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group Pretty Poison, who consisted of

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and Whey Cooler. It contains the title track "

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", which was a top ten hit in the U.S. and also hit number one on the ''

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'' Hot Dance Club Play chart the previous year. The second single off the album was a remix of their 1984 dance hit "Nighttime", which references

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's 1984 song "

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", and was a top 40 hit in May 1988. The third single, "When I Look into Your Eyes", peaked on the dance chart in September of the same year.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jade Starling and Whey Cooler except where noted. #"Hold Me" – 5:37 #"Nighttime" – 4:17 #"Closer" – 6:05 #"When I Look into Your Eyes" – 4:12 #"Let Freedom Ring" (Starling, Cooler, Bobby Corea) – 4:32 #"

" – 4:54 #"The Look" – 5:13 #"Don't Cry" – 5:05 #"Shine" – 4:42 #"Heaven" (J. Wilson, J. Cohen, I. Gold, Starling, Cooler) – 5:04

Personnel

Pretty Poison

*Jade Starling: Vocals *Whey Cooler: Guitars, Keyboards, Electronic Percussion *David "Kaya" Prior: Percussion (on "Nighttime" and "Catch Me, I'm Falling") Pretty Poison- ''Catch Me, I'm Falling'' @Discogs.com
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Additional Personnel

*Louie Franco, Ron Jennings, Greg Porter, Chris Arms, Greg Poree - guitars * André Cymone - guitars, keyboards *Kae Williams Jr., Kurt Shore,

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, Andy Marvel, Eumir Deodato - keyboards *Tony Romeo, Boyd Jarvis - bass *Bobby Corea - drums *Brian Kilgore, Bashiri Johnson, Dave Darlington, Paul Simpson - percussion *Jimmy Zee: Saxophone *Tenita Jordan, Carrie Johnson, Cheryl Gatson, Diane Richards, Zoe Walken, Butch Robinson, Cuca Eschevaria - backing vocals

Production

*Tracks 1 & 6 Produced by Kae Williams Jr. and Kurt Shore. Recorded & Mixed by Mitch Goldfarb, with assistance on track 6 by Brooke Hendricks, Jim Campbell & Ryan Dorn. *Tracks 2 & 7 Produced by Kae Williams Jr., with additional production and

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on track 2 by Shep Pettibone. Track 2 Recorded & Mixed by Joe Nicolo, Joe Alexander & Ryan Dorn; recording assisted by Jim Campbell & Robert Kloss. Track 7 Recorded & Mixed by Joe Alexander, Ryan Dorn & Mitch Goldfarb; recording assistance by Brooke Hendricks & Jim Campbell. *Tracks 3, 8 & 10 Produced by André Cymone. All Tracks Recorded & Mixed by Bobby Brooks; recording assistance by Brian Conley, Brian Schueble, Steve Shelton (all tracks) & Liz Cluse (track 8). *Tracks 4 & 9 Produced by Fred Zarr. Recorded by Don Feinberg, with assistance by Bernard Bulloch, Bill Esses & Richard Joseph. Track 4 Mixed by Michael Hutchinson. Track 9 Mixed by Don Feinberg. *Track 5 Produced by Eumir Deodato, with remix & additional production by Paul Simpson. Recorded & Mixed by Jon Goldberger; recording assistance by Angel Ugarte. *All Songs Published by Genetic Music, except "Heaven" (published by SBK Blackwood Music/Elastic Music/Mario Music/Genetic Music).

Charts

Notes

{{Authority control 1988 debut albums Virgin Records albums Pretty Poison albums Albums produced by Shep Pettibone Albums produced by André Cymone Albums produced by Eumir Deodato