The Lace

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Released October 6, 1986 Length 45:05 Release date 6 October 1986 Genres New wave, Pop rock		Recorded 1986 Artist Benjamin Orr Label Elektra Records

Studio The Wool Hall (Beckington, England) and Blue Jay Studios (Carlisle, Massachusetts) Producers Mike Shipley, Benjamin Orr, Larry Klein Similar Door to Door, Heartbeat City, This Side of Paradise, Shake It Up, Nexterday

Benjamin orr the lace alb m 1986

The Lace is the only solo album by Cars' bassist and member Benjamin Orr. It was released on October 6, 1986 by Elektra Records and features his only solo hit, the song "Stay the Night" which reached the Top 40 in 1987. A follow-up single "Too Hot to Stop" was also released but failed to chart. Wounded Bird Records re-released the album on CD on August 15, 2006.

Track listing

All songs written by Benjamin Orr and Diane Grey Page.

"Too Hot to Stop" 4:18
"In Circles" 4:32
"Stay the Night" 4:26
"Skyline" 4:10
"When You're Gone" 4:51
"Spinning" 4:27
"Hold On" 4:30
"The Lace" 4:20
"That's The Way" 4:07
"This Time Around" 5:10

Personnel

Benjamin Orr: bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, piano, lead & backing vocals

Diane Grey Page: backing vocals

Michael Landau, Elliot Easton: guitars

Larry Klein: keyboards

Paul Ridout: UMI programming

Production

Produced by Mike Shipley, Ben Orr and Larry Klein

Engineered and recorded by Mike Shipley, with additional engineering by Thom Moore

Mixed by Thom Moore; "Stay The Night" and "Too Hot To Stop" mixed by Mike Shipley

Mastered at Masterdisk by Bob Ludwig

All songs published by Orange Village Music-ASCAP

Songs

1Too Hot to Stop4:20
2In Circles4:32
3Stay the Night4:27

References

The Lace Wikipedia

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