''Runaway'' is the sixth and last studio album by the
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rock group
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. It was released in
1982
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on
CBS Records.
History
''Runaway'' has eight songs in a shorter, more direct format than previous recordings. Earlier songs like "Empty Faces" (1977) and "It's Only Just Begun" (1980) had hinted at a more commercial approach, and ''Runaway'' continued this trend to the extreme. Unlike their previous five albums, it did not include any instrumental tracks.
Jim Capaldi
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of
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co-produced the album with the band. Capaldi also wrote or co-wrote the lyrics to seven of the eight songs. He covered two of the songs, "Runaway" and "Bad Breaks", on his next solo album, ''
Fierce Heart
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''Runaway'' entered the chart in the
Netherlands
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on 13 March 1982, reaching #14 and spending 9 weeks on the chart. The title track was also a hit when released as a
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Four songs from ''Runaway'' appeared on ''
Solution Live'' the following year; this album and the four remaining studio tracks were included on ''The Ultimate Collection'' in 2006.
Track listing
#"Run Away"
(3:50)
#*
Music: Solution
#*
Lyrics: J. Capaldi, H. Waterman
#"Shame On You"
(4:28)
#*
Music: Solution
#*
Lyrics: J. Capaldi
#"Move On"
(4:23)
#*
Music: Solution
#*
G. Willemse, J. Capaldi
#"Evil Love"
(5:07)
#*
Music: G. Willemse
#*
Lyrics: J. Capaldi
#*
Arr. Solution
#"Bad Breaks"
(4:43)
#*
Music: W.T. Ennes
#*
Lyrics: J. Capaldi
#"Who's to Blame"
(4:57)
#*
Music: G. Willemse-arr. Solution
#*
Lyrics: G. Willemse, J. Capaldi
#"
Down Hearted!"
(4:15)
#*
Music & lyrics: G. & B. McDonough, S. Higgins
#"Lovin' You Was Easy"
(4:44)
#*
Music: G. Willemse
#*
Lyrics: G. Willemse, J. Capaldi
Credits
Tom Barlage:
altosax, keyboards, percussion
Willem Ennes: keyboards
Harry Hardholt: guitars
Hans Waterman: drums, percussion
Gus Willemse:
bass guitar
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, vocals
Produced by Jim Capaldi and Solution.
Recorded at the Spitsbergen Studiom, the Netherlands
Engineering by T. Barlage, W. Ennes.
Basic track "Shame On You" recorded at the Triple Sound Studio, Driebergen, the Netherlands
Airbrush: Ph. M. Awuy
Lettertype: H. Schutten
Photography: K. de Jong
Art direction: H. de Jong
Design: W. van Ginkel
External links
Official website run by Guus Willemse
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1982 albums
Solution (band) albums
Columbia Records albums