Alannah Myles (album)

Alannah Myles
Studio album by Alannah Myles
Released	March 28, 1989
Recorded	McClear Place Studios, Eastern Sound, Sundown Sudios and Sounds Interchange Studios, Toronto, Canada, 1988
Genre	Rock, pop rock, AOR
Length	39:19
Label	Atlantic
Producer	David Tyson, Christopher Ward
Alannah Myles chronology
Alannah Myles (1989) Rockinghorse (1992)

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Allmusic	[1]

Alannah Myles is the self-titled debut album by Canadian singer Alannah Myles, released on March 28, 1989. It includes the worldwide hit single "Black Velvet". The album was a big seller worldwide, and reached number one for two weeks in her native Canada, number 5 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S. and number 3 in the UK Albums Chart, and overall sold in excess of six million records. The album cover comes from a photoshoot by Canadian photographer Deborah Samuel.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Still Got This Thing" (Christopher Ward) – 4:37
2. "Love Is" (Ward, David Tyson) – 3:40
3. "Black Velvet" (Ward, Tyson) – 4:47
4. "Rock This Joint" (Ward) – 4:02
5. "Lover of Mine" (Alannah Myles, Ward, Tyson, Kit Johnson) – 4:42

Side two

6. "Kick Start My Heart" (Shirley Eikhard, Chris Waters, Madeline Stone, Ward) – 3:42
7. "If You Want To" (Ward, Tyson) – 4:13
8. "Just One Kiss" (Ward, Tyson) – 3:35
9. "Who Loves You" (Ward, Tyson) – 3:37
10. "Hurry Make Love" (Nancy Simmonds) – 2:16

Credits

Musicians

• Alannah Myles - lead and backing vocals
• Kurt Schefter - guitars
• David Tyson - keyboards, bass, backing vocals on "Still Got This Thing", producer
• Steve Webster - bass on all songs except for "Black Velvet"
• Jørn Andersen - drums
• David Wipper - acoustic guitar, mandolin
• John Johnson - saxophone
• Rick Waychesko - trumpet
• Michael Sloski - percussion
• Roberto Bartolucci - guitar overdubs on "Just One Kiss" and "Lover of Mine"
• Scott Humphrey - keyboard programming
• Gary Craig - drums on "Who Loves You"
• Lisa Dalbello - backing vocals on "Just One Kiss" and "Kick Start My Heart"
• Peter Fredette - backing vocals on "Kick Start My Heart" "Rock This Joint" and "If You Want To"
• Dean McTaggart - backing vocals on "Kick Start My Heart" and "Rock This Joint"
• Jackie Richardson - backing vocals on "Still Got This Thing"
• Christopher Ward - backing vocals on "Love Is" and "Still Got This Thing", executive producer

Production

• Pete Willis, Mike Jones - engineers
• Kevin Doyle - engineer, mixing on "Love Is", "Black Velvet" and "Kick Start My Heart"
• Paul Lani - mixing
• George Marino - mastering

Charts and Certifications

References

1. ↑ Allmusic review
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 . Dutchcharts.com Hung Medien https://web.archive.org/web/20160503023755/http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Alannah+Myles&titel=Alannah+Myles&cat=a. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. ↑ . http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=5238&. Retrieved 3 February 2016.  Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
4. ↑ "Archive Chart". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 February 2016. 
5. ↑ "Alannah Myles - Alannah Myles". Billboard. Retrieved 3 February 2016. 
6. ↑ "Kulta- ja platinalevyt". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 31, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2010. 
8. ↑ "The Bpi". The Bpi. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
9. ↑ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2011-11-14.