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Hard Core (Paul Dean album)

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Released
  
May 18, 1989

Hard Core (1989)
  
Machine (1995)

Release date
  
18 May 1989

Genre
  
Hard rock

Length
  
40:19

Artist
  
Paul Dean

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
Venture Studios, Little Mountain Sound Studios, Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Winter 1988/Spring 1989

Producer
  
Paul Dean & Brian "Too Loud" MacLeod

Hard Core is the first solo album released by former Streetheart & Loverboy lead guitarist, founder, and main songwriter, Paul Dean from 1989. The lead-off track, "Sword & Stone" was demoed by Kiss for their Crazy Nights album in 1987, and later additionally recorded by the German Rockers, Bonfire in 1989 for the film Shocker and accompanying soundtrack. The Bryan Adams-penned "Draw the Line" was originally recorded by Ted Nugent with Brian Howe on lead vocals in 1984 on his Penetrator album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sword & Stone" (Desmond Child, Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick) - 4:06
  2. "Doctor" (Paul Dean) - 4:52
  3. "Draw the Line" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 4:11
  4. "Dirty Fingers" (Taylor Rhodes, Tom DeLuca) - 4:02
  5. "Under the Gun" (Dean, Mike Reno, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) - 3:39
  6. "Action" (Dean, Matt Frenette, Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve, Kenny Shields, Daryl Guthiel) - 5:10
  7. "Down to the Bottom" (Dean) - 5:17
  8. "Black Sheep" (Dean, Rhodes, Terry Cerney) - 4:09
  9. "Politics" (Dean, Brian MacLeod, Foster) - 4:53

Musicians

  • Paul Dean (vocals, guitar, bass, background vocals)
  • Brian MacLeod (drums, keyboards, key bass, backing vocals)
  • Matt Frenette (drums on track 6)
  • Spider Sinnaeve (bass on track 6)
  • Jon Bon Jovi (harp on track 5)
  • Dave Steele (background vocals)
  • Marc LaFrance (background vocals)
  • Ricky Renouf (background vocals)
  • Geraldo Dominelli (background vocals)
  • Vern Wills (background vocals)
  • Frank Felder (background vocals)
  • Gregg Sheehan (background vocals)
  • Rosalind Keene (background vocals)
  • Nashy Nash (background vocals).

    • Production

  • Produced by Paul Dean and Brian MacLeod.
  • Mixed by Bob Rock at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, BC; except tracks 6, 7 and 9; Mixed by Paul Dean.
  • Recorded at Venture Studios, Vancouver, BC, by Larry Vogel.
  • Additional overdubs recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, BC, by Tim Crich and Ken Lomas; and at Mush Room Studios in Vancouver, BC, by Dale Penner.

    • Songs

    1Sword and Stone4:06
    2Doctor4:53
    3Draw the Line4:12

    References

    Hard Core (Paul Dean album) Wikipedia
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