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Released
  
August 1984

Length
  
38:57

Release date
  
August 1984

Label
  
A&M Records

Recorded
  
1984

Artist
  
Dennis DeYoung

Producer
  
Dennis DeYoung

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music

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Desert Moon (1984)
  
Back to the World (1986)

Similar
  
Dennis DeYoung albums, Rock music albums

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Desert Moon is the debut solo album from former Styx keyboard player/singer/songwriter Dennis DeYoung. It was released in 1984 by A&M Records.

Contents

The album reached No. 24 on the Billboard 200 album charts in the fall of 1984 and was certified Gold in Canada. The album's biggest hit was its title cut which hit No. 10 on the Billboard singles chart. The album's second single "Don't Wait for Heroes" reached No. 83 and got MTV play.

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Track listing

All songs written by Dennis DeYoung, except where noted:

  1. "Don't Wait for Heroes" – 4:46
  2. "Please" – 4:20 (a duet with Rosemary Butler)
  3. "Boys Will Be Boys" – 5:41
  4. "Fire" (Jimi Hendrix) – 3:46
  5. "Desert Moon" – 6:09
  6. "Suspicious" – 4:57
  7. "Gravity" – 4:51
  8. "Dear Darling (I'll Be There)" – 4:27

Personnel

  • Dennis DeYoung: percussion, piano, arranger, keyboards, lead and background vocals, producer, mixing
  • Tom Dziallo: acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, arranger, electric guitar, drum programming, mixing
  • Dennis Johnson: bass guitar
  • Tom Radtke: drums, percussion
  • Steve Eisen: conductor, conga, saxophone
  • Rosemary Butler: duet vocal on "Please"
  • Sandy Caulfield: background vocals
  • Suzanne DeYoung, Tom Dziallo, Dawn Feusi, Pat Hurley: additional backing vocals
  • Vince Guttman: drum programming
  • Maurice Lynn Simmons: drum programming
  • Gary Loizzo: background vocals, engineer, drum programming, mixing
  • Rob Kingsland: engineer, mixing
  • Ted Jensen: mastering
  • Jim Popko: engineer, mixing
  • Bill Rascati: engineer, mixing
  • Chuck Beeson: art direction, design

    • Songs

    1Don't Wait for Heroes4:47
    2Please4:24
    3Boys Will Be Boys5:45

    References

    Desert Moon Wikipedia
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