Runaway (Solution album)

Infobox Album
Name = Runaway
Type = studio
Artist = Solution


Released = 1982
Recorded = Spitsbergen Studio, Holland
Genre = Rock/Pop
Label = CBS
Producer = Jim Capaldi and Solution
Last album = "...It's Only Just Begun..."
(1980)
This album = "Runaway"
(1982)
Next album = "Solution Live"
(1983)

"Runaway" is the sixth and last studio album by the Dutch rock group Solution. It was released in 1982 on CBS Records.

History

"Runaway" featured eight songs in a shorter, more direct format than previous recordings. Earlier songs like "Empty Faces" (1977) and "It's Only Just Begun" (1980) had hinted at a more commercial approach, and "Runaway" continued this trend to the extreme. Unlike their previous five albums, it did not include any instrumental tracks.

Jim Capaldi of Traffic co-produced the album with the band. Capaldi also wrote or co-wrote the lyrics to seven of the eight songs.

"Runaway" charted in Holland on 13 March 1982, reaching #14 and spending 9 weeks on the chart. The title track was also a hit when released as a single.

Four songs from "Runaway" appeared on "Solution Live" the following year; this album and the four remaining studio tracks were included on "The Ultimate Collection" in 2006.

Track listing

#"Run Away" (3:50)
#*Music: Solution
#*Lyrics: J. Capaldi, H. Waterman
#"Shame On You" (4:28)
#*Music: Solution
#*Lyrics: J. Capaldi
#"Move On" (4:23)
#*Music: Solution
#*G. Willemse, J. Capaldi
#"Evil Love" (5:07)
#*Music: G. Willemse
#*Lyrics: J. Capaldi
#*Arr. Solution
#"Bad Breaks" (4:43)
#*Music: W.T. Ennes
#*Lyrics: J. Capaldi
#"Who's to Blame" (4:57)
#*Music: G. Willemse-arr. Solution
#*Lyrics: G. Willemse, J. Capaldi
#"Down Hearted!" (4:15)
#*Music & lyrics: G. & B. McDonough, S. Higgins
#"Lovin' You Was Easy" (4:44)
#*Music: G. Willemse
#*Lyrics: G. Willemse, J. Capaldi

Credits

Tom Barlage: altosax, keyboards, perc.
Willem Ennes: keyboards
Harry Hardholt: guitars
Hans Waterman: drums, perc.
Gus Willemse: bass, vocals

Produced by Jim Capaldi and Solution.
Recorded at the Spitsbergen Studiom, Holland.
Engineering by T. Barlage, W. Ennes.
Basictrack "Shame On You" recorded at the
Triple Sound Studio, Driebergen, Holland.

Airbrush: Ph. M. Awuy
Lettertype: H. Schutten
Photography: K. de Jong
Art direction: H. de Jong
Design: W. van Ginkel

External links

* [http://www.solutionmusic.nl/disc-runaway.html Official website run by Guus Willemse]