''Cock Robin'' is the first album by American band Cock Robin and was released in 1985. It was a Top 10 hit album in numerous

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an countries whereas it charted only at #61 in the

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Top 75. The singles "When Your Heart Is Weak" and "

The Promise You Made "The Promise You Made" is a song by American pop rock band Cock Robin. Written by Peter Kingsbery, the song appeared on the group's self-titled debut album. It was released as a single first in the US in November 1985, then in early 1986 in E ...

" met with the most success in Europe, and still get regular airplay on adult contemporary and pop music stations in countries like France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands. The music video to "When Your Heart Is Weak" was directed by Chris Gabrin, and filmed in the

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desert

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(home of former band guitarist Clive Wright) in May 1985.

Track listing

All songs by Peter Kingsbery.

Musicians

Cock Robin

* Peter Kingsbery –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

and

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

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and

synthesizers A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

* Anna LaCazio – lead vocals and backing vocals, synthesizers *Clive Wright –

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

and synthesized guitar * Lou Molino III –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

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and backing vocals

Additional musicians

Paulinho da Costa Paulinho da Costa (, born Paulo Roberto da Costa on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist. Beginning his career as a samba musician in Brazil, he moved to the United States in the early 1970s and worked with Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Me ...

– percussions *

Pat Mastelotto Lee Patrick Mastelotto (born September 10, 1955) is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister and O.R.k., as well as working as a session drummer with XTC, The Pointer Sisters an ...

– percussions * Arno Lucas – percussions * Paul Fox – synthesizers *

Steve Hillage Stephen Simpson Hillage (born 2 August 1951) is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his solo sound recording and reprodu ...

– rhythm guitar (tracks 14, 17) and production *

David Sanborn David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist. He worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He began playing the saxophone at the age o ...

– alto sax solo (tracks 14, 17) * Jimmy Maelen – percussions (tracks 14, 17) * Roy Martin – Simmons electronic drums (tracks 14, 17)

Miscellaneous

Produced by

Singles: * "When Your Heart Is Weak" – US #35, June 1985. * "The Promise You Made" – UK #28, May 1986. * "Thought You Were On My Side" * "Once We Might Have Known"

Charts

* #7

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* #9

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* #4

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* #2

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* #11

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* #30

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* #61

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Cock Robin (band) albums 1985 debut albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Steve Hillage Albums recorded at Record Plant (Los Angeles)