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

Michael Bolton "Greatest Hits (1985–1995) (Mexico, Columbia Records, CDDI481002)"

Greatest Hits (1985–1995) is a compilation album by American recording artist Michael Bolton, released in 1995. The album features Bolton's biggest hit singles from his five previous albums; Everybody's Crazy, The Hunger, Soul Provider, Time, Love & Tenderness and The One Thing, plus five new recordings. The album achieved a great deal of success, going 3x platinum in the US and selling over nine million copies worldwide.

Track listing

1. "That's What Love Is All About" Michael Bolton, Eric Kaz The Hunger 3:57
2. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Steve Cropper, Otis Redding The Hunger 3:52
3. "Soul Provider" Bolton, Andy Goldmark Soul Provider 4:26
4. "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Bolton, Doug James Soul Provider 4:15
5. "How Can We Be Lovers?" Bolton, Desmond Child, Diane Warren Soul Provider 3:56
6. "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" Warren Soul Provider 3:49
7. "Georgia on My Mind" Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell Soul Provider 4:57
8. "Time, Love and Tenderness" Warren Time, Love & Tenderness 4:18
9. "When a Man Loves a Woman" Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright Time, Love & Tenderness 3:51
10. "Missing You Now" Walter Afanasieff, Bolton, Warren Time, Love & Tenderness 4:25
11. "Steel Bars" Bolton, Bob Dylan Time, Love & Tenderness 4:25
12. "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" Bolton, Robert John "Mutt" Lange The One Thing 5:01
13. "Can I Touch You...There?" Bolton, Lange 5:17
14. "I Promise You dagger" Bolton, Lange 5:21
15. "I Found Someone" Bolton, Mark Mangold 3:53
16. "A Love So Beautiful" Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne 4:07
17. "This River" Warren 5:17

Michael Bolton "Soul Provider (USA, Columbia Records, CK 45012)"

Soul Provider is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton. The album was released on June 19, 1989 by Columbia Records.

Supported by five top 40 hits (including three that reached the top 10), Soul Provider achieved longevity on the charts. The album spent almost four years on the Billboard 200 and peaked at #3 It was awarded 6× Platinum in the US and sold over 12,500,000 copies worldwide.

For the single version of "Georgia on My Mind", CBS edited out Michael Brecker's saxophone solo and replaced it with one by Kenny G.

Cher covered "You Wouldn't Know Love" on her 1989 album Heart of Stone. Sunstorm also did a cover of the song for their 2012 album Emotional Fire.

Track listing

Soul Provider track listing

1. "Soul Provider" Michael Bolton, Andrew Goldmark Peter Bunetta and Rick Chudacoff 4:28
2. "Georgia on My Mind" Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell Bolton and Susan Hamilton 4:58
3. "It's Only My Heart" Bolton, Diane Warren Michael Omartian 4:33
4. "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Bolton, Doug James Omartian 4:48
5. "How Can We Be Lovers?" Bolton, Warren, Desmond Child Bolton and Desmond Child 3:55
6. "You Wouldn't Know Love" Bolton, Warren Bolton 3:54
7. "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" Warren Bolton, Guy Roche, Walter Afanasieff 3:47
8. "From Now On" (featuring Suzie Benson) Bolton, Dean Pitchford, Eric Kaz Bolton 4:07
9. "Love Cuts Deep" Bolton, Warren, Child Bunetta and Chudacoff 3:49
10. "Stand Up for Love" Bolton, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil Bolton, Barry Mann, Omartian 4:44
11. "Forever Eyes" (bonus track) Bolton, Bob Halligan Jr. 4:23

Total length: 47:04

Recording information:

Producers – Peter Bunetta and Rick Chudacoff (Tracks 1 & 9); Michael Bolton (Tracks 2, 6-8 & 10); Susan Hamilton (Track 2); Michael Omartian (Tracks 3, 4 & 10); Desmond Child (Track 5); Guy Roche (Track 7); Barry Mann (Track 10)

Assistant producer on Track 7 – Walter Afanasieff

Production coordination on Tracks 3 & 4 – Janet Hinde

Production manager on Track 5 – Steve Savitt

Production coordination on Track 7 – Doreen Dorian

Engineers – Daren Klien (Tracks 1 & 9); Rick Kerr (Track 2); David Albert (Tracks 3, 4 & 10); Terry Christian (Track 3, 4, 6-8 & 10); Doug Carlton (Tracks 3, 4 & 10); Kevin Becka (Tracks 3, 4 & 10); Sir Arthur Payson (Track 5); Jay Healy (Tracks 6 & 8); Guy Roche (Track 7); Richard Piatt (Track 7)

Additional recording – Jeff Balding, Gerry E. Brown, Mark Ettel and Gary Wagner (Tracks 1 & 9); Kevin Becka (Track 8)

Assistant engineers – Bryant Arnett (Tracks 1 & 9), Laura Livingston (Tracks 1 & 9), Richard McKernon (Tracks 1 & 9), Marnie Riley (Tracks 1, 8 & 9), Steve Satkowski (Tracks 1 & 9); Tim Leitner, Paul Logus, Tony Van Horn and Michaek White (Track 2); Keith Goldstein, Roy Hendrickson, John Herman, Mike Krowiak, Danny Mormando and Joe Pirrera (Track 5); Kevin Becka (Tracks 6 & 7), Dary Sulich (Tracks 6 & 8), Rich Travali (Tracks 6 & 8), Tony Friedman (Track 7)

Mixing – Mick Guzauski (Tracks 1, 7 & 8); Rick Kerr (Track 2); Terry Christian (Tracks 3, 4 & 10); Sir Arthur Payson (Track 5); David Thoener (Track 6); Gerry E. Brown (Track 9)

Remix – Mick Guzauski (Track 4); David Frazer (Track 5); Arne Frager (Track 7)

Mixed at Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA); Right Track Recording, The Hit Factory and Record Plant (New York City, New York)

Remixed at The Plant (Sausalito, California)

Mastered by Vlado Meller at CBS Records Studio (New York City, New York)

Art direction and design – Christopher Austopchuk

Photography – Glen Erler

Kenny G "Greatest Hits (Mexico, Arista, CDL 07822-1899123 )"

Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1997 and peaked at number one on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 15 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 19 on the Billboard 200.

The album combined Kenny G's hits since the beginning of his career. Shortly after the release of the album, the blockbuster film Titanic was released, and having already produced the hit single of My Heart Will Go On performed by Celine Dion, producer Afanasieff returned to the studio with Kenny G to produce an instrumental version of the Love Theme from Titanic.

This recording was released as a single and was bundled with the Greatest Hits as a promotional item. The cover is a photograph from the Greatest Hits booklet with water superimposed over the top. The packaging for the single declared itself to be 'The first instrumental version available of this classic theme for all time'. Since this first release, it has appeared on every Kenny G greatest hits compilation.

Tracklist:

1. "Songbird" Kenny G Duotones (1986) 4:00
2. "Silhouette" Kenny G Silhouette (1988) 4:32
3. "Forever in Love" Kenny G Breathless (1992) 4:59
4. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" (lead vocal: Babyface) Kenneth Brian Edmonds The Moment (1996) 4:59
5. "Sentimental" Kenny G; Walter Afanasieff Breathless 4:18
6. "The Moment" Kenny G The Moment 4:43
7. "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" (lead vocal: Toni Braxton) Toni Braxton; Kenneth Brian Edmonds Toni Braxton album, Secrets (1996) 4:22
8. "Loving You" Kenny G; Dan Shea; Walter Afanasieff Previously unreleased 3:19
9. "You Send Me" (lead vocal: Michael Bolton) Sam Cooke Previously unreleased 4:03
10. "Going Home" Kenny G; Walter Afanasieff Kenny G Live (1989) 4:15
11. "Havana" Kenny G; Walter Afanasieff The Moment 7:22
12. "By the Time This Night Is Over" (lead vocal: Peabo Bryson) Michael Bolton; Andy Goldmark; Diane Warren Breathless 4:21
13. "Baby G" Kenny G; Dan Shea; Walter Afanasieff Previously unreleased 3:35
14. "Don't Make Me Wait for Love" (lead vocal: Lenny Williams) Narada Michael Walden; Preston Glass; Walter Afanasieff Duotones 4:06
15. "Theme from Dying Young" James Newton Howard Dying Young Soundtrack (1991) 4:02
16. "All the Way/One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" (lead vocal: Frank Sinatra) Jimmy Van Heusen; Sammy Cahn/Harold Arlen; Johnny Mercer Frank Sinatra album, Duets (1993) 6:07
17. "Innocence" Kenny G; Walter Afanasieff The Moment 4:00

Total length: 77:03

Cher "Heart Of Stone"

Heart of Stone is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released on June 19, 1989 by Geffen Records. As of January 1991, the album has sold more than 4 million copies sold worldwide. The album was supported by her 1990 sold-out Heart of Stone Tour.

Heart of Stone was released in 1989 and was her second studio album for Geffen Records. As with her previous album Cher, Peter Asher, Jon Bon Jovi, Diane Warren, Guy Roche and Desmond Child performed songwriting and/or producing duties. Bonnie Tyler and Michael Bolton performed background vocals on the song "Emotional Fire", which was an outtake from Bolton's 1987 album The Hunger, as was "Starting Over" (Demo versions of the song exist in bootleg form). The album was recorded in late 1988/early 1989, during the third year of Cher's relationship with Rob Camilletti, to whom she dedicated the album.

Heart of Stone reached number ten in the United States, number seven in the United Kingdom, and by topping the charts in Australia, Heart of Stone became Geffen's first international number one album. It was her first solo album in the United States (Sonny and Cher's debut album Look at Us reached number two and stayed there for eight weeks) to reach the top 10. Further on in her career, Cher would go on to have four more top ten albums - Believe, Living Proof, The Very Best of Cher and Closer to the Truth. It peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for sales of 209,000 copies. The album has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States, with 964,000 of those units sold since early 1991, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which began counting actual sales that same year.

The album was first released with artwork and later re-released with more conventional studio photos. The original front cover album art is a painting by Octavio Ocampo that features Cher sitting beside a stone heart. However, when examined in its entirety and from a distance, it's clear this is also a painting of a human skull in profile (note the midriff folds in her dress forming the teeth; see infobox picture). The artwork was changed shortly after its release, making copies with the original artwork collector's items.

She recorded two other songs for the album, "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" and "Some Guys", but neither made the final cut. A remixed version of "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" was included on the Geffen compilation album If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits. The reissue of that album, per Cher's request, does not include the song. A demo version of "Some Guys" was included on the "If I Could Turn Back Time" 7- and 12-inch singles.

"Heart of Stone" and "If I Could Turn Back Time" were both slightly remixed for the single. The "Heart of Stone" remix is available on CD on the compilation If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits issued by Geffen Records.


The album produced three top 10 hits as well as a top 20 hit with the title track.