- The Warmer Side of Cool
Infobox Album
Name = The Warmer Side of Cool
Type = studio
Artist = Wang Chung
Released =May 16 ,1989
Recorded = 41B Studios, Westlake Village, CA from 1988-1989
Genre = Rock/Pop
Length = 52:08
Label = Geffen
24222-2
Producer =Peter Wolf
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wpfyxql5ld0e~T0 link]
Last album = "Mosaic" (1986)
This album = "The Warmer Side of Cool" (1989)
Next album = "" (1997)Singles
Name = The Warmer Side of Cool
Type = studio
single 1 =Praying to a New God
single 1 date = 1989"The Warmer Side of Cool" is Wang Chung's fifth studio album and fourth on Geffen Records. Released in 1989, the album was a commercial disappointment. Despite poor sales, the album managed to provide a minor hit with "
Praying to a New God ", which peaked at #63 on theBillboard Hot 100 on May 27, 1989.Track listing
CD
#"
Praying to a New God " – 3:58 "(Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, and David Chandler)"
#"What's So Bad About Feeling Good?" – 4:11 "(Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, and David Chandler)"
#"Snakedance" – 4:58 "(Jack Hues)"
#"Swing" – 4:29 "(Nick Feldman)"
#"When Love Looks Back at You" – 4:50 "(Jack Hues)"
#"Games of Power" – 4:53 "(Nick Feldman)"
#"At the Speed of Life" – 5:26 "(Jack Hues)"
#"The Warmer Side of Cool" – 4:42 "(Jack Hues)"
#"Logic and Love" – 4:04 "(Nick Feldman and David Chandler)"
#"Tall Trees in a Blue Sky" – 4:21 "(Jack Hues)"
#"Big World" – 6:12 "(Jack Hues)"Cassette/LP
*Side One
#"Praying to a New God " – 3:58 "(Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, and David Chandler)"
#"What's So Bad About Feeling Good?" – 4:11 "(Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, and David Chandler)"
#"Snakedance" – 4:58 "(Jack Hues)"
#"Swing" – 4:29 "(Nick Feldman)"
#"When Love Looks Back at You" – 4:50 "(Jack Hues)"
#"Games of Power" – 4:53 "(Nick Feldman)"*Side Two
#"At the Speed of Life" – 5:26 "(Jack Hues)"
#"The Warmer Side of Cool" – 4:42 "(Jack Hues)"
#"Logic and Love" – 4:04 "(Nick Feldman and David Chandler)"
#"Tall Trees in a Blue Sky" – 4:21 "(Jack Hues)"
#"Big World" – 6:12 "(Jack Hues)"Chart performance
Credits
*Lead Vocals: Jack Hues
*Additional Vocals: Bill Clift, Darren Costin, Gary Falcone, Nick Feldman, Roger Freeland, Jeff Pescetto, Joe Pizzulo, Ina Wolf, and Peter Wolf
*Tribal Vocals: Bill Clift, Allan Ryder, and Peter Wolf
*Guitars: Jack Hues, Pete McCray, and Mikal Reid
*Bass Guitar: Nick Feldman
*Drums: Michael Baird, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Brian Hitt
*Percussion:Paulinho Da Costa
*Vocal Percussion: Jeremy Smith
*Trombone: Bill Reichenbach
*Keyboards: Peter Wolf
*Mixed by Jeremy Smith
*Engineers: Jeremy Smith and Gonzalo “"Bino" Espinoza
*Assistant Engineers: Gonzalo "Bino" Espinoza and Carlos Golliher
*Management: David Massey
*Art Direction/Design: Lynn Robb
*Collage by Ron Chadwick
*Wang Chung photos: Victoria Pearson-Cameron
*Photo of Asian boy: Reed Davis
*Photo of Kangaroo: Vitamvas/Camera Agency
*Photo of Interior: used by kind permission of Atlantic Antique Centres with thanks to Soho Design
*Photo of Dolphin: Julia Whitty
*Aerial Photography: from "The Home Planet" © 1988 Kevin W. Kelley. Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
*Album mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer
*Cassette and CD mastered by Dan Hersch at DigiPrep, Los Angeles, CA
*John Kalodner
*Special Thanks to: David Massey, John Kalodner, David Geffen, Ed Rosenblatt and everyone at Geffen Records (especially Al Coury, Marko Babineau, Peter Napoliello, Jonas Livingston, Norman Beil, Eddie Gilreath, Peter Baron, and Robin Rothman). Robin Godfrey-Cass, Ronny Vance, Ken Kraus, Nick Ben-Meir, Sandy Campbell, Lynn Robb, Rob Kline, and Bruce Jackson at 41B. Elaine Black, Debra Shallman, Cathy Woller, Lyn Fey, Roz Schrank, Sigrine Vally, David Chandler, Mikal Reid, Martin Winning (especially for help on "Swing"), Darren Costin, Brian Hitt, Debra Dobkin, and Jeff Naideau.
**Thanks too, to: Toru Nittono at L.A. Guitar Works, all at Norm's Rare Guitars, Bill Reim and Chuck Fukagawa at Ibanez Guitars, Chris and Allen at the Bass Centre, L.A., Beverly Lund, Francis and Rick at Bull Hitt Productions, the inventor of 'Asteroids', New England Digital, AKG, Monster Cables, Zildjian Cymbals, and D.W. Drums
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