Eyes of the World (album)

Eyes of the World
Studio album by
MacAlpine
Released1990 (1990)
RecordedJune 21 – November 13, 1989
StudioFantasy Studios (Berkeley, California)
Prairie Sun Recording Studios (Cotati, California)
GenreHard rock, glam metal
Length51:25
LabelPolyGram
ProducerTony MacAlpine, Steve Fontano
MacAlpine chronology
Maximum Security
(1987) 		Eyes of the World
(1990) 		Freedom to Fly
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (No review)[1]

Eyes of the World is a studio album by the band MacAlpine, released in 1990 through PolyGram.[2] MacAlpine was a short-lived project by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, and the album is a departure from his previous work in that it is more commercially oriented, with none of his usual instrumental tracks in the style of neoclassical metal or piano études. According to MacAlpine himself, the project was indeed an attempt to emulate other hard rock acts at the time.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The World We Live In"Alan Sehorn, Steve FontanoTony MacAlpine4:06
2."The Hard Way"Sehorn, FontanoMacAlpine4:14
3."Escape the Hell"SehornMacAlpine5:00
4."Heartache Calling"SehornMacAlpine5:07
5."Tear It Down"Sehorn, FontanoMacAlpine4:40
6."Take Me Back"MacAlpineSehorn4:47
7."Wild Ride"Sehorn, FontanoMacAlpine3:39
8."Cry a Tear"Gina DemosMacAlpine4:48
9."Wrong to Love"DemosMacAlpine5:31
10."Summer's Gone"DemosMacAlpine4:33
11."Urban Days"SehornMacAlpine5:00
Total length:51:25

Personnel

  • Tony MacAlpine – guitar, keyboard, keyboard bass, keyboard programming, drum programming, percussion, production
  • Alan Sehorn – lead vocals
  • Mark Robertson – keyboard, vocals
  • Mike Mani – keyboard programming, drum programming
  • Billy Carmassi – drums (except tracks 3, 8, 11)
  • Bill Zampa – drums (tracks 3, 8, 11)
  • Mike Jacques – bass (track 1), vocals
  • Randy Jackson – bass (tracks 2, 4, 9, 10)
  • Juan Alderete – bass (tracks 3, 5–8, 11)
  • Alan Lornie – violin
  • Maria Khodorkosky – violin
  • Maxine Prolman – violin
  • Steve Fontano – tambourine, background vocals, keyboard programming, drum programming, engineering, mixing, production
  • Kevin Chalfant – background vocals
  • Bret Douglas – background vocals
  • Melisa Kary – background vocals
  • Christina Saxton – background vocals
  • Davey Pattison – background vocals
  • Tracy Hill – spoken vocals
  • Neill King – engineering
  • Wally Buck – engineering
  • Jimmy Robinson – engineering
  • Bob Misbach – engineering
  • Michael Semanick – engineering
  • Dave Luke – engineering
  • Joe Marquez – engineering
  • Mark Rayburn – engineering
  • Michael Rosen – mixing

References

  1. ^ "Eyes of the World - Tony MacAlpine". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  2. ^ "Groups/Non-Solo Discography". tonymacalpine.com. Archived from the original Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  3. ^ Sword, Brian (2014-07-27). "Tony MacAlpine Interview - The Double Stop Podcast Episode 24". The Double Stop. Event occurs at time 15:54–18:51. Retrieved 2014-12-17