''Silent Scream'' is the fifth album by the group

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. It was produced by

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, though the band's guitarist, Van McLain, said in a 2003 interview with Classic Rock Revisited that the band had a falling out with Nevison and fired him in the middle of recording, with the album's recording engineer,

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, stepping up to finish it. It is the last Shooting Star album to date to feature founding members Gary West and Charles Waltz (who didn't return to the band following its resurrection in 1989), and the last album to feature drummer Steve Thomas until 2006's ''

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''. It was also the only Shooting Star release to date not to feature bassist Ron Verlin, until 2015's ''Into the Night'', and the band's lone album to feature Norm Dahlor on bass.

Track listing

Personnel

*Van McLain – guitars, lead vocals *Gary West – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards *Norm Dahlor – bass *Steve Thomas – drums *Charles Waltz – violin, keyboards, vocals

References

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