Out of My Tree
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{{Infobox album
| name = Out of My Tree
| type = studio
| artist = John Sykes
| cover = John Sykes out of my tree.jpg
| alt =
| released = 21 August 1995
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hard rock
| length = 40:50
| label = Mercury Japan
| producer = John Sykes
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Loveland
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Out of My Tree
| type = studio
| single1 = I Don't Wanna Live My Life Like You
| single1date = 5 October 1995{{cite web|title=ジョン・サイクス - マイ・ライフ|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/90463/products/186955/1/|work=Oricon|language=Japanese|access-date=28 January 2025}}
}}
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Out of My Tree is the first solo album by English musician John Sykes, released on 21 August 1995.{{cite web|title=ジョン・サイクス - アウト・オブ・マイ・ツリー|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/90463/products/185397/1/|work=Oricon|language=Japanese|access-date=28 January 2025}}
After Sykes's previous band Blue Murder was dropped by Geffen Records, he signed a new recording contract with the Japanese branch of Mercury Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/johnsykes.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419162514/http://melodicrock.com/interviews/johnsykes.html |title=Interview with John Sykes, July 1999 |website=Melodicrock.com |accessdate=3 January 2021 |archivedate=19 April 2019}} Viewing this as a fresh start, the band was renamed Sykes. Out of My Tree was recorded essentially live in the studio to preserve the arrangements in concert.{{cite AV media |date=1995 | title=Sykes – 1st Live in L.A. | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAok3s3GH2o |via=YouTube| medium=Television production | publisher=Wowow |access-date=1 February 2025}}
Out of My Tree reached number seven on the Japanese charts. The track "I Don't Wanna Live My Life Like You" was released as a single.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by John Sykes.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Out of My Tree |title-link=Out of My Tree |others=John Sykes |date=1995 |type=booklet |publisher=Mercury Records |id=PHCR-1365 }}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Soul Stealer
| length1 = 3:38
| title2 = I Don't Wanna Live My Life Like You
| length2 = 3:11
| title3 = She's All Action
| length3 = 3:21
| title4 = Standing at the Crossroads
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = I Don't Believe in Anything
| length5 = 5:03
| title6 = Black Days
| length6 = 5:02
| title7 = Jesus & Mary
| length7 = 4:16
| title8 = Do or Die
| length8 = 3:15
| title9 = If You Ever Need Love
| length9 = 4:17
| title10 = Sleep On
| length10 = 4:48
| total_length = 40:50
}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
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Musicians
|valign=top| Production
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Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Out of My Tree |+ {{sronly|1995 weekly chart performance for Out of My Tree}} !align="left"|Chart (1995) !align="left"|Peak |
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| 7 |
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|type=album|1100762|name=Out of My Tree}}
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