Street Talk
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{{Infobox album
| name = Street Talk
| type = studio
| artist = Steve Perry
| cover = Steve_Perry_Street_Talk.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 13, 1984
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
- Record One (Los Angeles, California)
| genre = AOR
| length = 39:20
| label = Columbia
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = For the Love of Strange Medicine
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15085|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2006|page=494|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0195313739|edition=4th}}
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book|editor1-last=DeCurtis|editor1-first=Anthony|editor1-link=Anthony DeCurtis|editor2-last=Henke|editor2-first=James|editor3-last=George-Warren|editor3-first=Holly|year=1992|title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Random House|isbn=0679737294|edition=3rd|page=541}}
|rev4 = The Village Voice
|rev4Score = C{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=May 28, 1985|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv5-85.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|accessdate=April 20, 2016}}
}}
Street Talk is Steve Perry's first solo studio album, released April 13, 1984.
Street Talk contains Perry's biggest hit as a solo artist, "Oh Sherrie", written for his then-girlfriend Sherrie Swafford.Steve Perry talks about the recording of [http://www.journey-tribute.com/journey/resources/articles/dick_clark.html "Oh Sherrie"] and Street Talk singles. The song hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard's Rock chart, and the accompanying music video (also featuring Swafford) was a hit on MTV. Other singles included "Foolish Heart" (peaked at #18), "She's Mine" (peaked at #21), and "Strung Out" (peaked at #40).
There were a number of nods to Perry's pre-Journey band Alien Project on this album—in fact, that band was originally going to be called Street Talk.Steve Perry discusses [http://www.steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/StevePerryAnswersYourQuestions.html the Alien Project story and Street Talk]. In the liner notes, Perry dedicates the album to Richard Michaels (the bassist for Alien Project). Also, drummer Craig Krampf was a member of Alien Project later in the 1970s.
In addition to launching Perry's solo career, the cover photo for Street Talk served as a career launchpad for music photographer John Scarpati, who met Perry during the album's recording sessions at a studio in Sherman Oaks.{{cite news |last1=Platania |first1=Mike |title=Back in the spotlight: Retired rock photographer adds some shine to Short Pump side gig |url=https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/09/30/back-in-the-spotlight-retired-rock-photographer-adds-some-shine-to-short-pump-side-gig/ |accessdate=30 September 2019 |publisher=Richmond BizSense |date=30 September 2019}}
Street Talk is certified as 2× Platinum (2,000,000) in sales by the RIAA.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |date= |access-date=2012-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |archive-date=2007-06-26 |df= }}
Track listing
All tracks written by Steve Perry with additional writers noted
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Oh Sherrie
| writer1 = Bill Cuomo, Randy Goodrum, Craig Krampf
| length1 = 3:48
| title2 = I Believe
| writer2 = Goodrum, Duane Hitchings, Krampf
| length2 = 4:12
| title3 = Go Away
| writer3 = Cuomo, Goodrum
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = Foolish Heart
| writer4 = Goodrum
| length4 = 3:39
| title5 = It's Only Love
| writer5 = Goodrum
| length5 = 3:47
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = She's Mine
| writer1 = Goodrum
| length1 = 4:26
| title2 = You Should Be Happy
| writer2 = Goodrum
| length2 = 3:20
| title3 = Running Alone
| writer3 = John Bettis, Hitchings, Krampf
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = Captured by the Moment
| writer4 = Cuomo, Goodrum
| length4 = 3:47
| title5 = Strung Out
| writer5 = Krampf, Billy Steele
| length5 = 3:51
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2006 CD reissue bonus tracks
| title11 = My My My
| note11 = 'Alien Project' demo
| writer11 = Krampf, Richard Michaels Haddad, Steve DeLacey
| length11 = 2:24
| title12 = Harmony
| note12 = 'Alien Project' demo
| writer12 =
| length12 = 3:58
| title13 = Makes No Difference
| note13 = 'Alien Project' demo
| writer13 = Krampf, Haddad, DeLacey
| length13 = 4:53
| title14 = Don't Tell Me Why You're Leaving
| note14 = B-side to Oh Sherrie
| writer14 = Danny Kortchmar, Krampf
| length14 = 3:13
| title15 = If Only for the Moment, Girl
| note15 = Originally released on We Are the World (1985)
| writer15 = Goodrum
| length15 = 4:09
}}
Personnel
- Steve Perry – vocals, backing vocals (1-3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
- Bill Cuomo – synthesizers (1, 4, 5, 7-9), acoustic piano (2), synth bells (2), keyboards (3, 6), synth solo (3)
- Randy Goodrum – Rhodes (1-6, 9), drum programming (4), acoustic piano (15)
- Duane Hitchings – synthesizers (8)
- Steve Goldstein – keyboards (10)
- Sterling Smith – keyboards (10)
- Michael Landau – guitars (1-5, 7, 15), guitar solo (6, 9)
- Waddy Wachtel – guitar solo (1), rhythm guitar solo (5)
- Craig Hull – guitars (8, 10)
- Billy Steele – guitars (10)
- Bob Glaub – bass guitar (1-7, 9, 15)
- Chuck Domanico – string bass (3)
- Kevin McCormick – bass guitar (8)
- Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar (10)
- Larrie Londin – drums (1-3, 5-7, 9), percussion (1-3, 7)
- Craig Krampf – drums (8, 10)
- John Robinson – drums (15)
- Robert Greenidge – steel piano (5)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (15)
- Steve Douglas – saxophone solo (2), tenor saxophone (6)
- Joel Peskin – saxophone (15)
Production
- Bruce Botnick – executive producer
- Steve Perry – producer, cover concept
- Niko Bolas – recording, mixing
- Richard Bosworth – recording assistant, additional engineer
- Denny Densmore – recording assistant (10)
- Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Jim Welch – art direction
- John Scarpati – cover photography
- Herbie Herbert – personal management
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1984)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=232}}
| style="text-align:center"| 79 |
| {{album chart|Canada|11|artist=Steve Perry|album=Street Talk|chartid=6785a|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|63|artist=Steve Perry|album=Street Talk|id=33233|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|59|date=19840708|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=Steve Perry|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Steve Perry|title=Street Talk|award=Platinum|relyear=1984|certyear=1984}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Steve Perry|title=Street Talk|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1984|certyear=1990}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true }}
References
{{Reflist}}
- "Street Talk" (Liner Notes); Steve Perry CD, Columbia Records 1984.
External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1792452 "Street Talk" at discogs]
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