| Luke | ||||
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| Released | October 28, 1997 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Studio | The Steakhouse Studio (Hollywood, California) | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, neo-prog, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 59:33 | |||
| Producer | Steve Lukather and Tom Fletcher | |||
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Luke is the third solo studio album by American musician Steve Lukather, released in 1997. It was a much different and more introspective album than Lukather's previous two solo efforts. The album is a concentrated collection of many of Lukather's musical influences, and he deliberately let those influences come out on the album.[2] Luke is an experimental album, and like Candyman it was recorded mostly in live sessions with minimal overdubbing and processing afterward.[2] Luke also features instrumentation not heard on previous Lukather albums such as pedal steel, harmonicas, Mellotrons, and experimental guitar, bass, and drum sounds.[2]
The US version of Luke includes a version of the Jeff Beck song "The Pump." The song "Hate Everything About You" was released as a single.[2]
Track listing
- "The Real Truth" (Lukather, Fee Waybill) – 5:10
- "Broken Machine" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 4:54
- "Tears Of My Own Shame" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 5:38
- "Love The Things You Hate" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 5:44
- "Hate Everything About U" (Lukather, Rodney Crowell) - 5:56
- "Reservations To Live (The Way It Is)" (Lukather, Waybill) - 4:49
- "Don't Hang Me On" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 4:40
- "Always Be There For Me" (Lukather) - 5:38
- "Open Your Heart" (Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 4:27
- "Bag O' Tales" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 5:50
- "Bluebird" (Stephen Stills) - 6:42
- "The Pump" (Simon Phillips, Tony Hymas) - 9:33 (US and Japanese bonus track)
Personnel
Adapted from album’s liner notes.[3]
- Steve Lukather – lead vocals, all guitars (1-4, 7, 8, 10-12), Wurlitzer organ (1, 8), Mellotron (1, 7), keyboards (2), electric sitar (4), acoustic guitar (5, 6, 9), electric guitar (5, 6, 9), harmonica (5), backing vocals (5, 6, 8-11), Hammond organ (8)
- Jim Cox – Hammond organ (1, 5, 6), Wurlitzer organ (5), Fender Rhodes (6)
- David Paich – Wurlitzer organ (9)
- Brent Tuggle – keyboards (12)
- Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel guitar (5, 6)
- John Pierce – bass (1, 5, 6, 8, 11)
- Phil Soussan – bass (2–4, 7, 10), backing vocals (2, 4, 7, 10)
- Pino Palladino – bass (9)
- Gregg Bissonette – drums, percussion (5)
- Maxi Anderson – backing vocals (3)
- Alfie Silas Duno – backing vocals (3)
Production
- Steve Lukather – producer, arrangements
- Tom Fletcher – producer, arrangements, engineer
- Bill Smith – engineer
- Lee Bench – second engineer
- David Nottingham – second engineer
- Bodie Olmos – assistant engineer
- Elliot Scheiner – mixing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Anita Heilig – production coordinator
- Doug Brown – creative direction
- Eric Scott – art direction, design
- Mixed at The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California).
- Mastered at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California).