John Waite "Rover's Return (Japan, EMI-America, CP32-5471)"

Rover's Return is the fourth studio album from English musician John Waite, which was released by EMI in 1987.

Rover's Return reached No. 77 on the US Billboard 200 and remained in the charts for twelve weeks. Two singles were released from the album, "These Times Are Hard for Lovers", co-written with Desmond Child, and "Don't Lose Any Sleep", written by Diane Warren. "These Times Are Hard for Lovers" peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Don't Lose Any Sleep" reached No. 81.

The album was largely recorded and mixed at Right Track Studios in New York City, with additional recording at The Hit Factory, The Power Station and Carriage House Studios.

During the sessions for Rover's Return, Waite recorded a version of the Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly song "I Drove All Night". but decided not to release it. The song was also recorded by Roy Orbison in 1987 but his was not released until 1992, by which time Cyndi Lauper had her hit version in 1989. In 2001, Waite's recording was released on the One Way Records release Live & Rare Tracks.

Rover's Return was released via EMI America on vinyl, cassette and CD. It was released in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe. On 25 June 2012, the British label BGO Records digitally remastered the album and re-issued it in the UK.

In a retrospective review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote, "Rover's Return is an attempt to bring Waite back to the top of the charts that just doesn't work. That's not to say that the record is a complete failure, because there are portions that work quite well - the surging opener "These Times Are Hard for Lovers" is good radio rock, and Waite's voice always sounds good in this polished setting. Still, it's a little stiff and predictable, never quite reaching a level that's interesting, either as a period artifact or a piece of professional craft."

Track listing

1. "These Times Are Hard for Lovers" Desmond Child, John Waite 4:12
2. "Act of Love" Waite 4:27
3. "Encircled" Waite, John McCurry, John Regan 4:23
4. "Woman's Touch" Waite 3:50
5. "Wild One" Waite 3:50
6. "Don't Lose Any Sleep" Diane Warren 3:45
7. "Sometimes" Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight 4:55
8. "She's the One" Waite, Ivan Kral 5:47
9. "Big Time for Love" Waite, Rick Nowels 4:56

Recording information:

John Waite – producer

Frank Filipetti – producer, recording, mixing

Desmond Child – producer (1)

Rick Nowels – producer (6, 7)

Dave Dale – additional engineer

Michael Frondelli – additional engineer

Bradshaw Leigh – additional engineer

Tom Lord-Alge – additional engineer

Phil Magnotti – additional engineer

Billy Miranda – additional engineer, assistant engineer

Arthur Payson – additional engineer

Debi Cornish – assistant engineer

Mark Cobrin – assistant engineer

Jay Healy – assistant engineer

Peter Hefter – assistant engineer

Tim Kramer – assistant engineer

Tim Leitner – assistant engineer

Scott Mabuchi – assistant engineer

Dan Mormando – assistant engineer

Don Rodenbach – assistant engineer

Craig Vogel – assistant engineer

Paul D. Spriggs – production coordinator

Trevor Key – photography

Henry Marquez – art direction

Norman Moore – art direction

Richard Duardo – artwork (silkscreen print)

Belinda Carlisle "A Woman & A Man (2014 Reissue, Expanded & Remastered)"

A Woman & a Man is the sixth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United Kingdom on September 23, 1996, by Chrysalis Records (then part of the EMI Group, like Carlisle's former label Virgin Records). The album contains songs written by Rick Nowels, Maria Vidal, Ellen Shipley, Charlotte Caffey, Neil Finn and Roxette co-founder Per Gessle who also produced one of the tracks.

It was released in the United States in 1997 on the Ark 21 Records label. There was special DTS (surround sound) version released with a slightly different track listing compared to the original; it was only ten tracks long and did not include "Listen to Love", "Love Doesn't Live Here" and "Always Breaking My Heart" but instead had covers of the songs "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon and "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Shel Silverstein.

The album received mixed reviews. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four stars out of five saying it is a "mature collection of adult pop, with cool keyboards and subtle arrangements that often make the record sound like background music". However, he also noted that "Carlisle has rarely been in better voice". Entertainment Weekly's Steven Mirkin gave the album C− saying that "Carlisle has neither the voice nor personality to overcome her album's cold, emotionally sterile core."

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 12. It outsold Carlisle's previous album, Real, and was certified Gold by BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album revived Carlisle's career in the singles chart – producing three top twenty hits (two of them top ten). It was released in the US but failed to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart with a total sales of 17,000 copies.

The album charted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on November 11, 1996, at No. 31 with only one single released to radio at the time. It only spent ten weeks in the top one hundred making the album her last charting album on the charts. It was Carlisle's last album to chart in Austria, peaking at No. 36 and stayed in the charts for two weeks. It was Carlisle's lowest charting album in Sweden, peaking at No. 44 and only spending one week in the charts. In Italy, the album peaked at No. 35.

The singles had some success in various countries. "In Too Deep" was the first song released from the album and became a top ten hit in the UK and a top twenty in Australia. "Always Breaking My Heart", written and produced by Per Gessle of Roxette, was the second song released from the album; it also reached the top ten in the UK. "Love in the Key of C", the third song released, became Carlisle's tenth top twenty UK hit. The fourth single, "California", was Carlisle's final UK Top 40 hit.

Track listing

CD1

1. "In Too Deep" Rick Nowels 4:05
2. "California" Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, María Vidal 2:59
3. "A Woman and a Man" Robbie Seidman, María Vidal 5:12
4. "Remember September" Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley 4:32
5. "Listen to Love" Christopher García, John Ingoldby, Ralph McCarthy 4:09
6. "Always Breaking My Heart" Per Gessle 3:12
7. "Love Doesn't Live Here" Per Gessle 4:09
8. "He Goes On" Neil Finn 3:13
9. "Kneel at Your Feet" Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey, Belinda Carlisle 4:18
10. "Love in the Key of C" Rick Nowels 3:50
11. "My Heart Goes Out to You" Anders Bagge, Rick Nowels, Allen Rich 3:35

Acoustic Versions

1. In Too Deep (Acoustic)  4:21
2. Circle In The Sand (Acoustic)   3:54

CD2

B-Sides & Bonus Tracks

1. The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan   4:04
2. Jealous Guy   4:09  
3. I See No Ships   3:07
4. Love Walks In   3:15
5. Submission   3:03  
6. I Won't Say I'm In Love   2:19

Bonus Live Tracks  

1. Big Scary Animal (Live)   4:47
2. I Get Weak (Live)   5:10
3. Leave A Light On (Live)   4:23 
4. Live Your Life Be Free (Live)   5:12
5. In Too Deep (Live)   3:51
6. Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Live)   4:14

Remixes

1. Remember September (JPO Club Pipes)  Remix – Jan Peter Odendahl  6:37
2. Remember September (Beam's Club Mix)   Remix – Beam, Michael Urgacz, Tobias Beckhoff  6:21
3. Remember September (Beam's Vocal Mix)   Remix – Beam, Michael Urgacz, Tobias Beckhoff   6:09

DVD

Promo Videos

1. In Too Deep   Film Director – David Nelson 
2. Always Breaking My Heart   Film Director – Philippe Gautier  
3. Love In The Key Of C  Film Director – Philippe Gautier   
4. California   Film Director – Philippe Gautier   

CD2-6 "I Won't Say I'm In Love" is not Belinda Carlisle's version of the love theme from the 1997 Disney film "Hercules" but instead the Disney Cast version.

A re-pressed version also exists, that was sent by Edsel to anyone who purchased the mispressed edition and contacted them at the time.

Rear of release mentions "nineteen bonus tracks" including Single Edits however these were not included in the final tracklisting and there are only seventeen bonus tracks.

Belinda Carlisle "A Woman & A Man (Japan, EMI-Toshiba, TOCP-50002)"

A Woman & a Man is the sixth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United Kingdom on September 23, 1996, by Chrysalis Records (then part of the EMI Group, like Carlisle's former label Virgin Records). The album contains songs written by Rick Nowels, Maria Vidal, Ellen Shipley, Charlotte Caffey, Neil Finn and Roxette co-founder Per Gessle who also produced one of the tracks.

It was released in the United States in 1997 on the Ark 21 Records label. There was special DTS (surround sound) version released with a slightly different track listing compared to the original; it was only ten tracks long and did not include "Listen to Love", "Love Doesn't Live Here" and "Always Breaking My Heart" but instead had covers of the songs "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon and "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Shel Silverstein.

The album received mixed reviews. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four stars out of five saying it is a "mature collection of adult pop, with cool keyboards and subtle arrangements that often make the record sound like background music". However, he also noted that "Carlisle has rarely been in better voice". Entertainment Weekly's Steven Mirkin gave the album C− saying that "Carlisle has neither the voice nor personality to overcome her album's cold, emotionally sterile core."

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 12. It outsold Carlisle's previous album, Real, and was certified Gold by BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album revived Carlisle's career in the singles chart – producing three top twenty hits (two of them top ten). It was released in the US but failed to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart with a total sales of 17,000 copies.

The album charted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on November 11, 1996, at No. 31 with only one single released to radio at the time. It only spent ten weeks in the top one hundred making the album her last charting album on the charts. It was Carlisle's last album to chart in Austria, peaking at No. 36 and stayed in the charts for two weeks. It was Carlisle's lowest charting album in Sweden, peaking at No. 44 and only spending one week in the charts. In Italy, the album peaked at No. 35.

The singles had some success in various countries. "In Too Deep" was the first song released from the album and became a top ten hit in the UK and a top twenty in Australia. "Always Breaking My Heart", written and produced by Per Gessle of Roxette, was the second song released from the album; it also reached the top ten in the UK. "Love in the Key of C", the third song released, became Carlisle's tenth top twenty UK hit. The fourth single, "California", was Carlisle's final UK Top 40 hit.

Track listing

1. "In Too Deep" Rick Nowels 4:05
2. "California" Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, María Vidal 2:59
3. "A Woman and a Man" Robbie Seidman, María Vidal 5:12
4. "Remember September" Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley 4:32
5. "Listen to Love" Christopher García, John Ingoldby, Ralph McCarthy 4:09
6. "Always Breaking My Heart" Per Gessle 3:12
7. "Love Doesn't Live Here" Per Gessle 4:09
8. "He Goes On" Neil Finn 3:13
9. "Kneel at Your Feet" Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey, Belinda Carlisle 4:18
10. "Love in the Key of C" Rick Nowels 3:50
11. "My Heart Goes Out to You" Anders Bagge, Rick Nowels, Allen Rich 3:35

Japanese bonus tracks

1. "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" Shel Silverstein 3:50
2. "Love Walks In" Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey 3:19

Belinda Carlisle "Summer Rain (Single & Video)"

"Summer Rain" is a song written by Robbie Seidman and Maria Vidal, produced by Rick Nowels for Belinda Carlisle's third album Runaway Horses (1989). The power ballad is about a man who goes away to war and leaves his wife, saying that nothing will change—they will be together forever and always. Although the conflict is unidentified, images in the video of a transport aircraft on an airfield and troops parachuting from transport aircraft suggest the man is an airborne soldier. The song is set in the present as his widow sings it, remembering the last time she saw him. It was released around the world in 1990 and was issued as a CD single, 7-inch single and a 12-inch single.

The song had reasonable success on the charts reaching the top 30 in the United States and the United Kingdom. In Australia, it reached the top 10, peaking at number six. It was later covered by artists including Slinkee Minx, whose 2004 cover version charted higher than the original in Australia, reaching number five. Carlisle stated in May 2013 that "Summer Rain" was her favorite song from her recording career.

"Summer Rain" achieved moderate commercial success in North America, where it was released as the second single from Runaway Horses (1989). In January 1990, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100, the main US chart, at number 86. Within seven weeks of its release, it peaked at number 30 and stayed at that position for two weeks. The single spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, six of which were in the top 50. The single was Carlisle's second to last song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it spent eight weeks on the chart.

In Australia, the song had the most commercial success, where it was released as the album's third single on March 19, 1990. In early April 1990, it debuted at number 42. Within two months of its release, it reached the top 10, where it stayed for five weeks. The song reached a peak at number six on May 20 and remained there for two more weeks, spending a total of 16 weeks in the top 50. It became the 40th highest-selling single in Australia for 1990.

The song was released in the United Kingdom in December 1990 as the sixth and final release from Runaway Horses, peaking at number 23 at the end of January 1991 and spending 10 weeks in the chart.

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[8]

Track listing

CD single

1. "Summer Rain"
2. "Summer Rain" (Justin Strauss Mix)
3. "Leave a Light On" (Kamikazee mix)

Belinda Carlisle "Leave A Light On (Single & Video)"

"Leave a Light On" is a song written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, produced by Nowels for American rock singer Belinda Carlisle's third solo album, Runaway Horses (1989). Released as a single, it narrowly missed the top 10 in the United States, peaking at number 11. It fared better elsewhere, reaching the top five in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The song's music video was directed by Peter Care.

Released at the end of 1989 on CD, 7-inch vinyl, and 12-inch vinyl, "Leave a Light On" became a top-ten hit in Australia, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In the United States "Leave a Light On" peaked at number 11, affording Carlisle her final US top-twenty hit.

"Leave a Light On" features George Harrison on slide guitar; Carlisle recalls: "Rick [Nowels] said we should get someone cool and with a distinctive style to play the lead guitar part. I thought for a moment and said 'What about George Harrison?' I had met George briefly a few years earlier in San Remo Italy and Morgan [Mason, Carlisle's husband] through his work on Sex Lies and Videotape" - a film Mason had produced for Harrison's HandMade Films - "knew someone who was close to [Harrison] and able to get word to him. George responded right away, saying he'd love to help out."

There are four versions of the song. The album version and the 7" Edit were mixed by Shelly Yakus and Steve McMillan. The other two, mixed by Jason Corsaro, are the Extended Mix and an edit of this titled the Kamikazee Mix; the latter is included on Carlisle's "Vision of You" CD single.

David Giles from Music Week named "Leave a Light On" a Single of the Week, writing, "No great departure from the formula pop of her earlier singles, with glossy production undercut by a rock edge as though to indicate some serious intent beneath the glossy surface." Richard Lowe from Smash Hits said, "Magnificent. I'm a sucker for thoroughly predictable American rock records with whistleable tunes, chugging guitars, big blustering choruses and words about nothing in particular except for general lovey-doveyness. And so are lots of people, which is why this'll be a giant hit. Quite right too."

The accompanying music video for "Leave a Light On" was directed by Peter Care.

Track listings

US and Canadian 7-inch single

1. "Leave a Light On" – 4:15
2. "Shades of Michaelangelo" – 5:52

UK CD single

1. "Leave a Light On" (7-inch version)
2. "Shades of Michaelangelo"
3. "Leave a Light On" (extended mix)

UK 12-inch single

Side A

1. "Leave a Light On" (extended mix)
2. "Leave a Light On" (7-inch version)

Side B

1. "Shades of Michaelangelo"