Rush Street (album)

This article is about the Richard Marx album. For the Chicago street, see Rush Street, Chicago.

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Rush Street is the third studio album by singer and songwriter Richard Marx. Released in late 1991, it sold over two million copies in the United States alone.

Its first single, "Keep Coming Back," was #1 on the American Adult Contemporary chart for four consecutive weeks. It reached #5 in Cashbox while peaking at #12 in Billboard. The follow-up single, "Hazard", also hit #1 Adult Contemporary and reached #6 in Cashbox and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Subsequent single releases included "Take This Heart" and "Chains Around My Heart", which were Top Ten hits on the US Adult Contemporary charts. All four hits boasted popular music videos as well. Toto members Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro were among the session musicians employed on the album, although they play on separate tracks.

Track listing

1. "Playing with Fire" (Richard Marx, Steve Lukather) - 4:29
2. "Love Unemotional" (Marx) - 5:06
3. "Keep Coming Back" (Marx) - 6:51
4. "Take This Heart" (Marx) - 4:10
5. "Hazard" (Marx) - 5:17
6. "Hands In Your Pocket" (Marx) - 3:54
7. "Calling You" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) - 4:42
8. "Superstar" (Marx) - 4:42
9. "Streets of Pain" (Marx, Fee Waybill) - 5:10
10. "I Get No Sleep" (Marx) - 3:44
11. "Big Boy Now" (Marx, Waybill) - 5:38
12. "Chains Around My Heart" (Marx, Waybill) - 5:42
13. "Your World" (Marx) - 5:54

Bonus Tracks on Japanese release
• "Ride with the Idol" - 3:46

Bonus Tracks on Latin America release
• "Regresa A Mi [Keep Coming Back]" - 5:22

Singles/Chart positions

Year	Song	US Hot 100	US A.C.	UK Singles	US Hot R&B
1991	"Keep Coming Back"	12	1	55	71
1992	"Hazard"	9	1	3	-
	"Take This Heart"	20	4	13	-
	"Chains Around My Heart"	44	9	29	-

Album credits

Personnel

• Mike Baird - drums
• Terry Bozzio - drums
• Kim Bullard - keyboards
• Bill Champlin - Hammond B-3 organ
• John Clarke - programming, drum machine
• Jim Cliff - bass guitar
• Nathan East - bass guitar
• Michael Egizi - programming, keyboards
• Bruce Gaitsch - writer, arranger, acoustic guitar, guitars
• Steve Grove - saxophone
• Randy Jackson - bass guitar
• Billy Joel - acoustic piano on "I Get No Sleep"
• Eric Johnson - guitar on "Keep Coming Back" (AOR Mix)
• Michael Landau - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Tommy Lee - drums
• John "Juke" Logan - harmonica
• Steve Lukather - writer, arranger, guitars
• Richard Marx - producer, writer, arranger, keyboards, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, vocals
• Marcus Miller - bass guitar
• Jonathan Moffett - drums
• Greg Phillinganes - Fender Rhodes
• Jeff Porcaro - arranger, drums
• Leland Sklar - bass guitar
• Lee Thornburg - trombone, trumpet
• Chris Trujillo - percussion
• Paul Warren - guitars
• Fee Waybill - producer, writer

Background Vocals

• Tamara Champlin
• Jim Cliff
• Dalbello
• Mike Egizi
• Janet Gardner
• Steve George
• Cheryl Lynn
• Richard Marx
• Ruth Marx
• Cindy Mizelle
• Richard Page
• Brandy Rosenberg
• Luther Vandross
• Paul Warren
• Fee Waybill
• Matt Westlfield

Engineers

• Brad Aldridge
• Bryant Arnett
• Ray Blair
• Rick Caughron
• Lavant Coppock
• Peter Doell
• Michael Douglass
• Bill Drescher
• Lolly Grodner
• Mark Hagan
• Leslie Ann Jones
• Jesse Kanner
• Pat MacDougall
• Tim Nellen
• Rick Norman
• Charlie Paakkari
• Kevin Reeves
• Mark Stebbeds
• Randy Wine

Guest stars

• Janet Gardner
• Billy Joel
• Tommy Lee
• Steve Lukather
• Luther Vandross
• Fee Waybill

Miscellaneous

• Marx admitted in 2001 that the track "Superstar" is about Madonna
• The album was dedicated to son Brandon Marx and grandmother Lois