For the Love of Strange Medicine
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For the Love of Strange Medicine is the second solo album by Steve Perry
, released in 1994. After a lengthy 8-year hiatus following the breakup of Journey
, and a shelved 1988 solo effort later titled Against the Wall, Perry returned to the spotlight with this album. The first single "You Better Wait
" received major radio airplay and made the top 10 on the Billboard charts
in the U.S.
The song "Young Hearts Forever" was written by Perry as a tribute to his late friend, Thin Lizzy
frontman Phil Lynott
, who died in 1986.
The album was certified as gold (500,000) in sales by the RIAA, as of Sept. 1994.
Steve Perry (musician)
Stephen Ray "Steve" Perry is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Journey from 1977–1987 and 1995–1998. Perry had a successful solo career throughout the late 1980s and early '90s.Perry's voice has garnered acclaim from musical peers and music...
, released in 1994. After a lengthy 8-year hiatus following the breakup of Journey
Journey (band)
Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between the 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded...
, and a shelved 1988 solo effort later titled Against the Wall, Perry returned to the spotlight with this album. The first single "You Better Wait
You Better Wait
"You Better Wait" is a song by Steve Perry from his album For the Love of Strange Medicine. It was Perry's first single from the album, the first following his official departure from his former band, Journey. The song peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994....
" received major radio airplay and made the top 10 on the Billboard charts
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
in the U.S.
The song "Young Hearts Forever" was written by Perry as a tribute to his late friend, Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
frontman Phil Lynott
Phil Lynott
Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, and frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....
, who died in 1986.
The album was certified as gold (500,000) in sales by the RIAA, as of Sept. 1994.
Track listing
- "You Better WaitYou Better Wait"You Better Wait" is a song by Steve Perry from his album For the Love of Strange Medicine. It was Perry's first single from the album, the first following his official departure from his former band, Journey. The song peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994....
" (Perry, Lincoln BrewsterLincoln BrewsterLincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian musician and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church in Roseville, California.-Biography:Brewster has been musically...
, Paul Taylor, Moyes Lucas, John PierceJohn PierceJohn Pierce is the name of:* John J. Pierce , writer* John M. Pierce , American amateur astronomer* John R. Pierce , American engineer, Professor, and author* John Pierce, member of the group Pablo CruiseSee also...
, George HawkinsGeorge HawkinsGeorge Hawkins may refer to:* George Hawkins , British Olympic athlete* George Sydney Hawkins , US Representative from Florida* George Hawkins , New Zealand politician* George Hawkins...
) - 4:51 - "Young Hearts Forever" (Perry, Clif Magness) - 4:43
- "I Am" (Perry, Taylor, BrewsterLincoln BrewsterLincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian musician and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church in Roseville, California.-Biography:Brewster has been musically...
) - 4:54 - "Stand Up (Before It's Too Late)" (Perry, BrewsterLincoln BrewsterLincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian musician and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church in Roseville, California.-Biography:Brewster has been musically...
, Taylor, Lucas, Larry Kimpel) - 4:49 - "For the Love of Strange Medicine" (Perry, Taylor, Lucas, BrewsterLincoln BrewsterLincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian musician and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church in Roseville, California.-Biography:Brewster has been musically...
) - 5:52 - "Donna Please" (Perry, Taylor, Stephen BishopStephen Bishop (musician)Stephen Bishop is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and guitarist.-History:Bishop was born in San Diego, California, and attended Will C. Crawford High School...
) - 4:02 - "Listen to Your Heart" (Perry, Taylor, BrewsterLincoln BrewsterLincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian musician and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church in Roseville, California.-Biography:Brewster has been musically...
, Lucas) - 3:31 - "Tuesday Heartache" (Perry, Magness, Taylor, BrewsterLincoln BrewsterLincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian musician and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church in Roseville, California.-Biography:Brewster has been musically...
, Lucas) - 6:00 - "Missing You" (Perry, Tim MinerTim MinerTim Miner is an American R&B/gospel singer.Miner released three albums as a gospel artist in the 1980s before releasing one album on Motown Records. He also works as a producer and songwriter.-Discography:*Tim Miner...
) - 3:48 - "Somewhere There's Hope" (Perry, Taylor, BrewsterLincoln BrewsterLincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian musician and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church in Roseville, California.-Biography:Brewster has been musically...
, Lucas) - 6:05 - "Anyway" (Perry) - 4:20
- "If You Need Me, Call Me" (Steve Perry, Craig KrampfCraig KrampfCraig Krampf is an American musician and songwriter.The majority of his notable credits are as a studio drummer. Since the 1970s, he has played on albums by other artists ranging from Steve Perry to Alabama to Kim Carnes to Flo and Eddie to Alice Cooper to Melissa Etheridge...
, Richard Michaels, Steve DeLacey) - 5:50 * - "One More Time" (Perry, BrewsterLincoln BrewsterLincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian musician and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church in Roseville, California.-Biography:Brewster has been musically...
) - 3:32 * - "Can't Stop" (Perry, Randy GoodrumRandy GoodrumRandy Goodrum is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" and "Broken Hearted Me" , Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" , England Dan & John Ford Coley's "It's Sad to Belong" , Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" , DeBarge's "Who's...
, Michael LandauMichael LandauMichael Landau is a prolific session musician and guitarist who has played on a large number of albums since the early 1980s with artists as varied as Seal, James Taylor, Helen Watson, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd and Miles Davis...
) - 4:08 * - "Friends of Mine" (Perry, J. Leo, Goodrum, Krampf) - 3:30 *
- "Missing You (Live in San Francisco 12/9/94)" (Perry, Miner) - 4:13 *
- Tracks 12 - 16 are bonus tracks on the 2006 CD reissue.
- Track 12 is a 1994 re-recording of a song of Perry's pre-Journey band, Alien Project.
- Track 13 is an unreleased outtake also from 1994.
- Tracks 14 and 15 are previously unreleased tracks from the 1988 unfinished Against the Wall album.
Publishing
- Steve Perry CopyrightCopyrightCopyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
Street Talk Tunes. Lincoln Brewster Copyright Lincoln Brewster Music. Paul Taylor Copyright Paul Taylor Music Ltd. Moyes Lucas Copyright Jortunes. John Pierce Copyright Bob-A-Lew Songs. George Hawkins Copyright Ragged Music. Clif Magness Copyright Magnified Music/WB Music Corp. Larry Kimpel Copyright Jazz 'N DanceDance musicDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
. Stephen Bishop Copyright Blue Innuendo Music & Careers-BMGBMGBertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
Music. Tim Miner Copyright Love Jones Music.
Singles
The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.| # | Title | Date | Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
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| 1. | "You Better Wait You Better Wait "You Better Wait" is a song by Steve Perry from his album For the Love of Strange Medicine. It was Perry's first single from the album, the first following his official departure from his former band, Journey. The song peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994.... " |
1994 | 29 | |
| 2. | "Missing You" | 1994 | 74 |
Personnel
- Steve Perry - vocals
- Lincoln BrewsterLincoln BrewsterLincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian musician and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church in Roseville, California.-Biography:Brewster has been musically...
- guitars, background vocals - Paul TaylorPaul Taylor (Winger)Paul Taylor , formerly credited as Paul Howorwitz, is an American musician, who is best known as the guitarist/keyboardist with the 1980s and early 90s glam metal band, Winger...
- keyboards, background vocals - Moyes Lucas - drums, background vocals
- Larry Kimpel - bass on "You Better Wait", "Young Hearts Forever", "Stand Up", "Somewhere There's Hope"
- Mike PorcaroMike PorcaroMike Porcaro is best noted as the bass player in the Grammy Award winning band, Toto.He is the middle brother of Toto members Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro...
- bass on "Young Hearts Forever", "I Am", "For the Love of Strange Medicine", "Donna Please", "Listen to Your Heart" - Phil Brown - bass on "Tuesday Heartache"
- Jeremy Lubbock, James Barton, Phil Brown - string arrangement on "I Am"
- Tim Miner - bass, piano, keyboards & background vocals on "Missing You", bass & piano on "Anyway"
- Larry Dalton - string arrangement & conductor on "Missing You"
- Dallas Symphony OrchestraDallas Symphony OrchestraThe Dallas Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra. It performs its concerts in the Meyerson Symphony Center in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States....
- strings on "Missing You" - Michael LandauMichael LandauMichael Landau is a prolific session musician and guitarist who has played on a large number of albums since the early 1980s with artists as varied as Seal, James Taylor, Helen Watson, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd and Miles Davis...
- guitars on "Anyway" - Alexander Brown, Carmen Carter, Jean McClain - backing vocals on "Stand Up" and "Somewhere There's Hope"
Production
- Produced, Recorded & Engineered By James "Jimbo" Barton, except track 5 & 6 (Produced By Barton & Steve Perry) and track 9 (Produced By Perry & Tim Miner; Recorded & Engineered By Tim Kimsay); James Barton's Production Assistant: Phil Brown
- Second Engineers (Recording): Devin Foutz, Manny Marroquin, Kyle Ross, Ulrich WildUlrich WildUlrich Wild is an American record producer, engineer and mixer specializing in the rock and metal genres. Born and raised in Switzerland, Ulrich is now a naturalized citizen living in Los Angeles...
, Rail Rogut, Bill Cooper - Christopher C. Murphy - Assistant Engineer/Runner
- All Songs Mixed By Craig Burbidge except tracks 1, 2 & 6, which were mixed by Niko Bolas
- Digital Editing: Brian Lee
- Mastered By Bob LudwigBob LudwigBob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....