Label: MCA Records – MCAD8019, MCA Records – MCD08019
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Prog Rock, New Wave
Tony Carey – all instruments and vocals (except as noted below)
Reinhard Besser – guitar (solo) on tracks 4, 17, and 19
Helmut Bibl – guitar (solo) on tracks 6 and 12
Roderich Gold – Fairlight synthesizer
Fritz Matzka – drums on tracks 2, 17, and 23
Robert Musenbichler – guitar (lead) on track 23
Eddie Taylor – saxophone on track 23
Still a one-man show, Tony Carey, under the banner of Planet P Project, again teamed with producer Peter Hauke for this 1984 follow-up to the self-titled debut of the prior year. It's a sprawling, ambitious double album with a sketchy plot line revolving around Artimus, a boy who doesn't speak, and a Cold War-inspired Armageddon. Like it's predecessor, the music features a heavy emphasis on synthesizers, although there's also a good dose of guitar, giving it appeal to rock fans. Carey infuses Pink World with solid melodies, and there's plenty to enjoy on tracks like the surging title cut, the brooding \"What I See,\" and the folk-tinged \"A Boy Who Can't Talk.\" And, to his credit, despite the somewhat cumbersome premise, Carey manages to keep it all from getting too pretentious. Pink World is a curiously interesting work that has managed to achieve a certain cult status.
