Wish is the second solo album of former Undertones

The Undertones

The Undertones are a punk rock/new wave band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1975.The original line-up of the Undertones released thirteen singles and four studio albums — The Undertones , Hypnotised , Positive Touch and The Sin of Pride — before disbanding in July 1983.Music guide Allmusic...

 singer Feargal Sharkey

Feargal Sharkey

Feargal Sharkey is a singer from Northern Ireland who first found fame as the lead vocalist of pop punk band The Undertones...

. Released in 1988, three years after his successful self-titled solo debut

Feargal Sharkey (album)

Feargal Sharkey is the first solo album of former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey. The album was released in 1985, peaking at #12 in the UK and contains Sharkey's best known single "A Good Heart".-Track listing:#"A Good Heart"...

, the album was found to be somewhat disappointing and therefore became not as successful as its predecessor.

Track listing

1. "Cold, Cold Streets"
2. "More Love
   More Love (Feargal Sharkey song)
   "More Love" is pop vocalist Feargal Sharkey's first single of 1988 and lead single from his second album Wish. The single had a music video created for promotion...
   
   "
3. "Full Confession"
4. "Please Don't Believe In Me"
5. "Out of My System
   Out of My System
   "Out of My System" is pop vocalist Feargal Sharkey's last single of 1988 and second single from his second album Wish...
   
   "
6. "If This Is Love"
7. "Strangest Girl In Paradise"
8. "Blue Days" (Danny Kortchmar
   Danny Kortchmar
   Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...
   
   , Feargal Sharkey
   Feargal Sharkey
   Feargal Sharkey is a singer from Northern Ireland who first found fame as the lead vocalist of pop punk band The Undertones...
   
   , Waddy Wachtel
   Waddy Wachtel
   Robert "Waddy" Wachtel is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work...
   
   )
9. "Let Me Be"
10. "Safe To Touch"

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Swedish Albums Chart	22

Personnel

• Beverly D'Angelo
  Beverly D'Angelo
  Beverly Heather D'Angelo is an American actress and singer.-Early life:D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Priscilla , a violinist, and Gene D'Angelo, a bass player and television station manager. She is of part Italian ancestry...
  
   - Background Vocals (6)
• Charley Drayton
  Charley Drayton
  Charley Drayton is an American multi-instrumental musician and producer, who has played as a drummer and bass guitarist for many bands and artists and is currently the drummer in Australian rock bands Divinyls and Cold Chisel....
  
   - Guitar, Background Vocals (10)
• Mike Finnigan
  Mike Finnigan
  Mike Finnigan is an American keyboard player and vocalist, his specialty being the Hammond Organ.-Career:Finnigan has toured and sessioned for the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Sam Moore, Crosby Stills and Nash, Dave Mason, Buddy Guy, Manhattan Transfer, Taj Mahal, Michael...
  
   - Organ (2)
• Bob Glaub
  Bob Glaub
  Bob Glaub is an American bass player and session musician. He's played with such artists and bands as Journey, Jackson Browne, Bee Gees, Eric Carmen, Linda Ronstadt, Leo Sayer, Warren Zevon, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, Bonnie Raitt and many others....
  
   - Bass (2, 8)
• Mark Goldenberg - Organ, Synthesizer, Guitar (9)
• Steve Jordan
  Steve Jordan (musician)
  Steve Jordan is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, musical director and Grammy Award-winning artist, who has made a name for himself as a producer from the Bronx in New York City. A graduate of the Fiorello H...
  
   - Drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
• Danny Kortchmar
  Danny Kortchmar
  Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...
  
   - Guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), Bass (1, 3, 7, 8)
• Russ Kunkel
  Russ Kunkel
  Russell Kunkel , also known as Russ Kunkel, is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of well-known artists.Kunkel was born in Pittsburgh, PA...
  
   - Percussion (4)
• David Lasley
  David Lasley
  David Lasley is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his contributions as a background singer for such artists as Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor and Luther Vandross....
  
   - Background Vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
• Maggie Lee - Synthesizer, Background Vocals (6)
• Arnold McCuller - Background Vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
• David Paich
  David Paich
  David Frank Paich is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich...
  
   - Synthesizer, Piano (4)
• Keith Richards
  Keith Richards
  Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
  
   - Guitar (2)
• Feargal Sharkey - Vocals
• Leland Sklar
  Leland Sklar
  Leland "Lee" Bruce Sklar is an American musician, singer-songwriter and film score composer. A prominent bass guitarist, Sklar has contributed to thousands of albums as a session musician...
  
   - Bass (4, 6)
• Myna Smith Schilling (5)
• Benmont Tench
  Benmont Tench
  Benjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...
  
   - Organ (2, 5, 7)
• Waddy Wachtel
  Waddy Wachtel
  Robert "Waddy" Wachtel is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work...
  
   - Guitar (2, 4, 6, 8)
• Jimmy “Z” Zavala - Saxophone (2), Harmonica (2)
• Anthony J.Davies - Background Vocals (all), Cello (4), Keyboard (7,9), Dube (3).

Trivia

'More Love' features the core of the X-Pensive Winos, consisting of Steve Jordan, Waddy Wachtel and Keith Richards.

Sharkey also admitted when quizzed on the album's release that he had not changed his underpants for the entire length of the record's gestation. When the album was finally finished, Sharkey said the undergarment "practically walked to the washing basket by itself".