All I Need (Jack Wagner album)
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All I Need is the debut studio album
from General Hospital
star Jack Wagner. Quincy Jones
protegees Glen Ballard (who would go on to write with and produce Wilson Phillips
six years later, and have massive success in the 1990s with Alanis Morissette
's Jagged Little Pill
) and Clif Magness (who also worked in a musical context with Ballard on Wilson Phillips' debut) oversaw the project, co-writing some of the material as well as playing some instruments. Despite an ability to play guitar, and despite playing in several live shoots for the title track, Wagner himself only sang on the disc.
The album featured a huge hit in the title track, which climbed all the way to number two and stayed there for two weeks; it was also a number one AC hit for two weeks. Rare for the time it was released, "All I Need" was notable in that the song was able to climb the charts while not having the assistance of an accompaning music video. For the album's second single, "Premonition", a music video was made and it debuted on NBC's Friday Night Videos in January, 1985. A third and final single, "Lady of My Heart" was released in the spring of 1985 and reached #76 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Lady of My Heart" is notable for being used on General Hospital as the love theme of Wagner's character Frisco and Felicia (Kristina Malandro). Wagner would later marry Malandro and have two children together, Peter and Harrison.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
from General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
star Jack Wagner. Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
protegees Glen Ballard (who would go on to write with and produce Wilson Phillips
Wilson Phillips
-Studio albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Other charted songs:-Awards and nominations:...
six years later, and have massive success in the 1990s with Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
's Jagged Little Pill
Jagged Little Pill
Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album by Canadian recording artist and songwriter Alanis Morissette. It was Morissette's first internationally released album, and her first studio album after the three year hiatus following her break with MCA Records. The album marked a shift from her style...
) and Clif Magness (who also worked in a musical context with Ballard on Wilson Phillips' debut) oversaw the project, co-writing some of the material as well as playing some instruments. Despite an ability to play guitar, and despite playing in several live shoots for the title track, Wagner himself only sang on the disc.
The album featured a huge hit in the title track, which climbed all the way to number two and stayed there for two weeks; it was also a number one AC hit for two weeks. Rare for the time it was released, "All I Need" was notable in that the song was able to climb the charts while not having the assistance of an accompaning music video. For the album's second single, "Premonition", a music video was made and it debuted on NBC's Friday Night Videos in January, 1985. A third and final single, "Lady of My Heart" was released in the spring of 1985 and reached #76 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Lady of My Heart" is notable for being used on General Hospital as the love theme of Wagner's character Frisco and Felicia (Kristina Malandro). Wagner would later marry Malandro and have two children together, Peter and Harrison.
Track listing
- "Premonition" (Tom Keane, Clif Magness, Mark Mueller) – 3:15
- "What You Don't Know" (Sam Bryant, Mueller) – 3:32
- "Whenever Hearts Collide" (Roger Bruno, Matthew Garey, Bruno Schwartz, Ellen Schwartz) – 3:36
- "Fighting The Nights" (Ballard, Magness) – 3:07
- "All I NeedAll I Need (Jack Wagner song)"All I Need" is a 1984 song by American actor and singer Jack Wagner.Wagner became known for his role as Frisco Jones on the soap opera General Hospital prior to recording the song; he has since had roles on other television programs, such as The Bold and the Beautiful and Melrose Place...
" (Ballard, Magness, David PackDavid PackDavid Robert Pack , is a Grammy Award Winning Artist, Producer & Music Director of Global Events. His career began as the front man, vocalist and guitarist with the rock group Ambrosia popular in the 1970s and 1980s.-Career:...
) – 3:29 - "Make Me Believe It" (Magness, Mueller) – 3:01
- "Sneak Attack" (Roy Freeland, Peter Leinheiser, Hummie Mann) – 3:15
- "After The Fact" (Jerome Stocco) – 4:06
- "Tell Him (That You Won't Go)" (Bruno, Magness, E. Schwartz) – 2:41
- "Lady Of My Heart" (Ballard, David FosterDavid FosterDavid Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
, Jay Graydon) – 4:04
Production
- Arranged & Produced By Glen Ballard & Clif Magness
- Engineers, Mixing: Ray Blair, Francis Buckley, Ian Eales
- Mastering: Steve Hall
Personnel
- Drums, Percussion: Bill Elliott, Pat MastelottoPat MastelottoPat Mastelotto is a rock drummer who has worked with Mr. Mister and King Crimson, amongst others. For King Crimson he initially formed part of the "double trio" lineup, joining Bill Bruford on drums...
- Bass: Davey Faragher
- Keyboards: Sam Bryant, Bill Elliott, Tom Keane, John Van Tongeren, Mark Vieha
- Guitars: Clif Magness, Michael Thompson
- Saxophone: Jerry Peterson
- Backing Vocals: Rosemary Butler, Siedah GarrettSiedah GarrettSiedah Garrett is an American songwriter and singer.-Biography:She appeared as a contestant on Password Plus in 1980.She performed "One Man Woman" on Quincy Jones' Grammy-Award winning "Back on the Block."...
, Edie Lehmann, Clif Magness, Debbie Pearl