Michael Bolton "Everybody's Crazy (2008 Reissue, Collector's Edition Remastered & Reloaded, UK, Rock Candy Records, CANDY033)"

Everybody's Crazy is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton. The album was released on March 15, 1985 by Columbia Records.

The lead guitarist on the album is Bruce Kulick, later of KISS fame. After Kulick left to join KISS in late 1984, Kevin Reye/Reyes (Black Sheep, Fortress, White Lie/TRIIX, Martial Law, Network, Power Squadron, Zodiac) replaced him on guitar for post album support and performed in the CBS/Columbia MTV video of the title track, produced and directed by Wayne Isham and Curt Marvis of the New Company. The title track was a minor hit on hard rock radio stations, and the MTV video of the title track was also featured in the 1986 Rodney Dangerfield movie Back to School. The album was reissued overseas in the mid-1990s with a then-current photo of Bolton on the cover. It was reissued again on CD in the UK on February 25, 2008 by Rock Candy Records with a 12-page full colour booklet with original and new artwork.

Given the contrast in musical style between this album and the majority of Bolton's later (and more successful) musical output, songs from the album rarely appear on Bolton compilations. However, the title track was included on Bolton's entry in the Playlist series of Greatest Hits compilations.

Producer Neil Kernon described how he became involved with the album: "Well, I got a call from Michael's manager asking me if I'd be interested. I'd heard 'Fools Game' [from his previous album, Michael Bolton] and liked that, so we met and hit it off straight away. Michael was one of the funniest people I've ever met." Kernon also said that later on, Bolton did not want to re-release Everybody's Crazy or his self titled 1983 album on CD for fear of confusing and alienating fans of his later adult contemporary music.

In their retrospective review, AllMusic criticized Everybody's Crazy for muting Bolton's distinctive vocals, remarking that "much of the time he seemed to be fighting to be heard, and when he was, all he had was a mouthful of cliches to offer."

The album has an average rating of 88/100 on the hard rock/AOR database Heavy Harmonies.

Track listing

1. "Save Our Love" Michael Bolton, Mark Mangold 4:05
2. "Everybody's Crazy" Bolton 4:42
3. "Can't Turn It Off" Bolton, Mangold 3:58
4. "Call My Name" Bolton, Mark Radice 4:14
5. "Everytime" Bolton, Mangold 3:45
6. "Desperate Heart" Bolton, Randy Goodrum 3:59
7. "Start Breaking My Heart" Bolton, Radice 4:34
8. "You Don't Want Me Bad Enough" Bolton 3:49
9. "Don't Tell Me It's Over" Bolton, Jan Mullaney 4:00

Total length: 37:12

Recording information:

Producers – Neil Kernon (tracks 1–5, 7, 8 & 9); Randy Goodrum (track 6)

Co-producer – Michael Bolton (tracks 1–5, 7, 8 & 9)

Executive producer – Louis Levin

Engineers – John Abbey, Bruce Buchalter, Bobby Cohen, John Davenport, Neil Kernon, Bruce Lampcov, Andrew Milano and Malcolm Pollack.

Additional engineer on track 6 – Larold Rebhun

Assistant engineers on track 6 – Michael Sommers-Abbott and Paul Ericksen.

Recorded at The Power Station, Electric Lady Studios and Delta Recording Studios (New York, NY).

Additional overdubs on track 6 engineered by Jay Graydon at Garden Rake Studios (Sherman Oaks, CA).

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 9 mixed by Neil Kernon.

Track 4 mixed by Bobby Cohen, Jan Mullaney and Michael Bolton at The Hit Factory (New York, NY).

Track 6 mixed by Elliot Scheiner at Soundcastle (Los Angeles, CA).

Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York, NY).

Studio maintenance – Bruce Friedman

Direction – Louis Levin, in association with David Krebs and Steve Leber for Contemporary Communications Corporation

Photography – Randee St. Nicholas

Stylist – Fleur Thiemeyer

Mastedon "Lofcaudio (USA, Pakaderm Records, 7012503262)"

Lofcaudio is the second album by American Christian Melodic Heavy Metal band Mastedon, released in 1990.

Tracklist:

All songs written by John and Dino Elefante. Except where indicated.

1. Holiest One   (Dino Elefante, John Elefante, Tony Palacios)  4:50
2. Life On The Line  4:25
3. Run To The Water  4:30
4. When It All Comes Down   4:30
5. Taken Down Below   4:33
6. Stampede    2:27
7. Living For You  4:16
8. Thief In The Night   2:47
9. People Of This Time   4:54
10. It Is Done    3:43

Recording information:

Produced by: John & Dino Elefante.

Mastered by: Bob Ludwig

Mastedon "It's A Jungle Out There (USA, Regency Records, 790-082-1724)"

Mastedon is a Christian rock band formed by brothers Dino and John Elefante (former lead singer and songwriter of Kansas) in the mid-1980s. The band was formed mainly as a studio project and have released three full-length albums and two stand-alone songs on compilation albums.

It's a Jungle Out There is the first album by Mastedon, the studio project formed by brothers John & Dino Elefante. It was released in 1989 on Regency Records, while they were setting up their own label "Pakaderm Records". Long out-of-print, it was re-issued by Deep Music Distribution in 2006 in the form of digital downloads, available from iTunes and eMusic, and in 2022, a remastered CD-only release from Girder Music.

The album was re-issued by Italian label Frontiers Records on November 6, 2009, with three additional tracks: a Mastedon song from 1987's California Metal compilation, "Wasn't It Love", and two live songs from the Cornerstone Festival in 1991, "Islands in the Sky" and "Right Hand".

Tracklist:

1. It’s A Jungle Out There 3:54
2. Glory Bound 4:17
3. This Is The Day 4:14
4. Love Inhalation 4:39
5. Islands In The Sky 3:42
6. Get Up 4:00
7. Love That Will Survive 4:02
8. Innocent Girl 3:42
9. Shine On 4:24
10. Right Hand 6:05

Recording information:

David Malme – executive producer

John Moore – executive producer

John Elefante – producer, engineer, mixing

Dino Elefante – producer, engineer, mixing

Mike Mireau – engineer, mixing

Ben Rodgers – additional engineer

Jeff Simmons – assistant engineer

Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)

Robert Fischer – illustration

Scott Waters – design, layout

The vocals on this album were processed through the Eventide H-3000SE with special thanks to Gil Griffith

Perry Lee appears courtesy of Tracer Fox

This album is dedicated to the legend of "Uncle Pitts" Elefante who brought joy to all our lives.

The album is also dedicated to Amande Elefante who is recovering from a severe brain aneurysm, thanks to your prayers.

Heartland "Into The Future (UK, Escape Music, ESM358)"

Heartland is an British AOR/hard rock band from Manchester, Northwest England, England, United Kingdom, that was formed in 1990 by Chris Ousey and Gary Sharpe.

Into The Future is their twelfth album, released in 2021.

Tracklist:

1. A Foreign Land 5:21
2. Caught Up 4:14
3. A Living Thing 5:09
4. Giving It All Away 4:41
5. A Dangerous Game 4:42
6. Climbing Your Wall 4:00
7. Mouth To Mouth 3:48
8. Not Guilty 5:26
9. Bolt From The Blue 4:18
10. White Lies 4:39
11. Working For The Man 4:45
12. When The Band Plays 4:17

Recording information:

Mastered by – Steve Mann

Producer – Khalil Turk

Heartbreak Radio "On Air (Japan, Avalon, MICP-11082)"

Heartbreak Radio is a Swedish Hard Rock/AOR band formed in 2004 by Claes Andreasson and Torbjörn Wassenius as a Last Autumn's Dream spin-off.

On Air is their second album, released in 2013.

Tracklist:

1. Love On Fire  ラヴ･オン･ファイア   3:24
2. Angelina  アンジェリーナ   4:56
3. You Are Love  ユー･アー･ラヴ   5:26
4. Turn On Love  ターン･オン･ラヴ   4:18
5. I Will Love You  アイ･ウィル･ラヴ･ユー   4:15
6. Live Out Of Love  リヴ･アウト･オヴ･ラヴ   4:19
7. All Over The World  オール･オーヴァー･ザ･ワールド   5:36
8. My Heart's Just Missing You  マイ･ハーツ･ジャスト･ミッシング･ユー   4:30
9. Keep Kickin' It Back Again  キープ･キッキン･イット･バック･アゲイン   4:00
10. You Don't Love Me Anymore  ユー･ドント･ラヴ･ミー･エニモア 6:38
11. MLI  2:57
12. Hard Rock City  ハード･ロック･シティ   3:44
13. Let Me Have Your Heart Again  レット･ミー･ハヴ･ユア･ハート･アゲイン   4:48
14. Knockin' On Hells Door  ノッキン･オン･ヘルズ･ドア   3:29

Issued in a standard jewel case with: an 8-page colour booklet including English lyrics and release information; an 8-panel fold-out insert including Japanese/English track list, Japanese commentary, and lyrics translated into Japanese; and an obi.

The commentary is credited as: 2012. 11. 27 藤木昌生/Metallion

"MLI" is indicated as 'Bonustrack'.

Tracks 12 to 14 from the first HR album.

From the back cover:

販売元 : ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社

From the disc face:

©2013 Lightstar Songs

Recording information:

Recorded mainly at Lamla Studio, Pocket Productions Studio and Studio 19.

Mixed at Panorama Music Studio 

Mixed By – Joakim Styrén

Photography By – Christin Prinsén

Producer – Claes Andreasson, Johan Axelsson

Heart "Desire Walks On (Japan, Capitol Records, TOCP-7915)"

Desire Walks On is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Heart, released on November 16, 1993, by Capitol Records. The majority of the album was co-written by lead members Ann and Nancy Wilson. It is Heart's final studio album to feature longtime members Howard Leese, who joined in 1975 and, aside from the Wilson sisters, is the band's longest-serving member, and Denny Carmassi, who had been its drummer since 1982. Layne Staley, lead vocalist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains, sings with the Wilson sisters on the cover of Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells".

The album peaked at number 48 on the US Billboard 200, and on August 24, 1995, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States. Desire Walks On spawned three charting singles: "Will You Be There (In the Morning)", which reached number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Black on Black II" (a cover of a Dalbello song originally recorded for the 9½ Weeks film soundtrack), which peaked at number four on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, and "The Woman in Me", which peaked at number 24 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

The original 1993 European release and the 2001 US re-release were expanded to add Spanish-language versions of "The Woman in Me" and "Will You Be There (In the Morning)", the latter in a remixed format.

Tracklist:

1. Desire 0:18
2. Back On Black II 3:51
3. Back To Avalon 3:40
4. The Woman In Me   4:00
5. Rage 5:01
6. In Walks The Night 6:00
7. My Crazy Head 4:30
8. Ring Them Bells  3:49
9. Will You Be There (In The Morning)   4:29
10. Voodoo Doll 4:52
11. Anything Is Possible 5:00
12. Avalon (Reprise) 0:31
13. Desire Walks On 5:04
14. La Mujer Que Hay En Mi 4:01
15. The Quedaras (En La Manana) 4:40

Time:  59:51

Front cover folds out including colour pictures and lyrics to tracks 2 to 13 in English. Also includes a black and white foldout with liner notes in Japanese dated 1993.9 and lyrics to tracks 2 to 13 in Japanese.

Recording information:

John Purdell – production, mixing

Duane Barron – production, engineering, mixing

Mick Guzauski – mixing (tracks 1–8, 10–13)

Mike Shipley – mixing (track 9)

Ed Brooks, Gregor Visconty, Tom McGurk, Todd Lehmkuhl – engineering assistance

Don Grierson – executive production

George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City)

Tommy Steele – art direction

Jeff Fey – design

Scott Morgan – photography