Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Knee Deep in the Hoopla | ||||
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Studio album by Starship | ||||
Released | September 10, 1985 | |||
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Record Plant, Sausalito, Music Grinder, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Rock, pop rock, AOR | |||
Length | 40:10 | |||
Label | Grunt/RCA | |||
Producer | Peter Wolf, Jeremy Smith, Dennis Lambert (exec) | |||
Starship chronology | ||||
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Singles from Knee Deep in the Hoopla | ||||
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Allmusic |
Knee Deep in the Hoopla is the 1985 debut album by Starship, the successor band to Jefferson Starship. It was certified platinum by the RIAA, and is best remembered for spawning the No. 1 hits "We Built This City" and "Sara"; the album's title comes from a lyric of the former.
The track "Desperate Heart," written by Michael Bolton and Randy Goodrum, also appears on Bolton's album Everybody's Crazy, released the same year. Two Grace Slick-sung tracks were recorded for but left off the album: Slick's own "Do You Remember Me?" (released on The Best of Grace Slick) and the Peter Wolf-Jeremy Smith composition "Casualty" (included as a bonus track on the 1999 remaster). Jeannette and Pete Sears wrote a song for the album called "One More Innocent," though it was rejected for its political lyrics.[3]
Track listing
Side one | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | "We Built This City" | Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf | 4:53 |
2. | "Sara" | Ina Wolf, P. Wolf | 4:49 |
3. | "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" | Steven Cristol, Robin Randall | 3:41 |
4. | "Rock Myself to Sleep" | Kimberley Rew, Vince De la Cruz | 3:24 |
5. | "Desperate Heart" | Randy Goodrum, Michael Bolton | 4:04 |
Side two | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
6. | "Private Room" | Craig Chaquico, Mickey Thomas | 4:51 |
7. | "Before I Go" | David Roberts | 5:11 |
8. | "Hearts of the World (Will Understand)" | Stephen Broughton Lunt, Arthur Stead | 4:21 |
9. | "Love Rusts" | Taupin, Page | 4:57 |
Remastered CD bonus track | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
10. | "Casualty" | P. Wolf, Jeremy Smith | 4:34 |
Personnel
- Mickey Thomas – vocals
- Grace Slick – vocals
- Donny Baldwin – drums, electronic drums, vocals
- Craig Chaquico – guitars
- Pete Sears – bass guitar, synth bass
- Additional personnel
- Peter Wolf – keyboards
- Les Garland – DJ voice on "We Built This City"
- Peter Beckett, J. C. Crowley, Siedah Garrett, Ina Wolf – additional background vocals on "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" and "Love Rusts"
- Kevin Dubrow – additional vocal on "Rock Myself to Sleep"
- Dave Jenkins – additional background vocal on "Desperate Heart"
- Simon Climie, Lorraine Devon, Phillip Ingram, Martin Page, Chris Sutton, Oren Waters – additional background vocals on "Love Rusts"
- Production
- Peter Wolf – producer, arrangements
- Jeremy Smith – producer, engineer
- Dennis Lambert – executive producer
- Skip Johnson – production coordinator
- Bill Thompson – manager
- Bill Bottrell – mixing engineer on "We Built This City"
- Tom Size – additional engineering
- Paul Ericksen, Dana Chappelle, David Luke, Maureen Droney – assistant engineers
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering engineer
- Raess Design (Ted Raess) – art, design
- Bill Robbins – photography
- Recorded at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA; The Music Grinder, Los Angeles, CA
- Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
- "We Built This City" re-mixed at The Soundcastle, L. A.
- Mastered at Precision Lacquer, Los Angeles
Singles
- "We Built This City" (1985)
- "Sara" (1986)
- "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" (1986)
- "Before I Go" (1986)
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1986 | The Billboard 200 | 7 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1985 | "We Built This City" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
1985 | "We Built This City" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
1985 | "We Built This City" | Adult Contemporary | 37 |
1986 | "Sara" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
1986 | "Sara" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 12 |
1986 | "Sara" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
1986 | "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" | Billboard Hot 100 | 26 |
1986 | "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 25 |
1986 | "Before I Go" | Billboard Hot 100 | 68 |
References
- ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Database
- ↑ McCombs, Joseph (2011). "Knee Deep in the Hoopla - Starship | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Sears, Jeannette (January 3, 2012). "We Built This City". jeannettesears.com.