Working Class Dog
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| Working Class Dog | ||||
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| Studio album by Rick Springfield | ||||
| Released | February 24, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1981, Sound City, Van Nuys, California |
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| Genre | Hard rock Power pop |
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| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Bill Drescher & Keith Olsen | |||
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Working Class Dog is an album by Rick Springfield, released by RCA in 1981. The album went multi-platinum, and produced one Grammy award winning and #1 single, "Jessie's Girl".
The album was re-released on CD in 2006 as a "25th anniversary edition" with three bonus tracks.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Rick Springfield, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Love Is Alright Tonite" | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Jessie's Girl" | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Hole in My Heart" | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Carry Me Away" | 3:01 |
| 5. | "I've Done Everything for You" (Sammy Hagar) | 3:17 |
| 6. | "The Light of Love" | 2:43 |
| 7. | "Everybody's Girl" | 2:59 |
| 8. | "Daddy's Pearl" | 2:37 |
| 9. | "Red Hot & Blue Love" | 2:57 |
| 10. | "Inside Silvia" | 4:43 |
| 11. | "Easy to Cry" (Bonus track from the "25th anniversary edition) | 3:33 |
| 12. | "Taxi Dancing" (Later rerecorded as a duet with Randy Crawford for the Hard to Hold soundtrack) | 3:35 |
| 13. | "Jessie's Girl" (Demo Version) | 3:11 |
[edit] Album cover
The unusual album cover features a picture of a Bull Terrier dog dressed in a white shirt with a black tie. The dog was Rick's pet named Ronnie, who died in 1994. [2] The album cover (credited to Mike Doud) was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Album Package" in 1981.[3] The 2011 Jonathan Coulton song "Je Suis Rick Springfield" makes reference to the album cover.
[edit] Charts
- Working Class Dog - #7 on Billboard 200 album charts.
- "Jessie's Girl" - #1 on Billboard Hot 100 singles.
- "I've Done Everything for You" - #8 on Billboard Hot 100.
- "Love Is Alright Tonight" - #40 on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks.
[edit] Personnel
- Rick Springfield - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
- Robben Ford - guitar
- Neil Giraldo - guitar, bass
- Gabriel Katona - keyboards
- Jeff Eyrich - bass
- Mike Baird - drums
- Jack White - drums
- Jeremiah Cox - french horn, background vocals
- Tom Kelly - background vocals
[edit] Credits
- Produced by Rick Springfield, Bill Drescher and Keith Olsen
- Engineered by Bill Drescher, Chris Minto and Doug Pakes at Sound City
- Mastered by Gregory Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders
