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, is best known for his soundtrack work on ''

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Track listing

#"Wasting Time" (Schon, Hodgkinson) 3:46 #"I'm Talking to You" (Schon, Hodgkinson, Hammer) 4:54 #"The Ride" (Hammer) 4:41 (instrumental) #"I'm Down" (Schon, Hodgkinson) 4:08 #"Arc" (Hammer) 3:58 (instrumental) #"It's Alright" (Schon, R. Silver, Hodgkinson) 4:43 #"Hooked on Love" (Hodgkinson, Hammer) 3:06 #"On the Beach" (Schon) 5:29 (instrumental) #"Untold Passion" (Hammer) 7:02 (instrumental) #(Bonus track in 2013 reissue) "Planet Empathy" 4:26 (instrumental)

Personnel

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- guitars,

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, vocals *

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- bass guitar * Jan Hammer - drums, keyboards, synthesizers

Production

*Produced By Neal Schon & Jan Hammer *Engineered By Jan Hammer

References

1981 debut albums Schon & Hammer albums Columbia Records albums {{1980s-jazz-album-stub