Members: john - vocals/bass/synths mark - guitars/vocals rob - drums/vocals/synths
Writers: john/rob/mark
Instruments: John - esp precision bass... kramer 8 string on “pray for the sun” synths on “pray for the sun” and “power & the glory” Mark - esp hybrid tele/strat(his esp tele, so prominent on “all for one” got stolen in chicago & was lost for almost 18 months before it was returned!) Rob - custom drum workshop kit with rototoms... synths on “pray for the sun” & power & the glory” atlas horn section guested on “the bottom line”
Production Notes: michael wagener & raven
John's Review: Our first major label album... plenty of pressure to “sell, sell, sell” but still vintage raven although the sound does not rip like the previous album... still a lot of killer songs and some fun on “the bottom line” “power & the glory” we’d had from the “all for one” sessions... mike was brought in at the halfway mark to do a couple of songs over & remix the rest. against our better judgement we redid “hard ride”... hmmm... and after a frustrating few days we finally nailed “on & on” - very hard to get that one right... other that getting the arrangement to gel, there were about 24 tracks of vocals on that i had to do! aggghhh!!! the songs were really good to do live... see the “raw tracks” album!
Tracklisting: stay hard / when the going gets tough / on & on / get it right / restless child / power & the glory / pray for the sun / hard ride / extract the action / the bottom line *1998 cd reissue has gimme just a little / do or die as bonus tracks9from the mad ep)
