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, released in 1989 (See

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Track listing

#"Angel with a Dirty Face" (Gramm, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) - 5:14 #" Just Between You and Me" (Gramm,

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) - 4:56 #"Broken Dreams" (Gramm, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) - 5:54 #"

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1989 songs 1989 singles Songs written by Lou Gramm Songs written by Peter Wolf ( ...

" (Gramm, Peter Wolf) - 4:58 #"I'll Come Running" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) - 4:06 #"Hangin' on My Hip" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) - 3:38 #"Warmest Rising Sun" (Gramm) - 5:11 #"Day One" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon, Peter Wolf) - 3:17 #"I'll Know When It's Over" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) - 4:35 #"

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Charts

Production

* Arranged by Peter Wolf, Lou Gramm and Bruce Turgon. * Produced by Peter Wolf, except "Tin Soldier" (produced by Peter Wolf and Eric "E.T." Thorngren). * Recorded by Gonzalo Espinoza and Paul Ericksen, except bass on "Warmest Rising Sun" recorded bu Jules Bowen and Eric Thorngren. * Additional recording assistance by Carlos Gollisher, Chris Bubacz and Doug Oberkircher. * Mixed by Gonzalo Espinoza and Peter Wolf, except "I'll Know When It's Over" mixed by Paul Ericksen. Mixed at 418 Studios. * Mastered by

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at Precision Lacquer (Los Angeles, CA). * Production Coordinator – Carlos Gollisher, assisted by Stephen Nider. * Art Direction and Design – Bob Defrin * Photography – Roy Volkmann * Tracks 1 and 3 published by Stray Notes Music Inc./Colgems-EMI Music Inc./Petwolf Music/Kikiko Music. Track 2 published by Stray Notes Music Inc./Knighty Knight Music/Colgems-EMI Music Inc. Track 4 published by Stray Notes Music, Inc./Colgems-EMI Music Inc./Petwolf Music. Tracks 5, 6 and 9 published by Stray Notes Music Inc./Colgems-EMI Music Inc./Acara Music/WB Music Corp. Track 7 published by Stray Notes Music Inc./Colgems-EMI Music Inc. Track 8 published by Stray Notes Music Inc./Colgems-EMI Music/Acara Music/WB Music Corp./Petwolf Music. Track 10 published by United Artists Music Ltd./EMI Catalog Partnership (all rights for U.S. and Canada controlled by EMI Unart Catalog).

Personnel

* Lou Gramm – vocals, percussion, backing vocals (1, 3, 6-8, 10) *

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– keyboards (1-5, 7-9), backing vocals (1, 8), additional keyboards (10) * Gary Corbett – keyboards (10) *

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– lead guitar (1, 5, 9), rhythm guitar (1, 9) *

Nils Lofgren Nils Hilmer Lofgren (born June 21, 1951) is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1984, a memb ...

– electric guitar (2, 8) * Peter Maunu – electric guitar (2-4, 7) *

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– electric guitar (3, 8), lead guitar (6), rhythm guitar (6) * June Kuramoto – koto (7) *

Bruce Turgon Bruce Turgon (born April 25, 1952) is an American bass guitarist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer. Bruce has played in several bands throughout his career including: Foreigner, The Lou Gramm Band, Shadow King, Steve Stevens, Warr ...

– bass (2-6, 8-10), rhythm guitar (5, 6, 9, 10), backing vocals (6) *

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– bass (7) * Ben Gramm – drums, percussion * Maxi Anderson – backing vocals (3, 7) *

Merry Clayton Merry Clayton (born December 25, 1948) is an American soul and gospel singer. She contributed vocals to numerous tracks and worked with many major recording artists for decades, including a duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song " Gimm ...

– backing vocals (3, 7) *

Siedah Garrett Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand ...

– backing vocals (3, 7) *

Phillip Ingram Phillip Ingram (born 1958) is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group Switch and is the younger brother of James Ingram. Biography Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a musica ...

– backing vocals (3, 7) * Darryl Phinessee – backing vocals (3, 7) * Ina Wolf – backing vocals (4) * Reinhold Bilgeri – backing vocals (6) *

Robin Clark Robin Clark is an American vocalist known for her work as a vocalist on David Bowie's 1975 album ''Young Americans'' and Simple Minds' 1985 album ''Once Upon a Time''. Clark was born in New York. In 1967, when Clark was 17, she and future s ...

– backing vocals (10) * Lani Groves – backing vocals (10)

Singles

*" Just Between You and Me" *"

True Blue Love "True Blue Love" is a single by Lou Gramm, from his second solo album ''Long Hard Look'', released in 1989 (See 1989 in music). Chart positions References

1989 songs 1989 singles Songs written by Lou Gramm Songs written by Peter Wolf ( ...

Notes

{{Authority control 1989 albums Lou Gramm albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Peter Wolf (producer)