''1st'' is the debut
album
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by
American
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rock
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band
Streets
Streets is the plural of street, a type of road.
Streets or The Streets may also refer to: Music
* Streets (band), a rock band fronted by Kansas vocalist Steve Walsh
* ''Streets'' (punk album), a 1977 compilation album of various early UK punk ba ...
, released in 1983 (see
1983 in music
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* 1983 in British music
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Track listing
Personnel
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Steve Walsh –
synthesizer
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,
keyboard
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, lead vocals
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Billy Greer
Billy Greer (born January 26, 1952) is an American musician, singer and songwriter known as the current bass guitarist for the band Kansas. He joined the band in their 1985 reformation, making his debut appearance on ''Power''. He had previously ...
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bass
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, vocals
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Mike Slamer
Michael Chetwynd Slamer is a British guitarist.
Biography
Slamer started his career playing in the UK prog-rock band City Boy. Since then, he has worked as a staff composer for various movies and TV series, has been a session guitarist for nu ...
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guitar
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*Tim Gehrt –
percussion
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,
drums
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, vocals
Production
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Neil Kernon
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Born to a musical family, Kernon's formal musical trai ...
- Engineer, Producer, Mixing
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Ted Jensen
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Ted ...
- Mastering
*Chuck Fedonczak - Assistant Engineer
*Bruce Buchhalter - Assistant Engineer & Mixing Engineer
*Basic tracks recorded at Axis Studios, GA
*Overdubs and vocals recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY
*Mastered at Sterling Sound
*Art Direction - Karen Katz
*Illustration - Willardson & White Studio
The album spent 11 weeks on the charts, while the single spent 5 weeks on the pop charts, and twelve weeks on the Mainstream Rock chart.
Charts
Album –
Billboard
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(United States)
Singles – Billboard (United States)
References
External links
*http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=5311893&style=music
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Streets (band) albums
1983 debut albums
Albums produced by Neil Kernon
Atlantic Records albums