Back to the World (Dennis DeYoung album)
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Back to the World is the second solo album from Dennis DeYoung
Dennis DeYoung
Dennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure that lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...

. It was released in 1986 by A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

. It reached #108 on The Billboard 200 Charts. Call Me reached #5 on the Adult Contemporary Charts.

The song "This Is the Time" was part of the soundtrack in the movie Karate Kid II.

Track listing

All songs written by Dennis DeYoung
Dennis DeYoung
Dennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure that lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...

:
  1. "This Is the Time" – 3:56
  2. "Warning Shot" – 4:27
  3. "Call Me" – 4:49
  4. "Unanswered Prayers" – 6:38
  5. "Black Wall" – 5:53
  6. "Southbound Ryan" – 4:43
  7. "I'll Get Lucky" – 4:43
  8. "Person to Person" – 4:57

Personnel

  • Dennis DeYoung
    Dennis DeYoung
    Dennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure that lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...

    : keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , vocals
    Singing
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     percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

  • Tom Dziallo: All guitars, Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , Drums on "Call Me", "Warning Shot", and "Unanswered Prayers"
  • Jeffrey Vanston: keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , Keyboard Programming
  • Wayne Stewart
    Wayne Stewart
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    : drums
    Drum kit
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  • Steve Eisen: Saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

    , Congas, Flute Solo
  • Marc Colby: Saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

     Solos on "Call Me" and "Unanswered Prayers"
  • Tony Brown
    Tony Brown
    Tony Brown may refer to:*Tony Brown , known as Tony Brown, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man*Tony Brown , Australian rules footballer...

    : Bass on "I'll Get Lucky"
  • Howard Levy
    Howard Levy
    Howard Levy is a Grammy Award–winning, American harmonicist, pianist, composer, and producer....

    : Harmonica
    Harmonica
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Horns
  • Marc Olsen
    Marc Olsen
    Marc Olsen is a Danish professional football player, currently playing as a midfielder for the Danish 1st Division club Hvidovre IF. He's a former Brøndby IF player....

    : Trumpet
    Trumpet
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  • Ron Friedman
    Ron Friedman
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    : Trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

  • Bruce Otto: Trombone
    Trombone
    The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...


Background Singers
  • Gary Loizzo
  • Tom Griffin
  • Pat Hurley Rans
  • Sandy Caulfield
  • Tere Davenport
  • Tony Ransom
  • Dawn Feusi
  • Vince Gutman: Drum Programming on MX-1 and MX-MIXI
  • George Leemon: Keyboard Technician and Keeper of The Books
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