''Winger'' is the debut studio album by American

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band Winger. The album was released through

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in 1988 and was produced by

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Background

The music was radio-friendly, but with a progressive twist. The lyrics, however, were typical of the age and genre. Kip Winger has stated "Originally, the first album was supposed to be called "Sahara", but the label missed it and if you look at the bottom right corner, you'll see the name Sahara. So that's actually the name of our first record." A number of radio and video hits were extracted from the album, including " Headed for a Heartbreak" and " Seventeen", peaking at No. 19 and No. 26 at the ''

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''s single chart. On February 11, 1989, the album peaked at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and after that stayed on the chart for 63 weeks. It achieved platinum status in the United StatesRIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Winger
Retrieved on May 2, 2014. and went gold in Canada and Japan. In support of the album, Winger toured for over a year with

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and Tesla. Promotional videos were shot for the four singles "

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", "Seventeen", "Headed for a Heartbreak" and " Hungry".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. ; Winger *

Kip Winger Charles Frederick "Kip" Winger (born June 21, 1961) is an American singer and bassist who is active as a member of the rock band Winger (band), Winger and as a solo artist. He initially gained notability as a member of Alice Cooper's band, contr ...

– bass, lead vocals, keyboards, string arrangements *

Reb Beach Richard Earl "Reb" Beach Jr. (born August 31, 1963) is an American rock guitarist. He is a member of the bands Winger and Whitesnake. Career After graduating from Fox Chapel Area High School and attending Berklee College of Music in the ea ...

– guitars, backing vocals * Paul Taylor – keyboards, backing vocals *

Rod Morgenstein Rod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953) is an American drummer with rock bands Winger and Dixie Dregs. He also played with Fiona, Platypus, the Steve Morse Band, and Jelly Jam. He has also done session work with Jordan Rudess including h ...

– drums, backing vocals ; Additional personnel *

Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Zappa develo ...

– left side guitar solo on "Purple Haze" * Beau Hill, Ira McLaughlin – additional vocals * Sandra Park, Rebecca Young, Hae Young Ham, Maria Kitsopoulos – strings ; Production *

– producer, engineer * Noah Baron, Jimmy Hoyson – assistant engineers * Bob Schwall, Bob Caputo – technicians * Stephen Benben – digital editing *

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– mastering at

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, New York * Brad Miskel, Ron Feddor – additional input * Dan Hubp – cover art and design * Steven Selikoff – photography

Charts

Certifications

References