Winger is the debut album from the American heavy metal band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and was produced by Beau Hill.
The music was radio-friendly, but with a progressive twist. The lyrics, however, were typical of the age and genre.
It produced a number of radio and video hits, including "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Seventeen", peaking at #19 and #26 at the Billboard's single chart. On February 11, 1989, the album peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200,[3] and since then, was in various places on the chart for 63 weeks.[4] It achieved platinum status in the United States and went gold in Canada and Japan.
The name "Sahara" appears in the lower right hand section of the album cover. The band initially wanted to call themselves "Sahara", but that name was taken by another band at the time. Though they ultimately chose the name Winger, "Sahara" remained on the cover.[5]
In support of the album, Winger toured for over a year with bands like Bad Company, Scorpions, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Poison, Skid Row and Tesla.
There are videos for the songs "Madalaine", "Hungry", "Seventeen" and "Headed for a Heartbreak".
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Kip Winger and Reb Beach (except where noted).
Track 11, "Higher and Higher", was a CD bonus track. It wasn't on cassette copies of the album. It was also the B-side of the "Madalaine" single. In this day and age, just as CDs were beginning to become popular, it was not uncommon to include a bonus track like this.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Additional personnel
[edit] Album credits
- Produced and engineered by Beau Hill
- Assistant Engineers: Noah Baron, Jimmy Hoyson
- Technicians: Bob Schwall, Bob Caputo
- Digital Editing: Stephen Benben
- Recorded and mixed at Atlantic Studios, NYC
- Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC by Ted Jensen
- Cover art and design: Dan Hubp
- Photography: Steven Selikoff
[edit] Singles
- "Madalaine" / "Higher and Higher"
- "Seventeen" / "Hangin' On"
- "Headed for a Heartbreak" / "State of Emergency"
- "Hungry" / "Poison Angel"
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart |
Peak position |
| The Billboard 200 |
21 |
- Singles
| Title |
Date of release |
US Hot 100
chart position |
| "Madalaine" |
August 1988 |
— |
| "Seventeen" |
November 1988 |
26 |
| "Headed for a Heartbreak" |
May 1989 |
19 |
| "Hungry" |
September 1989 |
85 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r22018
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/winger/albums/album/90339/winger
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/winger/chart-history/6035#/artist/winger/chart-history/6035?f=305&g=Albums
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/winger/chart-history/6035#/album/winger/winger/18564
- ^ (band) "Winger (Band) Main Wikipedia Entry". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winger (band).
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