Feel This
{{Infobox album
| name = Feel This
| type = studio album
| artist = the Jeff Healey Band
| cover = Jeff Healey Band Feel This.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1992
| recorded = June–August, 1992
| venue =
| studio = Forte Studios and Sounds Interchange (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
| genre = Hard rock
| length = 57:13
| label = Arista{{cite news |last1=Abbott |first1=Jim |title=Music in the Bin |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=13 Nov 1992 |department=Calendar |page=11}}
| producer = Joe Hardy, The Jeff Healey Band{{cite magazine |title=Feel This by The Jeff Healey Band |magazine=Billboard |date=Nov 21, 1992 |volume=104 |issue=47 |page=58}}
| prev_title = Hell to Pay
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Cover to Cover
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Feel This
| type = Studio
| single1 = Cruel Little Number
| single1date = November 1992
| single2 = Heart of an Angel
| single2date = December 1992
| single3 = Lost in Your Eyes
| single3date = March 1993
| single4 = Leave a Light On
| single4date = June 1993
| single5 = You're Coming Home
| single5date = September 1993
}}
}}
Feel This is the third album by the Jeff Healey Band, released in 1992.{{cite news |last1=Dunn |first1=Mark |title=Healey on Cloud Nine over latest album |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=7 Nov 1992 |page=H9}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r58739 |tab=review |label=The Jeff Healey Band: Feel This > Review |first=Roch |last=Parisien |accessdate=27 June 2011}}
|rev2 = Calgary Herald
|rev2score = C−{{cite news |last1=Muretich |first1=James |title=Recent Releases |work=Calgary Herald |date=15 Nov 1992 |page=C3}}
| rev3= Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = D−{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312580,00.html|title=Music Review: Feel This: Jeff Healey Band |date= 4 December 1992 |first=Billy |last=Altman |work=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=27 June 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021061809/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312580,00.html | archive-date = 2012-10-21| url-status=dead}}
}}
The Toronto Star noted that "the biggest drawback is the weak songwriting, including Tom Petty's contribution, 'Lost In Your Eyes'."{{cite news |last1=Howell |first1=Peter |title=The Jeff Healey Band Feel This |work=Toronto Star |date=7 Nov 1992 |page=K10}} The Gazette deemed the album Healey's "most professional set of lowest-common-denominator hard rock yet."{{cite news |last1=Lepage |first1=Mark |title=Feel This |work=The Gazette |date=21 Nov 1992 |page=E11}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| total_length = 57:13
| title1 = Cruel Little Number
| writer1 = Jeff Healey, Joe Rockman, Tom Stephen, Carl Marsh, Justis Walkert
| length1 = 4:34
| title2 = Leave the Light On
| writer2 = Stan Lynch, Todd Sharp
| length2 = 4:20
| title3 = Baby's Lookin' Hot
| writer3 = Warren "Wiggy" Toll
| length3 = 4:11
| title4 = Lost In Your Eyes
| writer4 = Tom Petty
| length4 = 5:05
| title5 = House That Love Built
| writer5 = Tito Larriva, Tony Marsico, Valerie Marsico
| length5 = 4:49
| title6 = Evil and Here to Stay
| writer6 = Healey, Rockman, Stephen
| length6 = 4:28
| title7 = My Kinda Lover
| writer7 = Healey, Rockman, Stephen
| length7 = 4:58
| title8 = It Could All Get Blown Away
| writer8 = Barry Goldberg, Gerry Goffin, Ellen Goffin
| length8 = 4:41
| title9 = You're Coming Home
| writer9 = Healey, Rockman, Stephen, Stevie Salas
| length9 = 4:28
| title10 = If You Can't Feel Anything Else
| writer10 = Healey, Rockman, Stephen, Will Jennings, Jr. John
| length10 = 4:58
| title11 = Heart of an Angel
| writer11 = Mark Holmes{{cite news |last=Barr |first=Greg |date=May 1, 1993 |title=Jeff Healey; Toronto rock guitarist is back on the road, but this time with keyboards and backup singers |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/239755230/77204D4183342BBPQ/ |work=The Ottawa Citizen |location=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |page=F1 |access-date=June 5, 2022 |via=ProQuest |url-access=subscription |quote=Ex-Platinum Blonde member Mark Holmes penned Heart Of An Angel, which, considering the source, has the best commercial hooks of any track.}}
| length11 = 4:50
| title12 = Live and Love (Not on The U.S. Album)
| writer12 = Healey, Rockman, Stephen, Jennings
| length12 = 4:45
| title13 = Joined at the Heart (Not on The U.S. Album)
| writer13 = Healey, Rockman, Stephen, Jennings, Tobias
| length13 = 5:58
| title14 = Dreams of Love
| writer14 = Healey, Rockman, Stephen
| length14 = 5:31
}}
Personnel
The Jeff Healey Band
- Jeff Healey – lead vocals, guitars
- Joe Rockman – bass guitar, backing vocals (3)
- Tom Stephen – drums, backing vocals (3)
Additional Musicians
- Paul Shaffer – keyboards (1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11-14)
- Washington Savage – keyboards (2, 5-7, 10)
- Joe Hardy – additional keyboards, additional percussion
- Richard Chycki – dobro (8)
- Mischke Butler – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 8-10, 12, 14)
- Molly Johnson – backing vocals (2, 4, 10, 12)
- Jimi Jamison – backing vocals (3, 4, 7-9, 11-13)
- Amanda Marshall – backing vocals (3, 7-9, 11, 13)
- Warren "Wiggy" Toll – backing vocals (3)
- Jr. John – rap (10)
Handclaps on "My Kinda Lover"
- Richard Chycki, Sharron Robert, Warren "Wiggy" Toll, Patricia Worrall and Dawn Zeeman
Production
- The Jeff Healey Band – producers
- Joe Hardy – producer, engineer, mixing
- Richard Chycki – assistant engineer
- Brett Zilahi – assistant engineer
- David "Doomsday" Stinson – mix assistant
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York, USA)
- Tom Stephen – art direction, design
- Hugh Syme – art direction, design
- Jeff Katz – photography
Charts
= Album =
= Singles =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom"| Year
! style="vertical-align:bottom"| Song ! style="vertical-align:bottom"| Chart ! Peak |
|---|
| 1992
| "Cruel Little Number" | style="text-align:center" | 17 |
| 1993
| "Heart of an Angel" | style="text-align:center" | 52 |
| 1993
| "Lost in Your Eyes" | US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|title=Lost in Your Eyes - The Jeff Healey Band |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the jeff healey band|chart=all}} |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=28 June 2011}} | style="text-align:center" | 91 |
| 1993
| "Lost in Your Eyes" | style="text-align:center" | 5 |
| 1993
| "Leave a Light On" | style="text-align:center" | 60 |
| 1994
| "You're Coming Home" | style="text-align:center" | 40 |
Certifications
| class="wikitable" |
| Country
! style="text-align:center;"|Certification ! style="text-align:center;"|Sales |
|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)
| style="text-align:center;"|Platinum{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Feel%20This&ica=False&sa=The%20Jeff%20Healey%20Band&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Certification%20Level&ssdir=descending|title=Gold Platinum Database : Feel This : Jeff Healey Band|publisher=Music Canada |access-date=2011-09-02| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120607123500/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Feel%20This&ica=False&sa=The%20Jeff%20Healey%20Band&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Certification%20Level&ssdir=descending | archive-date = 2012-06-07| url-status=live}} |align="right"|100,000+ |