Double Eclipse
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{{Infobox album
| name = Double Eclipse
| type = Studio
| artist = Hardline
| cover = Hardlineback.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 28, 1992 (International edition)
May 8, 1992 (Japanese edition)
| recorded = 1991–1992
| venue =
| studio = *A&M, Hollywood
- NRG, Hollywood
| genre = *Heavy metal{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/double-eclipse-mw0000610954 | title = Hardline Double Eclipse review | accessdate = 2013-08-19 | last = Stone | first = Doug | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
- arena rock{{Cite news|url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/11326-double-eclipse.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001165050/https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/11326-double-eclipse.html|archive-date=October 1, 2017|title = RockHard: Review anzeigen|newspaper = Rock Hard|date = October 1, 2017|language=German}}
| length = 54:10 (International edition)
58:21 (Japanese edition)
| label = MCA
| producer = Neal Schon
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = II
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Double Eclipse
| type = studio
| single1 = Takin' Me Down
| single1date = 1992
| single2 = Hot Cherie
| single2date = 1992
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev2 = Rock Hard
| noprose = yes
}}
Double Eclipse is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Hardline, released in 1992.
The first single released from the album was "Takin' Me Down", written by Johnny and Joey Gioeli with Neal Schon. "Takin' Me Down" peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in June 1992.{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/double-eclipse-mw0000610954/awards | title = Double Eclipse Billboard Singles | accessdate = August 19, 2013 | work = AllMusic }}{{failed verification|date=August 2019}} The album's second single, a cover of a Mainstream Rock Tracks chart hit by Danny Spanos from 1983 and written by members of the band Streetheart, "Hot Cherie" rose to No. 25 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the fall of 1992.
Journey guitarist Neal Schon joined the Gioeli brothers and toured for this album, which rocks a bit harder than most of his Journey and Bad English tracks had and features little synthesizer (even though it features two tracks co-written with the aforementioned bands' keyboardist, Jonathan Cain), but Schon departed for other projects after the band lost its record deal. Schon was replaced by former The Storm guitarist Josh Ramos.
The song "Can't Find My Way" (in its demo form) is featured during the montage love scene in the 1992 Brandon Lee action movie Rapid Fire. The song "I'll Be There" is played during the film's closing credits. The song "Hot Cherie" is used in episode 7 of Peacemaker season 1 in the red ford scene.
Hardline's 2002 album, II, and 2012 album, Danger Zone, each depict an eclipse as part of its cover artwork, an homage to Double Eclipse's ten-year and twenty-year anniversaries.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Neal Schon, Johnny Gioeli, Joey Gioeli, except where noted
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total_length = 52:41
| title1 = Life's a Bitch
| length1 = 4:22
| writer1 =
| title2 = Dr. Love
| length2 = 5:31
| writer2 = Mark Baker, Brian Connors, Mike Slamer
| title3 = Rhythm from a Red Car
| length3 = 3:40
| writer3 =
| title4 = Change of Heart
| length4 = 4:42
| writer4 =
| title5 = Everything
| length5 = 3:55
| writer5 = Schon, Johnny Gioeli, Joey Gioeli, Eddie Money, Jonathan Cain, Tony Marty, Mark Tanner
| title6 = Takin' Me Down
| length6 = 3:34
| writer6 =
| title7 = Hot Cherie
| length7 = 4:47
| writer7 = Randy Bishop, Daryl Gutheil, Jeffrey Neill, Kenneth Shields, Ken Sinnaeve
| note7 = originally performed by Streetheart (band) then Danny Spanos
| title8 = Bad Taste
| length8 = 4:23
| writer8 =
| title9 = Can't Find My Way
| length9 = 5:28
| writer9 =
| title10 = I'll Be There
| length10 = 4:36
| writer10 = Schon, Johnny Gioeli, Joey Gioeli, Cain
| title11 = 31-91
| length11 = 1:32
| writer11 = Schon
| title12 = In the Hands of Time
| length12 = 6:18
| writer12 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition only album bonus track
| title13 =
| total_length = 56:45
| length3 = 4:04
| writer3 =
| title3 = Love Leads the Way
}}
Personnel
;Band members
- Johnny Gioeli – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion
- Neal Schon – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, classical guitar, guitar synthesizer, backing vocals, producer, arrangement
- Joey Gioeli – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Todd Jensen – bass, backing vocals
- Deen Castronovo – drums, backing vocals
;Production
- Tony Phillips – engineer, mixing
- John Aguto, Lee Manning, Mike Stock, Randy Wine – assistant engineers
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
Charts
= Weekly charts =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (1992) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"|Japan (Oricon){{citation|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/122326/products/161528/1/|title=ダブル・エクリプス - ハードライン|magazine=Oricon|date=|page=|access-date=June 19, 2024}}
| 49 |
|---|
| scope="row"|US AOR Albums (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/92/RR-1992-09-18-OCR-Page-0075.pdf |title=AOR Albums |accessdate=July 1, 2024|magazine=Radio & Records}}
| 18 |
References
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External links
- [http://heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=70&CDName=Double+Eclipse Heavy Harmonies page]
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{{Neal Schon}}
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