Everybody's Crazy (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Everybody's Crazy
Type = Album
Artist = Michael Bolton


Released = 1985
Recorded = 1984-85
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 37:19
Label = Columbia
Producer = Neil Kernon Randy Goodrum (track 6 only)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|1|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0q2zefikhgf4 link]
Last album = "Michael Bolton" (1983)
This album = "Everybody's Crazy" (1985)
Next album = "The Hunger" (1987)

Released in 1985 on CBS, "Everybody's Crazy" is a melodic hard rock/AOR album from Michael Bolton, recorded before he had his biggest hits. The lead guitarist on the album is Bruce Kulick, later of KISS fame. The title track was a minor hit on hard rock radio stations, and it was also featured in the 1986 movie "Back to School". The album is currently out of print. It was reissued overseas in the mid-'90s with a then-current photo on the cover.

Reviews have been extremely mixed regarding this album. While some have criticized the album, decrying it as the low point of Bolton's career (see Allmusic Guide link on the right), many others have hailed it as one of the finest examples of AOR-based/melodic hard rock from the '80s (see "sources" below for just a few examples). The album's hard rock/metal sound contrasts sharply with his later soft rock-based material that would make him a superstar (although the track "Desperate Heart" hinted at the later ballad-styled material that would make him successful), and devout fans of his music in the latter style may react less favorably to this album.

Track listing

#"Save Our Love"
#"Everybody's Crazy"
#"Can't Turn It Off"
#"Call My Name"
#"Everytime"
#"Desperate Heart"
#"Start Breaking My Heart"
#"You Don't Want Me Bad Enough"
#"Don't Tell Me It's Over"

Personnel

*Michael Bolton- lead vocals, guitars
*Bruce Kulick- lead guitar (except Track 6)
*Dennis Feldman- bass, background vocals
*Chuck Burgi- drums (uncredited on original releases of the album ?)
*Mark Mangold- keyboards
*Mark Radice- keyboards
*Jan Mullaney- keyboards
*Allan St. John- keyboards
*Lloyd Landesman- keyboards
*Schuyler Deale- bass
*Neil Kernon and Doug Katsaros- additional keyboards
*Mark Rivera- saxophone
*Peppy Castro- background vocals
*Terry Brock- background vocals
*Joe Cerisano- background vocals

Personnel on Track 6

*Kevin Dukes- guitar
*Paul Pesco- additional guitar
*Randy Goodrum- keyboards, drum programming, and background vocals [http://www.kissfaq.com/krr/michaelbolton_crazy.html]

Reissue

The album was reissued on February 25, 2008 by Rock Candy Records, United Kingdom on CD with a 12-page full colour booklet with original and new artwork.

ources

*http://www.lauraforever.com/mbonthenet/everybod.htm
*http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=3553&CDName=Everybody's+Crazy
* [http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/neilkernon.html Interview with the album's producer, Neil Kernon] ("Everybody's Crazy" is mentioned)