T.V. Sky

{{Infobox album

| name = T.V. Sky

| type = studio

| artist = The Young Gods

| cover = The Young Gods TV Sky.jpg

| alt =

| released = 7 February 1992

| recorded = CP Studio Brussels

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Industrial rock, industrial metal, techno

| length = 48:15

| label = PIAS

| producer = Roli Mosimann

| prev_title = The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Live Sky Tour

| next_year = 1993

| misc = {{Singles

| name = T.V. Sky

| type = album

| single1 = Skinflowers

| single1date = January 1992

| single2 = Gasoline Man

| single2date = September 1992

}}

T.V. Sky is the third album by the industrial band The Young Gods, released on 7 February 1992 through PIAS Recordings.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=tv-sky-mw0000678792 |tab=Overview |label=Young Gods T.V. Sky |first=Ned |last=Raggett |accessdate=8 May 2020}}

| rev2 = Rock Hard

| rev2score = 8.5/10{{cite magazine |last=Deese |first=Uwe |date=1992 |title=Reviews The Young Gods T.V. Sky |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/the-young-gods-t.v.-sky_194225.html |language=de |magazine=Rock Hard |issue=58 |issn=1437-8140 |oclc=85155279 |accessdate=8 May 2020}}

| rev3 = Music From the Empty Quarter

| rev3score = Favourable{{cite magazine |author=Deadhead |date=February 1992 |title=The Young Gods T.V. Sky |url=https://archive.org/details/musicfromtheemptyquarter04/page/n41 |magazine=Music From the Empty Quarter |location=Ilford |publisher=The Empty Quarter |issue=4 |issn=0964-542X |oclc=1057117763}}

| noprose = yes

}}

= Accolades =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Publication

!Country

!Accolade

!Rank

align=center| 1999

| Ned Raggett

| United States

| "The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties"

| style="text-align:center;"| 14{{Cite web | url=http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~tewing/ned/n14.html | title=The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties | accessdate=11 September 2014 |publisher=Ned Raggett}}

align=center| 2000

| Kerrang!

| United Kingdom

| "200 Albums For The Year 2000 (Industrial)"

|align=center| 8{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang_p2.htm#Year=2000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214233916/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang_p2.htm#Year=2000 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=14 February 2006 | title=Kerrang! - 200 Albums For The Year 2000 | accessdate=29 October 2009 | publisher=Rocklist.net}}

align=center| 2000

| Terrorizer

| United Kingdom

| "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties"

|align=center| *{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/terroris.htm#The%20Nineties | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060223075217/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/terroris.htm#The%20Nineties | url-status=usurped | archive-date=23 February 2006 | title=Terrorizer – 100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties | accessdate=29 October 2009 | publisher=Rocklist.net}}

align=center|2005

|Rock Hard

|Germany

|"The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time"

|align=center|315{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=Rock Hard|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=84}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

|title1 = Our House

|length1 = 2:52

|title2 = Gasoline Man

|length2 = 4:22

|title3 = T.V. Sky

|length3 = 3:48

|title4 = Skinflowers

|length4 = 5:09

|title5 = Dame Chance

|length5 = 5:02

|title6 = The Night Dance

|length6 = 4:19

|title7 = She Rains

|length7 = 2:48

|title8 = Summer Eyes

|length8 = 19:55

}}

Chart performance

class="wikitable sortable"

!Chart

!Peak

Swiss Album Chart[http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Young+Gods&titel=Second+Nature&cat=a hitparade.ch], Swiss charts page for The Young Gods

|align=center|26

UK Albums Chart[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/], UK charts page for The Young Gods

|align=center|54

Personnel

;The Young Gods

Urs Hiestand – drums
Alain Monod – keyboards
Franz Treichler – vocals

;Additional musicians and production

Erwin Autique – engineering
Roli Mosimann – production

References

Category:The Young Gods albums

Category:Albums produced by Roli Mosimann

Category:1992 albums