go Out Dancing — Part I)” was released.
Whereas “1931” was all about fascism and racism, “Levittown” devotes itself to events bookending the Cold War. Using architect Bill Levitt’s 1946 master-planned New Jersey community as the centerpiece, Carey sets his engaging tale to uncanny beats — his sense of rhythm is impeccable — and works through topics including Operation Paper Clip, the space race, barbecue, television, Las Vegas, cultism, religion, war and the apocalypse.
As usual, it’s pretty much a one-man affair, with Carey producing, performing, composing, engineering, etc. from Germany, where the central California native has headquartered himself for a quarter-century. Some help on drums and guitar came from Koen van Baal and Tom Leonhardt, respectively.
The trilogy’s third installment, “Out in the Rain” (which Carey says will concern itself with the disgraceful state of the world’s unfortunates), should be out in five years or so. Stay tuned.
Tracks
1. The New Frontier
2. Levittown
3. White Sands
4. Saw A Satellite
5. This Is Heaven
6. In Babylon
7. Fremont Street
8. Where We Want You
9. All God’s Children
10. Waiting For You
11. Your Eyes
12. What We Did
13. Go Out Dancing
Total time: 1:06:21
External links
artist’s website
amazon.com
