''Double Eclipse'' is the debut studio album by American

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band

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, released in 1992. The first single released from the album was "Takin' Me Down", written by Johnny and Joey Gioeli with

Neal Schon Neal Joseph Schon (born February 27, 1954) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist for the rock band Journey. He is the last original member to remain throughout the group's history. He was a memb ...

. "Takin' Me Down" peaked at No. 37 on the ''

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chart in June 1992. The album's second single, a cover of a Mainstream Rock Tracks chart hit by

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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. Journey guitarist Neal Schon joined the Gioeli brothers and toured for this album, which rocks a bit harder than most of his Journey and

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tracks had and features little synthesizer (even though it features two tracks co-written with the aforementioned bands' keyboardist,

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), 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

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action movie '' Rapid Fire''. The song "I'll Be There" is played during the film's closing credits. The song "Hot Cherie" is used in episode 7 of Peacemaker season 1 in the red ford scene. 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 Johnny Gioeli ( ; born October 5, 1967) is an American rock music, rock singer. He is the lead vocalist of Hardline (band), Hardline, Crush 40, and Axel Rudi Pell's Axel Rudi Pell#Band members, backing band. He is best known for his musical con ...

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion *

– lead guitar, rhythm guitar, classical guitar, guitar synthesizer, backing vocals, producer, arrangement * Joey Gioeli – rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

Todd Jensen Todd Jensen is an American bassist who has played for various artists, including the bands Sequel, Hardline, and Harlow, as well as David Lee Roth, Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Perry, Alice Cooper,Strong, Martin C. ''The Great Rock Discography, 7th Editi ...

– bass, backing vocals *

Deen Castronovo Deen Joseph Castronovo (born August 17, 1964) is an American drummer and singer best known for being a member of classic rock band Journey and hard rock acts Bad English and Hardline. He currently plays drums and sings for the bands Journey, ...

– drums, backing vocals ;Production *Tony Phillips – engineer, mixing *John Aguto, Lee Manning, Mike Stock, Randy Wine – assistant engineers *

Bob Ludwig Robert Carl Ludwig (born December 11, 1944), is a retired American mastering engineer. He mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists, including Led Zeppeli ...

– mastering at

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, New York

Charts

Weekly charts

References

External links

Heavy Harmonies page
{{Authority control Hardline (band) albums 1992 debut albums MCA Records albums Albums recorded at A&M Studios