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Seven Wishes

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Released
  
May 20, 1985

Producer
  
Pat Glasser

Artist
  
Night Ranger

Label
  
MCA Records

Length
  
38:56

7 Wishes (1985)
  
Big Life (1987)

Release date
  
May 1985

Genre
  
Hard rock

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Similar
  
Night Ranger albums, Hard rock albums

7 Wishes is the third studio album by the band Night Ranger, released in 1985 and produced by Pat Glasser. The album features three Billboard Hot 100 chart hits "Sentimental Street" (#8), "Four In The Morning" (#19) and "Goodbye" (#17).

Contents

The title of "Four in the Morning (I Can't Take Anymore)" describes the time of day Jack Blades wrote the song. In an interview with the Songfacts website, he explained, "Literally, I wrote that song at 4 in the morning. I mean, I woke up, and I had an idea, (singing) 'I can't take anymore, I can't fake anymore, it's such a hard time loving you.'"

Side A

  1. "Seven Wishes"† (Blades) — 4:54
  2. "Faces" (Keagy, Blades, Fitzgerald) — 4:12
  3. "Four in the Morning"‡ (Blades) — 3:54
  4. "I Need a Woman" (Blades) — 4:40
  5. "Sentimental Street" (Blades) — 4:14

Side B

  1. "This Boy Needs to Rock" (Blades, Gillis) — 4:00
  2. "I Will Follow You" (Fitzgerald, Blades) — 4:16
  3. "Interstate Love Affair" (Blades) — 3:16
  4. "Night Machine" (Blades, Keagy, Gillis) — 4:34
  5. "Goodbye" (Watson, Blades) — 4:22

Although the album title is rendered 7 Wishes on the label, the song is "Seven Wishes"
Single release title: "Four in the Morning (I Can't Take Anymore)"

Personnel

  • Jack Blades - bass, lead vocals
  • Jeff Watson - lead and rhythm guitars
  • Brad Gillis - lead and rhythm guitars
  • Alan Fitzgerald - keyboards, synthesizers, piano, vocal
  • Kelly Keagy - drums, percussion, lead vocals
  • Additional musicians

  • Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Kevin Charles, David Sykes, Fishdog - background vocals on "Night Machine"
  • Production

  • Pat Glasser - producer
  • John VanNest - engineer, associate producer
  • Duane Aslaksen - assistant engineer
  • Steve Krause - assistant engineer
  • David Luke - assistant engineer
  • Brian Gardner - mastering
  • Songs

    1Seven Wishes4:55
    2Faces4:12
    3Four in the Morning3:53

    References

    Seven Wishes Wikipedia