Alannah Myles (album)
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Alannah Myles was the self-titled debut album released by Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles is a Canadian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Canadian broadcast pioneer William Douglas Byles. In 1989, she released her eponymous debut album...

 on March 28, 1989. It reached number five on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 in the U.S. The album cover comes from a photoshoot by Canadian photographer Deborah Samuel.

Track listing

  1. "Still Got This Thing" (Christopher Ward) – (4:37)
  2. "Love Is" (Ward, David Tyson) – (3:40)
  3. "Black Velvet
    Black Velvet (song)
    "Black Velvet" is a rock song written by Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward, and recorded by Canadian singer Alannah Myles in 1988. It became a number one hit for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1990 and reached number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart, as well as...

    " (Ward, Tyson) – (4:47)
  4. "Rock This Joint" (Ward) – (4:02)
  5. "Lover of Mine" (Myles, Ward, Tyson, Kit Johnson) – (4:42)
  6. "Kick Start My Heart" (Ward, Shirley Eikhard, Madeline Stone, Chris Waters) – (3:42)
  7. "If You Want To" (Ward, Tyson) – (4:13)
  8. "Just One Kiss" (Ward, Tyson) – (3:35)
  9. "Who Loves You" (Ward, Tyson) – (3:37)
  10. "Hurry Make Love" (Nancy Simmonds) – (2:16)

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Finnish Platinum 59,694
Canada 10x Platinum (Diamond) 1,000,000+
UK Gold 100,000+
U.S. Platinum 1,000,000+

Credits

  • Jorn Andersen  Drums
  • Bob Bartolucci  Guitar
  • Roberto Bartolucci Guitar
  • Gary Craig  Drums on Who Loves You
  • Lisa Dalbello
    Lisa Dalbello
    Dalbello is a Canadian recording artist, songwriter, and voice actress. She released three albums in the pop and pop/rock genre in her late teens, from 1977 through 1981 under her full name...

      Vocals (background)
  • Kevin Doyle
    Kevin Doyle
    Kevin Edward Doyle is an Irish international footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

      Engineer
  • Peter Fredette  Vocals (background)
  • Scott Humphrey
    Scott Humphrey
    Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed all of his records up until 2007's Zombie Live...

      Keyboards, Programming
  • John Johnson  Saxophone
  • Mike Jones  Engineer
  • Dean McTaggart
    Dean McTaggart
    Dean McTaggart is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer. He was lead vocalist in the Canadian band The Arrows from 1981 to 1986. The Arrows produced two albums and one EP and had popular hits in Canada including "Meet Me in the Middle", "Say It Isn't True","Heart of the City" and "Talk...

      Vocals (background)
  • Alannah Myles
    Alannah Myles
    Alannah Myles is a Canadian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Canadian broadcast pioneer William Douglas Byles. In 1989, she released her eponymous debut album...

      Vocals
  • Jackie Richardson
    Jackie Richardson
    Jackie Richardson is a Canadian singer and actress.She is known for her screen roles in The Gospel According to the Blues, The Doodlebops, and Sins of the Father....

      Vocals (background)
  • Kurt Schefter  Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
  • Michael Sloski  Percussion
  • David Tyson
    David Tyson
    David Tyson is a Canadian rock music producer and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing Alannah Myles' 1990 #1 hit "Black Velvet" and producing her debut album. He also co-wrote 3 hit songs from Amanda Marshall's self-titled 1995 debut album.Tyson has won 3 Juno Awards for his work,...

      Bass, Keyboards, Vocals (background), Producer
  • Christopher Ward
    Christopher Ward (songwriter)
    Christopher William Ward is a Canadian songwriter and broadcaster, known as a former long-standing on-air personality at MuchMusic, Canada's music video network, where he and J.D. Roberts were among the first video jockeys in 1984...

      Vocals (background)
  • Rick Waychesko  Trumpet
  • Steve Webster  Bass
  • Pete Willis
    Pete Willis
    Pete Willis was one of the original guitarists for the British rock band Def Leppard, until he was replaced by Phil Collen in 1982...

      Engineer
  • David Wipper Guitar, Mandolin
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