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{{Infobox album
| name       = Future World
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Pretty Maids]]
| cover      = Pretty_Maids_Future_World.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 20 April 1987
| recorded   = October 1986 – February 1987 at [[Bearsville Studios]], [[Bearsville, New York]], [[United States]]; Easy Sound Studio, [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[glam metal]]
| length     = 41:04
| label      = [[Columbia Records|CBS]]
| producer   = [[Eddie Kramer]], Chris Isca
| prev_title = [[Red Hot and Heavy]]
| prev_year  = 1984
| next_title = [[Jump the Gun (album)|Jump the Gun]]
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Future World
| type        = studio
| single1     = Love Games
| single1date = 1987
| single2     = Future World
| single2date = 1987
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/future-world-r75689/review | title = Pretty Maids Future World review | accessdate = 11 September 2011 | last=Monger  | first= James Christopher | website = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Future World''''' is the second album by the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[hard rock]]/[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Pretty Maids]]. The album was released by CBS in 1987. By 1990, the album had sold 300,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 April 1990 |title=Horsens er god nok |trans-title=Horsens is good enough |language=Danish |newspaper=[[Politiken]] |location=[[Copenhagen]] |publisher=[[JP/Politikens Hus]] }}</ref> The album charted at number 165 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in the United States.
''Future World'' was produced by [[Eddie Kramer]], who was fired during the recording sessions because he fell asleep at the [[mixing console]], according to guitarist Ken Hammer. The band  then finished the album with engineer Chris Isca, who was credited as co-producer on the album.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 November 1995 |first=Steffen |last=Jungersen |title=RED, HOT & Heavy |language=Danish |newspaper=[[B.T. (tabloid)|B.T.]] |location=[[Copenhagen]] |publisher=[[Berlingske Media]] }}</ref> Mixing duties were shared between [[Metallica]], [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]] and [[Morbid Angel]] producer [[Flemming Rasmussen]], and [[Kevin Elson]], known for producing multiplatinum albums by [[Journey (band)|Journey]], [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]] and [[Europe (band)|Europe]].
Angel Schleifer of the German band [[Bonfire (band)|Bonfire]] joined Pretty Maids for the 1987-88 tour but did not play on the album.
==Track listing==
All tracks written and arranged by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer.
{{Track listing
| title1          = Future World
| length1         = 5:24
| title2          = Loud 'n' Proud
| length2         = 3:51
| title3          = Love Games
| length3         = 4:14
| title4          = Yellow Rain
| length4         = 5:28
| title5          = Rodeo
| length5         = 4:14
| title6          = We Came to Rock
| length6         = 4:30
| title7          = Needles in the Dark
| length7         = 5:02
| title8          = Eye of the Storm"
| length8         = 4:55
| title9          = Long Way to Go
| length9         = 3:26
}}
==Personnel==
*Ronnie Atkins – lead & backing vocals
*Ken Hammer – guitars
*Allan Delong – bass guitar
*Phil Moorhead – drums
*Alan Owen – keyboards
==Guest Musicians==
*[[Graham Bonnet]] - backing vocals <small>(tracks 2, 6)</small>
*Philip Hart - backing vocals <small>(tracks 2, 3, 5, 6)</small>
==Other Staff==
*Eddie Kramer - producer, engineer
*Aaron Hurwitz - engineer
*Chris Isca - mixer <small>(tracks 8)</small>, engineer, co-producer
*George Cowan - engineer
*Ken Lonas - engineer
*Thom Cadley - engineer
*Tommy Hansen - additional recordings
*Morten Henningsen - additional recordings assistant
*[[Flemming Rasmussen]] - mixer <small>(tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7)</small>
*Kevin Elson - mixer <small>(tracks: 3, 6, 7)</small>
*Frank Birch - assistant mixer <small>(tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7)</small>
*Wally Buck - assistant mixer <small>(tracks 3, 6, 9)</small>
*[[Bob Ludwig]] - mastering
*[[Joe Petagno]] - cover art
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Pretty Maids}}
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[[Category:1987 albums]]
[[Category:Pretty Maids albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Eddie Kramer]]
[[Category:Columbia Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Joe Petagno]]