I Hear A New World

I Hear A New World

I Hear a New World: an outer space music fantasy is a concept album devised and composed by Joe Meek and recorded by the Blue Men in 1959. It was released in part in 1960 and in full in 1991 by RPM Records. It was later analyzed by Barry Cleveland in his book, Creative Music Production: Joe Meek's Bold Techniques.

In its September 1998 issue (number 175), music magazine The Wire listed the album in the lead article "100 Records that Set the World on Fire (When No One Was Listening)". It was described as having a "profound influence on artists as diverse as Steven Stapleton and Saint Etienne". The title song was covered by the Television Personalities, Mark Sultan and They Might Be Giants in 2004.