The Naked Sun and Ear Candy (King's X album): Difference between pages

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'''The Naked Sun''' is the second [[novel]] in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[Robot series]]. Like its predecessor, [[the Caves of Steel]], it is a [[whodunit]] story, in addition to being [[science fiction]]. The book was first published in [[1957]] after being serialised in [[Astounding Science Fiction]] between October and December 1956.

Name = Ear Candy |

Type = [[Album (music)|Album]] |

Artist = [[King's X]] |

Cover = Ear_candy_album_cover.jpg |

Background = orange|

Released = [[May 20]] [[1996]] |

Recorded = ??? |

Genre = [[Hard rock|Hard Rock]] |

Length = 49:18 |

Label = [[Atlantic Records]] |

Producer = Arnold Lanni & [[King's X]] |

Reviews = <ul><li>''[[All Music Guide|AMG]]'' (2.5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9w98b5x4nsqh]|

Last album = ''[[Dogman]]''<br /> (1994) |

This album = ''Ear Candy'' <br /> (1996) |

Next album = ''[[Best of King's X]]''<br /> (1997) |}}

==Track listing==

#The Train (3:08)

# (Thinking and Wondering) What I'm Gonna Do (3:41)

#Sometime (3:47)

#A Box (4:39)

#Looking For Love (2:58)

#Mississippi Moon (3:11)

#67 (4:41)

#Lies In The Sand (The Ballad Of...) (3:53)

#Run (3:27)

#Fathers (3:21)

#American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto) (2:54)

#Picture (5:34)

#Life Going By (4:04)

All songs written by Pinnick, Tabor and Gaskill.

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==Personnel==

*[[Doug Pinnick]]- bass/vocals

Rikaine Delmarre, a prominent robotocist of [[Solaria]] (a planet politically hostile to [[Earth]]), is murdered. [[Elijah Baley]] is called in to investigate, at the request of the Solarian government. He is again partnered with [[R. Daneel Olivaw]]. Before departing Earth, he is asked by Earth's government to assess the Solarian society for weaknesses.

*[[Ty Tabor]]- guitar/vocals

*[[Jerry Gaskill]]- drums/vocals

==Album notes==

The book focuses on the insanity of Solarian society. The planet has a rigidly controlled [[population]], and [[robot]]s outnumber [[human]]s twenty-thousand to one. People are strictly taught from birth to despise personal contact. They live on huge estates, either alone or with their [[spouse]] only. Communication is done via [[holography|holographic]] [[telepresence]] (''viewing'', as opposed to ''seeing'')

*This would be the last studio album King's X would release on [[Atlantic Records]].

*"American Cheese" is the second released song to feature [[Jerry Gaskill]] on lead vocals. The term ''pianto'' is a made-up word and is meant as a joke.

*"American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)" and "Lies In The Sand (The Ballad Of...)" produced by [[Ty Tabor]] and [[King's X]].

==Charts==

'''Album''' - [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (North America)

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!align="left"|Year

!align="left"|Chart

!align="left"|Position

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|align="left"|1996

|align="left"|The Billboard 200

|align="left"|105

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|align="left"|1996

|align="left"|Top Contemporary Christian

|align="left"|4

|-

|}

Ultimately, we find out that neighbor and fellow robotocist Jothan Leebig was working on a way of subverting the robots' inability to kill humans. Rikaine found out, and Leebig arranged for Rikaine's wife Gladia to kill him. Leebig kills himself before he can be taken into custody. Despite knowledge of her guilt, Baley never discloses Gladia's role in the murder -- in part because they have established an unfulfilled romantic relationship.

==External links==

After investigating the murder to a satisfactory conclusion, Baley returns to Earth a hero. The information he brings back is invaluable to the government, which uses that information to predict that the [[Spacer (Asimov)|Spacer]] societies are doomed.

[http://www.kingsxonline.com/ Official King's X Site], Accessed on July 11, 2005.

A more thorough description of the after-effects can be found in the sequel to the Naked Sun, [[The Robots of Dawn]].

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|[[The Caves of Steel]]<br><br>

|[[Robot Series]]<br>[[Foundation Series]]

|[[The Robots of Dawn]]<br><br>

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