''A View from 3rd Street'' is the second solo album from the singer/songwriter Jude Cole. Released in 1990, three years after his self-titled debut, this album contains Cole's biggest single, "Baby, It's Tonight", which went to #16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. "Time for Letting Go" also cracked the U.S. top 40 peaking at #32 late in 1990. Cole provides all of the vocal talent for this album as well as all lead guitar, both electric and acoustic. He performs the bass sections of "House Full of Reasons", "Baby, It's Tonight" and "Prove Me Wrong", and the piano on "Compared to Nothing". Producer David Tyson won the "

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" at the 1991

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for his work on this album. The Album peaked on the Billboard 200 Album Chart at 138 on June 2, 1990. Country singer

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released a cover version of "Time for Letting Go" in 1998; this version charted in Billboard's US Hot Country.

Track listing

All songs written by Jude Cole except as noted. # "Hallowed Ground" (Cole, George M. Green) – 5:19 # "Baby, It's Tonight" – 3:40 # "House Full of Reasons" – 3:56 # "Get Me Through the Night" – 4:16 # "Time for Letting Go" – 4:18 # "Stranger to Myself" (Cole,

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) – 3:58 # "This Time It's Us" – 4:35 # "Heart of Blues" – 4:59 # "Compared to Nothing" – 4:10 # "Prove Me Wrong" – 4:49

Personnel

*Jude Cole - vocals, backing vocals, all

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, acoustic,

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and

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s, bass on tracks 2, 3, & 10 *Tim Pierce - rhythm guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, & 7 *

- keyboards,

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, organ,

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- bass *

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- drums, percussion *

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- drums and percussion on track 9 *Larry Williams -

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on track 8 *

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- backing vocals on tracks 4 & 8 ;Technical * Michael Ostin - executive producer * Greg Droman - recording engineer Greg Droman *

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- mixing *

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- mastering

References

1990 albums Jude Cole albums Reprise Records albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub