I Don't Speak the Language
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I Don't Speak the Language is an album by Matthew Wilder
. It was released in 1983 on Private-I/Epic, and is notable for the hit single "Break My Stride
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Matthew Wilder
Matthew Wilder is an American musician, composer and record producer, best known for his 1983 Top 5 hit, "Break My Stride"....
. It was released in 1983 on Private-I/Epic, and is notable for the hit single "Break My Stride
Break My Stride
"Break My Stride" was a major hit single for Matthew Wilder in 1983 and 1984. Wilder co-wrote the reggae/New Wave song, which was his biggest hit, becoming a multiformat success in the U.S., charting on the Pop, Black, Dance and Adult Contemporary charts....
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Track listing
- "Break My StrideBreak My Stride"Break My Stride" was a major hit single for Matthew Wilder in 1983 and 1984. Wilder co-wrote the reggae/New Wave song, which was his biggest hit, becoming a multiformat success in the U.S., charting on the Pop, Black, Dance and Adult Contemporary charts....
" (Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino) 3:00 - "The Kid's American" (Wilder) 4:36
- "I Don't Speak the Language" (Wilder, Barbara Hyde) 4:45
- "Love Above the Ground Floor" (Wilder, Prestopino) 4:13
- "World of the Rich and Famous" (Wilder, Roscoe Beck) 4:43
- "Ladder of Lovers" (Wilder, Prestopino) 4:04
- "I Was There" (Wilder) 3:01
- "Dreams Keep Bringing You Back" (Prestopino) 4:36
- "I Don't Speak the Language" (Reprise) 1:20
Personnel
- Matthew Wilder: Prophet 5 & 10 Synthesizers, Chroma Synthesizers, Piano, Horn Arrangements
- Bill Eliott: Prophet 5 & 10 Synthesizers
- Bill Cuomo: Prophet 5 & Chroma Synthesizers
- Paul Fox: Emulator
- Dennis HerringDennis HerringDennis Herring is an American record producer, engineer, mixer, and musician. Herring has produced for The Hives, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Modest Mouse, Camper Van Beethoven, and Jars of Clay. Herring owns a 24-track recording studio, Sweet Tea Studios, which is located in Oxford, Mississippi...
, Donald Griffin, Tim Winston: Guitars - John McFee: MandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
- Reggie McBride, Rick Chudacoff, Alphonso Johnson: Bass
- Peter Bunetta: Drums, Percussion, Drum Programming
- Paulinho Da CostaPaulinho Da CostaPaulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio...
: Percussion - Jerry Peterson, Lon Price: Saxophone
- Bill Armstrong & Gary Grant: Trumpet