''Linear'' is the name of the debut
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by the pop/freestyle group
Linear
In mathematics, the term ''linear'' is used in two distinct senses for two different properties:
* linearity of a '' function'' (or '' mapping'');
* linearity of a '' polynomial''.
An example of a linear function is the function defined by f(x) ...
. It was released on March 21, 1990, by
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...
.
The album's first single, "
Sending All My Love", reached No. 5 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, making the album itself reach No. 52 on the
''Billboard'' 200. It also won a gold certificate the same year, selling more than five hundred thousand copies in the United States. The second single, "
Don't You Come Cryin'", did not repeat the success of the previous single - though it achieved some prominence, reaching No. 70 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album's last single, "Something Going On", failed to chart.
Track listing
*All songs written by Charlie Pennachio, except track 2 (Pennachio, Charles Christopher) and 4 & 9 (Pennachio, Tolga Katas, Wyatt Pauley).
Personnel
Linear
* Charlie Pennachio – lead vocals, backing vocals
* Wyatt "Riot" Pauley – guitars, vocals
* Joey "Bang" Restivo – percussion, vocals, rap (4, 6)
Additional musicians
*
Tolga Katas – keyboards, backing vocals
* Phillip Conneilly – guitars, backing vocals
* Todd Kelly – drums
* Charles Christopher – backing vocals
* Maria Mendez – backing vocals
* Gene Minix – backing vocals
* Cheri Puccini – backing vocals
* Dawn Rix – backing vocals
Production
* Tolga Katas – producer
* Phil Jones – additional production (1, 10)
* Todd Adler – executive producer (1, 10)
* Steven Robillard – engineer
* Jamie Swartz – engineer
* Cesar Sogbe – engineer
* Debbie DeNesse – assistant engineer
* Damon Stewart – assistant engineer
* Dennis King – mastering at
Atlantic Studios
Atlantic Studios is the recording studio network of Atlantic Records. Although the historic recording studio was located at 1841 Broadway (at the corner of 60th Street), in New York City, Atlantic Recording Studios was initially located at 234 Wes ...
(New York City, New York)
* Bob Defrin – art direction
* Anthony Ranieri – design
* David Vance – photography
Charts
Singles - ''Billboard'' (North America)
References
1990 debut albums
Linear (group) albums
Atlantic Records albums
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