Album Review

John Haight [sonic-recreation.com]

Planet P Project is the eponymous release by Tony Carey's alter-ego. Known primarily for the tracks ''First Day Of Summer'' and ''A Fine, Fine Day'' from his ''Some Tough City'' album that came out a year later, Tony chooses to take a more theatrical bent on current events than most of his contemporaries, using this pseudonym to make the drama all that much more enigmatic. While the track ''Why Me?'' did get a fair amount of rotation on MTV when it was released, you won't find a cadre of hits here. In fact, this isn't a singles album. It is meant to be heard in sequence from start to finish, telling the story of the long lost, last survivor of planet Earth. His home, being destroyed by the warmongering factions, is light years behind him, as this lone survivor ventures out to make a new world into a paradise (with the help of an ''alien?'' woman [Adam And Eve]), as he deals with issues of isolationism, alienation and lonliness. Overall, this album is a stupendous achievement in both sound and thought, paving the way for the even more ambitious ''Pink World'' which would be released a year later.