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Released
  
September 10, 1985

Knee Deep in the Hoopla(1985)
  
No Protection(1987)

Release date
  
10 September 1985

Length
  
40:10

Artist
  
Starship

Label
  
Grunt Records


Recorded
  
1984–1985 at the Record Plant, Sausalito and the Music Grinder, Los Angeles

Producer
  
Peter Wolf, Jeremy Smith, Dennis Lambert (exec)

Genres
  
Rock music, Album-oriented rock, Pop rock, Arena rock

Similar
  
Starship albums, Album-oriented rock albums, Other albums

Knee Deep in the Hoopla is the 1985 debut album by Starship, the successor band to Jefferson Starship. It was certified platinum by the RIAA, and is best remembered for spawning the No. 1 hits "We Built This City" and "Sara"; The album's title comes from a lyric of the former.

Contents

The track "Desperate Heart", written by Michael Bolton and Randy Goodrum, also appears on Bolton's album Everybody's Crazy, released the same year. Jeannette and Pete Sears wrote a song for the album called "One More Innocent", though it was rejected for its political lyrics.

Personnel

  • Mickey Thomas – vocals
  • Grace Slick – vocals
  • Donny Baldwin – drums, electronic drums, vocals
  • Craig Chaquico – guitars
  • Pete Sears – bass guitar, synth bass

    • Additional personnel

  • Peter Wolf – keyboards
  • Les Garland – DJ voice on "We Built This City"
  • Peter Beckett, J. C. Crowley, Siedah Garrett, Ina Wolf – additional background vocals on "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" and "Love Rusts"
  • Kevin Dubrow – additional vocal on "Rock Myself to Sleep"
  • Dave Jenkins – additional background vocal on "Desperate Heart"
  • Simon Climie, Lorraine Devon, Phillip Ingram, Martin Page, Chris Sutton, Oren Waters – additional background vocals on "Love Rusts"

    • Production

  • Peter Wolf – producer, arrangements
  • Jeremy Smith – producer, engineer
  • Dennis Lambert – executive producer
  • Skip Johnson – production coordinator
  • Bill Thompson – manager
  • Bill Bottrell – mixing engineer on "We Built This City"
  • Tom Size – additional engineering
  • Paul Ericksen, Dana Chappelle, David Luke, Maureen Droney – assistant engineers
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering engineer
  • Raess Design (Ted Raess) – art, design
  • Bill Robbins – photography
  • Recorded at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA; The Music Grinder, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
  • "We Built This City" re-mixed at The Soundcastle, L. A.
  • Mastered at Precision Lacquer, Los Angeles

    • Singles

  • "We Built This City" (1985)
  • "Sara" (1986)
  • "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" (1986)
  • "Before I Go" (1986)

    • Charts

    Album

    Singles

    Songs

    1We Built This CityJefferson Starship4:54
    2SaraJefferson Starship4:53
    3Tomorrow Doesn't Matter TonightJefferson Starship3:42

    References

    Knee Deep in the Hoopla Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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