Wanna Be a Star

Infobox Album
Name = Wanna Be a Star
Type = Studio album
Artist = Chilliwack


Released = 1981
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 39:12
Label = Solid Gold Records
Producer = Bill Henderson and Brian MacLeod
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:i959kext7q79 link]
Last album = "Breakdown in Paradise" (1979)
This album = "Wanna Be a Star" (1981)
Next album = "Opus X" (1982)

"Wanna Be a Star" is the ninth album by the Canadian rock band Chilliwack, released in 1981. At this point, the band had collapsed into a trio, without a full-time drummer, but leader Bill Henderson and guitarist/keyboardist/drummer Brian MacLeod had become a powerful songwriting team during the interim. The album spawned a major hit single, "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)." that reached #1 in Canada and the Top 20 in the U.S. This was Chilliwack's first hit since the 1979 collapse of their former label Mushroom Records, and led to a touring version of the group re-forming. "I Believe" was also a Top 10 Canadian hit and Top 40 U.S. hit off the album.

Overall the album is something of a concept album about the "rock and roll" lifestyle and the pursuit of fame. The leadoff track "Sign Here" is a reference to Chilliwack's new quest for mainstream success, tempered by their brush with fame on Mushroom. This was the first album they recorded with Solid Gold Records in Canada, a new Toronto-based label.

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Henderson and Brian MacLeod except where listed.

#"Sign Here" (2:57)
#"So You Wanna Be a Star" (4:29)
#"Tell It to the Telephone" (Henderson) (3:14)
#"Too Many Enemies" (Henderson) (4:39)
#"Living In Stereo" (4:49)
#"Mr Rock" (3:51)
#"My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" (4:16)
#"(Don't Wanna) Live for a Living" (MacLeod) (3:22)
#"Walk On" (Henderson) (3:36)
#"I Believe" (Henderson) (3:57)

Musicians

*Bill Henderson: vocals, guitars, keyboards
*Brian MacLeod: vocals, drums, guitars, keyboards
*Ab Bryant: bass