GTR (album)

Infobox Album
Name = GTR
Type = Album
Artist = GTR


Released = 1986
Recorded = 1985-86
Genre = Rock, Hard rock
Length = 44:11
Label = Arista Records
Producer = Geoff Downes
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ypu1z87ajyvo~T00 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (reviewed, not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/gtr/albums/album/178762/review/5942212/gtr link]
Last album =
This album = "GTR" (1986)
Next album = " King Biscuit Flower Hour" (1997)

"GTR" is the self-titled debut album and sole official studio release from the short-lived supergroup GTR. The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200, and the single "When the Heart Rules the Mind" reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single, "The Hunter," peaked at #85.

The group, founded by ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and then ex-Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe, disbanded in 1987.

Track listing

#"When the Heart Rules the Mind" (Steve Hackett, Steve Howe) – 5:24
#"The Hunter" (Geoff Downes) – 4:51
#"Here I Wait" (Hackett, Howe) – 4:54
#"Sketches in the Sun" (Howe) – 2:29
#"Jekyll and Hyde" (Max Bacon, Hackett, Howe) – 4:42
#"You Can Still Get Through" (Hackett, Howe) – 4:53
#"Reach Out (Never Say No)" (Hackett, Howe, Phil Spalding) – 4:00
#"Toe the Line" (Hackett, Howe) – 4:29
#"Hackett to Bits" (Hackett) – 2:10
#"Imagining" (Hackett, Howe, Jonathan Mover) – 5:49

Personnel

Musicians

*Max Bacon – vocals
*Steve Hackett – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals, backing vocals
*Steve Howe – synthesizer, bass guitar, guitar, vocals
*Jonathan Mover – percussion, drums
*Phil Spalding – bass guitar, vocals, backing vocals

Production

*John Brough – assistant engineer
*Alan Douglas – engineer
*Geoff Downes – producer
*Howard Fritzson – art direction
*Noel Haris – assistant engineer
*Andy Mason – assistant engineer
*Ian Miller – design
*Mike Russell – photography
*Miki Slingsby – photography
*Jimmy Starr – remastering
*Eddie Wilner – reissue producer