Russell Hitchcock is the self-titled debut album by Russell Hitchcock

Russell Hitchcock

Russell Charles Hitchcock is an Australian musician and one half of the group Air Supply. He formed the group after meeting Englishman Graham Russell in 1975 on the set of a production of Jesus Christ Superstar....

, best known as the lead singer of Air Supply

Air Supply

Air Supply is an Australian soft rock duo, consisting of Graham Russell as guitarist and singer-songwriter and Russell Hitchcock as lead vocalist. They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight Top Ten hits in the United States, in the early 1980s...

, released in 1988. The album didn't reach the charts, though singles "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" and "Where Did The Feeling Go?" had a minor recognition.

This would be the only album by Russell Hitchcock as a solo artist, although later on he released a number of singles, the most famous being "Swear to Your Heart" from the film Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia (film)

Arachnophobia is a 1990 American comedy horror film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Jeff Daniels and John Goodman. It was the first film released by Hollywood Pictures....

. Others include "Russell Hitchcock & Judith Durham from the I Am An Australian Album", "De Todos Modos" (Russell Hitchcock and Ednita Nazario) - from the album Super Exitos 1991 and "Is It You (Russell Hitchcock & Rita Coolidge duet) - 1995".

Track listing

1. "Someone Who Believes in You" (Gerry Goffin
   Gerry Goffin
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   , Carole King
   Carole King
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   ) 4:12
2. "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" (Bob Crewe
   Bob Crewe
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   , Bob Gaudio
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3. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
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   " (James Dean, Paul Riser
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   , William Weatherspoon) 3:38
4. "I Come Alive" (Albert Hammond
   Albert Hammond
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   , Randy Kerber
   Randy Kerber
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   ) 3:42
5. "The River Cried" (Tom Kelly
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   , Billy Steinberg
   Billy Steinberg
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   ) 4:04
6. "Dreams of the Lonely" (Myles Hunter) 4:54
7. "Best Intentions" (George Merrill
   George Merrill (songwriter)
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   , Shannon Rubicam
   Shannon Rubicam
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8. "I Can't Believe My Eyes" (John Bettis
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   , Jon Lind
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   ) 4:30
9. "Where Did the Feeling Go?" (Norman Saleet) 3:46
10. "Make It Feel Like Home Again" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) 3:36

Personnel

• Michael Baird: Drums
• Dennis Belfield: Bass
• Susan Boyd: Background Vocals
• Robbie Buchanan
  Robbie Buchanan
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  : Keyboards, producer
• Rosemary Butler: Background Vocals
• Denny Carmassi: Drums
• Merry Clayton
  Merry Clayton
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  : Background Vocals
• Jim Cox: Synthesizer, Keyboards
• Bill Cuomo: Bass, Keyboards
• Mike Curb: Arranger, Producer
• John d'Andrea: Arranger
• Michael Fisher: Percussion
• Randy Foote: Background Vocals
• Brian Foraker: Engineer, Mixing
• Tommy Funderburk
  Tommy Funderburk
  Tommy Funderburk is an American rock and roll singer. He has recorded with artists such as Jon Anderson, Laura Branigan, Coverdale-Page, Melissa Manchester, Magnum, Mötley Crüe, Steve Lukather, Richard Marx, Rick Springfield, Starship, REO Speedwagon, Whitesnake, Yes and many others.Funderburk was...
  
  : Background Vocals
• Claude Gaudette: Synthesizer, Arranger, Keyboards
• Maude Gilman: Art Direction
• Jim Gilstrap: Background Vocals
• Gary Herbig: Tenor Saxophone
• Carroll Sue Hill: Background Vocals
• Russell Hitchcock: Vocals, Background Vocals
• Mark Hudson: Background Vocals
• Dann Huff
  Dann Huff
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  : Guitar
• Jimmy Ienner: Producer
• Laurence Juber
  Laurence Juber
  Laurence Juber is an English-born guitarist who currently lives in California. Born 12 November 1952 in Stepney, East London, he was raised and went to school in North London...
  
  : Guitar
• Edie Lehmann: Background Vocals
• Paul Leim: Drums
• Michael Lloyd: Synthesizer, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer
• Myrna Matthews: Background Vocals
• Dan Nebenzal: Assistant Engineer, Mixing
• Keith Olsen: Producer
• Alan Pasqua
  Alan Pasqua
  Alan Pasqua is a jazz pianist, educator and composer who co-composed the CBS Evening News theme. He also has had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist and songwriter of the 80s hard rock band, Giant. He studied at Indiana University and the New...
  
  : Keyboards
• Eric Persing
  Eric Persing
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  : Synthesizer
• Jack Joseph: Puig Engineer
• Aaron Rapoport
  Aaron Rapoport
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  : Photography
• Carmine Rubino: Engineer, mixing
• Jeremy Smith: Remixing
• Neil Stubenhaus
  Neil Stubenhaus
  Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist.-Career:He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975...
  
  : Bass
• Owen Waters: Background Vocals
• Frank Wolf: Remixing