''A Place in the Sun'' is the third album by the

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soft rock group

Pablo Cruise Pablo Cruise is an American pop/ rock band from San Francisco currently composed of David Jenkins (guitar and vocals), Cory Lerios ( keyboards and vocals), Sergio Gonzalez (drums), Larry Antonino (bass and vocals), and Robbie Wyckoff (vocal ...

. The album marked an entrance into the mainstream for the band, and the first single from the album, " Whatcha Gonna Do?" reached number 6 on the Pop Singles charts. The title track, " A Place in the Sun" was the second and less successful single on the album, reaching number 42, but remains the favorite among many fans of the band today. The track "Raging Fire" was released as the B-side of "I Go to Rio" in 1978.Billboard - 29 Oct 1977 - Page 52 "52 DOOBIE BROTHERS PABLO CRUISE Forum, Los Angeles The pairing of these two acts Oct. 16 was both a compatible and ... Guitarist Dave Jenkins paced the rhythms and captured the spotlight on the acoustic "Raging Fire " " This was the group's last album with original bassist Bud Cockrell, who left the band after its release.

Track listing

Side One #" A Place in the Sun" (Cockrell, Lerios) – 4:44 (lead singer: Bud Cockrell) #" Whatcha Gonna Do?" (Jenkins, Lerios) – 4:17 (lead singers: Dave Jenkins, Bud Cockrell) #"Raging Fire" (Jenkins, Lerios) – 4:41 (lead singer: Dave Jenkins) #"I Just Wanna Believe" (Lerios) – 4:15 (lead singer: Bud Cockrell) #"Tonight My Love" (Lerios) – 3:53 (lead singers: Dave Jenkins, Bud Cockrell) Side Two #"Can't You Hear the Music?" (Lerios, Price) – 4:07 (lead singer: Bud Cockrell) #"Never Had a Love" (Jenkins, Lerios) – 5:08 (lead singer: Dave Jenkins) #"Atlanta June" (Jenkins, Price) – 4:08 (lead singer: Dave Jenkins) #"El Verano" (Cockrell, Jenkins, Lerios, Price) – 4:40 (instrumental)

Charts

Personnel

;Pablo Cruise * David Jenkins -

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* Steve Price -

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* Bud Cockrell - bass, lead vocals *

Cory Lerios Cory Charles Lerios (born February 12, 1951) is an American pianist and vocalist. He is a founding member of the platinum-record-selling soft rock band Pablo Cruise, and since the mid-1980s he has scored music for film and television. History ...

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, keyboards, backing vocals Production *

Bill Schnee William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated ...

- producer,

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*John Morris -

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*Mike Reese - mastering

References

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