Michigan Rain
| Michigan Rain | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 - 1989 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 41:08 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Rick Nowels | |||
| Gregg Alexander chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Michigan Rain is the debut album from Gregg Alexander, released in 1989 by A&M Records.
The album was originally supposed to be titled Save Me from Myself, but the title was changed at the last minute, because, as Alexander explained, "[...] the cover was me standing on a bridge with a broken mirror on my wrist and it was before the suicide chic thing."[2]
"In The Neighborhood" was released as a single, backed with "Don't Cry, Mrs. Davis".
"Michigan Rain" was later rerecorded for his 1992 album Intoxifornication. The album also featured an extended mix of Save Me From Myself, and identically reprised tracks "Loving You Sets Me Free", "Cruel With Me" and "The World We Love So Much".
The album was not very successful on release, being a minor hit in Italy. Despite Alexander's later success with New Radicals, Michigan Rain was taken out of print when he was dropped from A&M, and has long been rare and out of print. It is also the only one of his albums to have been released on vinyl, though CD and cassette versions were also produced.
Track listing
All songs written by Gregg Alexander.
- "In the Neighborhood" – 4:08
- "Michigan Rain" – 2:47
- "Loving You Sets Me Free" – 4:27
- "Cruel with Me" – 4:05
- "Save Me from Myself" – 5:16
- "Ev'ry Now and Then" – 3:48
- "Don't Cry Mrs. Davis" – 5:51
- "Sinner Times Ten" – 3:41
- "Five and Dimes and Petty Crimes" – 2:48
- "The World We Love So Much" – 4:12
Personnel
- Gregg Alexander - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
- Kenny Aronoff - drums
- N'Dea Davenport - principal background vocalist
- Denny Fongheiser - drums
- Laura Harding - additional background vocals
- Charles Judge - keyboards, acoustic piano
- Michael Landau - guitar
- David Munday - additional background vocals
- Rick Nowels - electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards and acoustic piano, additional background vocals
- John Pierce - bass
- Rudy Richman - drums
- Ben Schultz - guitars
- Robbie Seidman - additional background vocals
- Sandy Stewart - additional background vocals
- Maria Vidal - additional background vocals
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "New Radicals". Pollstar. Archived from the original on May 6, 2006. Retrieved April 9, 2006.
External links
- NewRadicals.Us. Unofficial forum covering New Radicals, Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois.