Gregg Alexander
Gregg Alexander (born Gregory Aiuto; May 4, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and producer. He is best known as the frontman of the New Radicals, who had an international hit with " You Get What You Give" in late 1998. He dissolv ...
, released on May 5, 1992.
It includes three tracks ("Loving You Sets Me Free", "Cruel with Me" and "The World We Love So Much") that had already been released on Alexander's 1989 debut album '' Michigan Rain''. It also includes rerecordings of "Michigan Rain" and "Save Me from Myself" from that album.
Both "Smokin' in Bed" and "The Truth" were released as one-track promotional singles, and had videos filmed.
"The Truth" includes the line "Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes/Are you ready?/Here comes the lawsuit, baby", followed by Alexander covering the refrain of " Slow Ride" by
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. There is also a reference to the " Tutti Frutti" line "A wop-bom a loo-mop".
Track listing
All songs written by Gregg Alexander.
# "Smokin' in Bed" – 3:11
# "Michigan Rain" – 2:50
# "Loving You Sets Me Free" – 4:23
# "Intoxifornication" – 4:02
# "The Truth" – 5:13
# "Save Me from Myself" – 6:22
# "I Wanna Seduce You" – 3:13
# "Electric Girlfriend" – 2:25
# "Cruel with Me" – 4:02
# "The World We Love So Much" – 4:38
# "Wear Your Love Beside You" (hidden track, title listed on Japanese release) – 4:31
Personnel
* Gregg Alexander -
vocals
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- additional vocals
* Denny Fongheiser -
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* Laura Harding - additional vocals
* David Munday - additional vocals
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and
bass
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, additional vocals
* Rudy Richman - drums
* Ben Schultz - lead and rhythm guitars
* Robbie Seidman - additional vocals
* Sandy Stewart - additional vocals
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