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Background

According to frontman Kip Winger, one morning he "just woke up and heard the new Winger record" in his head, knowing just what he wanted to do with it. It was released in October 2006 on

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. The album is the most musically progressive album of Winger's career. Lyrically, much of the album is sung from the perspective of U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. Kip Winger was inspired to do this after performing solo shows at U.S. military bases, and being touched by the stories of the soldiers he met. The album cover, showing a U.S. soldier being watched over by angels, was drawn by comic book artist

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. Kip Winger was introduced to Van Sciver by a mutual friend in Florida.

Honors

In 2009 Kip Winger was presented by U.S. General Harold Cross with an honorary plaque and U.S. flag that had flown in Iraq for the song "Blue Suede Shoes", which honors the service and sacrifice of the United States armed forces and their families.

Track listing

Personnel

Band

* Kip Winger – lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitars and keyboards *

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– co-lead guitar, background vocals * John Roth – co-lead guitar, background vocals * Cenk Eroğlu – keyboards, rhythm guitar *

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– drums

Additional personnel

* Denny McDonald – additional background vocals * Paula Winger – additional background vocals

Production credits

* Produced, engineered and mixed by Kip Winger * Additional engineers: Tony Green, Matt Abbott and John Roth *

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engineers: Buckley Miller and Steve Warren * Recorded at The Funky White House, Nashville, TN and Quad Studios, Nashville, TN * Mastered by Richard Dodd * Cover art design: Ethan Van Sciver * Color artist: Moose Baumann * Layout design: Pete Cotutsca * Photos by Mark Delong

References

Sources

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