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Boomchild is the third solo album from
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. It was released in 1988 by
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Track listing
All songs written by
Dennis DeYoungDennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure which lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...
, except as noted:
- "Beneath the Moon" – 4:42
- "The Best Is Yet to Come" – 4:15
- "What a Way to Go" – 4:45
- "Harry's Hands" – 4:52
- "Boomchild" – 4:56
- "Who Shot Daddy?" – 4:33
- "Outside Looking In Again" – 5:23
- "Won't Go Wasted" (DeYoung, Rob Friedman) – 4:20
Personnel
- 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 which lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...
: keyboardsA keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, PianoThe piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, synthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument that is capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies...
s, vocalsSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist...
- Tom Dziallo: guitar
The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
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- Bob Lizik: Bass Guitar
The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
- John Robinson: drums
A drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
- Joe Pusateri: percussion
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration...
- Bill Ruppert: guitar
The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
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- John Adair: guitar
The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
s, Acoustic GuitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings. The term is a retronym, coined after the advent of electric guitars, which depend on electronic amplification to make their sound audible....
- Jeffrey Vanston: synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument that is capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies...
s, PianoThe piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, Bass GuitarThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
- Howard Levy: Harmonica
The harmonica is a free reed wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes. The pressure caused by blowing or drawing air into the reed chambers causes a reed or multiple reeds to vibrate up and down creating sound...
on "The Best Is Yet to Come" and "Who Shot Daddy?"
- Wayne Stewart: drums
A drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
on "Who Shot Daddy?"
- Chris Cameron: Additional synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument that is capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies...
s on "Who Shot Daddy?"
- Steve Eisen: Tenor Saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, is the most common type of saxophone. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef,...
on "Who Shot Daddy?"
- Mike Smith: Baritone Saxophone
The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the larger and lower pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax...
on "Who Shot Daddy?"
- Mark Ohlson: Trumpet
The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC...
on "Who Shot Daddy?"
- Obert Davis: Trumpet
The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC...
on "Who Shot Daddy?"
- Mike Halperin: 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...
on "Who Shot Daddy?"
- Mark Williamson, Jeff Morrow, Gary Pigg, Tamara Champlin, Bill Champlin, Dawn Feusi, Gary Loizzo, The 101st Place Singers, Sean Christopher, Francine Smith, Cynthia Harrell, Dennis DeYoung: Additional backing vocals