Start the Car

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Start the Car is the third solo album from the singer/songwriter Jude Cole. Released in 1992, five years after his self-titled debut solo album.

After A View from Third Street, Jude Cole shifted to a more heartland rock sound. Nowhere is that more evident than the disc's title song first track, a combination of Springsteen/Mellencamp that rocks more than his previous two albums. It features the polished heartbreak of "Tell the Truth", the sad sack story of "First Your Money" and the been-there, done-that weary world of "A Place in the Line".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jude Cole except where noted.

1. "Start the Car" — 5:07
2. "Worlds Apart" (Jude Cole, Ron Aniello) — 3:54
3. "Open Road" — 5:19
4. "Just Another Night" (Jude Cole, James Newton Howard) — 3:47
5. "Tell the Truth" — 5:27
6. "Intro" — 0:43
7. "Right There Now" — 5:05
8. "First Your Money (Then Your Clothes)" (Jude Cole, George Green) — 4:12
9. "It Comes Around" — 4:38
10. "Blame It on Fate" — 4:50
11. "A Place in the Line" — 4:31

Personnel

• Drums: John Robinson, Jim Keltner, Jeff Porcaro, Pat Mastelotto
• Programming: Robbie Buchanan
• Percussion: Lenny Castro
• Keyboards: James Newton Howard, Steve Porcaro, Marc Greene, Robbie Buchanan
• Piano: David Paich, James Newton Howard, Bill Payne
• Organ: Mike Finnegan, Marc Greene
• Guitar: Jude Cole, Tim Pierce, Michael Thompson, Ron Aniello
• Bass: Lee Sklar, Neil Stubenhaus, Jude Cole
• Violin: Richard Green
• Mandolin: Jude Cole, Ron Aniello
• Hammered Dulcimer: Jude Cole
• Horns: Jerry Hey, Larry Williams, Gary Grant, Daniel Higgins
• Background vocals: Jude Cole, Sass Jordan, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Sam Llanas, John Elefante, Chuck Sabatino, Robert Parlee, Philip Ingram
• Recording engineer: Marc Greene, Chris Lord-Alge, Bob Schaper, Erich Gobel
• Mixing: Chris Lord-Alge
• Executive producer: Michael Ostin
• Photography: John Halpern, Rick Cole, John Heiden, Jeri Heiden, Michael Wilson
• Art Direction: Jeri Heiden