The Downward Road
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The Downward Road was the third album by Canadian
power pop
band The Pursuit of Happiness, released in 1993. The album cover has several versions with different coloured backgrounds (red, blue, yellow and others).
, eexcept as noted.
- guitar, vocalsDave Gilby - drumsKris Abbott - vocals, guitarBrad Barker - bass
Ed Stasium
- percussion
Paul McCandless
- oboe solo (12)
Todd Rundgren
- guitar solo (10)
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
band The Pursuit of Happiness, released in 1993. The album cover has several versions with different coloured backgrounds (red, blue, yellow and others).
Track listing
All songs written by Moe BergMoe Berg (musician)
Moe Berg is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer for the rock group The Pursuit of Happiness.-Biography:...
, eexcept as noted.
- Downward Road (Intro) (0:26) (Roebuck StaplesPops StaplesRoebuck "Pops" Staples was a Mississippi-born Gospel and R&B musician.A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 70s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer...
) - Cigarette Dangles (2:32)
- Nobody But Me (3:20)
- I'm Ashamed of Myself (3:48)
- Pressing Lips (3:33)
- In Her Dreams (3:18)
- Downward Road (Revisited) (3:12)
- Heavy Metal Tears (2:31)
- Bored of You (3:18)
- Love Theme from TPOH (3:29)
- Forbidden World (4:03)
- But I Do (4:23)
- Crashing Down (3:47)
- Honeytime (3:08)
- Villa in Portugal (3:28) (Berg, Jules ShearJules ShearJules Mark Shear is a US singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Pittsburgh in 1952. Although he has had only one minor hit as a performer , he has recorded almost 20 albums to date...
) - Terrified (3:16)
Personnel
Moe BergMoe Berg (musician)
Moe Berg is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer for the rock group The Pursuit of Happiness.-Biography:...
- guitar, vocalsDave Gilby - drumsKris Abbott - vocals, guitarBrad Barker - bass
Additional musicians
Rachel Oldfield - vocalsEd Stasium
Ed Stasium
Ed Stasium is an American record producer and engineer who has worked on albums by The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Smithereens and Living Colour.- History :Stasium first surfaced in 1970 fronting the band Brandywine, appearing on their sole LP Aged....
- percussion
Paul McCandless
Paul McCandless
Paul McCandless, Jr. is an American jazz woodwind player and composer. He is one of few expert jazz oboists, and also plays English horn, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and pennywhistle, among other instruments.He has performed with the Paul Winter Consort and is...
- oboe solo (12)
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...
- guitar solo (10)