Knee Deep in the Hoopla

Knee Deep in the Hoopla

Infobox Album |
Name = Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Type = Album
Artist = Starship


Released = 1985
Recorded = 1985 at the Record Plant, Sausalito and the Music Grinder, Los Angeles
Genre = Rock
Length = 40:10
Label = Grunt/RCA
Producer = Peter Wolf, Jeremy Smith, Dennis Lambert (exec)
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0g6gtq7ztu46 link]
Last album = "Nuclear Furniture"
(Jefferson Starship) (1984)
This album = "Knee Deep in the Hoopla"
(1985)
Next album = "No Protection"
(1987)

"Knee Deep in the Hoopla" is the first release by Starship in 1985, the successor band to Jefferson Airplane and later Jefferson Starship. It went platinum, and is best remembered for spawning the #1 hits "We Built This City" and "Sara", which were also the first such hits from any incarnation of Jefferson Airplane.

"We Built This City" was written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, and inspired by Bay Area power rock station KSAN-FM. It was trashed at the time by former Jefferson Starship band member Paul Kantner, and later declared to be the 'worst song of all time' by "Blender" magazine. VH1 also named it the number one 'Most Awesomely Bad Song' in a Top 50 countdown co-branded with "Blender".

"We Built This City" was also released in different versions in different cities around the United States: on the album version of the song, the traffic report is for the San Francisco area; the version that played on the radio in New York, NY, included a traffic report describing conditions on the George Washington Bridge. A further version of the song released to radio stations lacked the spoken section so that the stations could add their own.

Tracks

ide One

#"We Built This City" (Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf) – 4:53
#"Sara" (Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) – 4:48
#"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" (Steven Cristol, Robin Randall) – 3:41
#"Rock Myself To Sleep" (Kimberley Rew, Vince De la Cruz) – 3:24
#"Desperate Heart" (Randy Goodrum, Michael Bolton) – 4:04

ide Two

#"Private Room" (Craig Chaquico, Mickey Thomas) – 4:51
#"Before I Go" (David Roberts) – 5:11
#"Hearts of the World" (Stephen Broughton Lunt, Arthur Stead) – 4:21
#"Love Rusts" (Bernie Taupin, Martin Page) – 4:57

CD Remaster Bonus Track

#"Casualty" (Peter Wolf, Jeremy Smith) [Remaster Only]

ingles / Music videos

*"We Built This City" (1985)
*"Sara" (1986)
*"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" (1986)
*"Before I Go" (1986) (single only / no music video)

Personnel

*Donny Baldwin - Drums / Electronic Drums / Vocals
*Grace Slick - Vocals
*Mickey Thomas - Vocals
*Craig Chaquico - Guitars
*Pete Sears - Bass / Synth Bass

Additional Personnel

*Peter Wolf - Keyboards / Electronics
*Les Garland - DJ Voice on "We Built This City"Additional Background Vocals on "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight":
*Peter Beckett
*J. C. Crowley
*Siedah Garrett
*Ina WolfAdditional Vocal on "Rock Myself to Sleep":
*Kevin DubrowAdditional Background Vocal on "Desperate Heart":
*Dave JenkinsAdditional Background Vocals on "Love Rusts":
*Peter Beckett
*Simon Climie
*J. C. Crowley
*Lorraine Devon
*Siedah Garrett
*Phillip Ingram
*Martin Page
*Chris Sutton
*Oren Waters
*Ina Wolf

Production

*Produced by Peter Wolf & Jeremy Smith
*Executive Producer: Dennis Lambert
*Keyboards & Electronics: Peter Wolf
*Engineered by Jeremy Smith
*Production Coordinator: Skip Johnson
*Manager: Bill Thompson
*Recorded at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA; The Music Grinder, Los Angeles, CA
*Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
*"We Built This City" re-mixed at The Soundcastle, L. A.
*Mastered at Precision Lacquer, Los Angeles, CA by Stephen Marcussen
*Arrangements by Peter Wolf
*Engineered by Jeremy Smith assisted by Paul Ericksen
*"We Built This City" mixed by Bill Bottrell
*Additional Engineering: Tom Size
*Assistant Engineers: Paul Ericksen, Dana Chappelle, David Luke, Maureen Droney
*Art & Design: Ted Raess / Raess Design
*Photography: Bill Robbins

Charts

Album

Singles


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