''Double Eclipse'' is the debut studio album released by the American
hard rock band
Hardline in 1992.
The first single released from the album was "Takin' Me Down", written by Johnny and Joey Gioeli with
Neal Schon. "Takin' Me Down" peaked at No. 37 on the ''
Billboard''
Mainstream Rock Tracks
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chart in June 1992.
The album's second single, a cover of a Mainstream Rock Tracks chart hit by
Danny Spanos from 1983 and written by members of the band
Streetheart, "Hot Cherie" rose to No. 25 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the fall of 1992.
guitarist Neal Schon joined the Gioeli brothers and toured for this album, which rocks a bit harder than most of his Journey and
Bad English tracks had and features little synthesizer (even though it features two tracks co-written with the aforementioned bands' keyboardist,
Jonathan Cain), but Schon departed for other projects after the band lost its record deal. Schon was replaced by former The Storm guitarist Josh Ramos.
The song "Can't Find My Way" (in its demo form) is featured during the montage love scene in the 1992
Brandon Lee
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action movie ''
Rapid Fire''. The song "I'll Be There" is played during the film's closing credits.
Hardline's 2002 album, ''
II'', and 2012 album, ''
Danger Zone'', each depict an eclipse as part of its cover artwork, an homage to Double Eclipse's ten-year and twenty-year anniversaries.
Track listing
Personnel
;Band members
*
Johnny Gioeli - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion
*
Neal Schon - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, classical guitar, guitar synthesizer, backing vocals, producer, arrangement
* Joey Gioeli - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*
Todd Jensen - bass, backing vocals
*
Deen Castronovo - drums, backing vocals
;Production
*Tony Phillips - engineer, mixing
*John Aguto, Lee Manning, Mike Stock, Randy Wine - assistant engineers
*
Bob Ludwig
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- mastering at
Masterdisk, New York
References
External links
Heavy Harmonies page
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Hardline (band) albums
1992 debut albums
MCA Records albums
Albums recorded at A&M Studios