''Bareback'' is the first album by the American rock band

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. Shortly before the recording of this album, former Shout lead vocalist John Levesque replaced original Wild Horses lead vocalist Johnny Edwards, who left Wild Horses to replace

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in the band Foreigner. Apparently, this band split up after the release of this album and reunited years later before recording and releasing their second album ''Dead Ahead''. There have been claims that bassist

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actually played all of the bass on this album. Jeff Pilson and

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had previously played together in

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's backing band and later played together in the

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Track listing

# "Cool Me Down" # "Had Enough Of Your Love" # "Your Love Is Junk" # "The River Song" # "Fire And Water" # "N.Y.C. Heartbreak" # "Whiskey Train" # "Tougher Than Love" # "Day In The Sun" # "Matter Of The Heart" # "Burn It Up" # "Tell Me Something Good"

Personnel

*John Levesque: lead vocals, guitars *

Rick Steier Rick Steier (born October 8, 1960, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a guitarist who has played in the bands Warrant, Kingdom Come, Wild Horses, and KrunK/ Kottak. Drummer and fellow Louisville native James Kottak was also in all these bands with Rick ...

: lead guitar, vocals *Chris Lester: bass, vocals *

: drums, vocals

Additional Personnel

: bass *

Darren Wharton Darren Leigh Wharton (born 25 December 1961) is a British keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He has fronted his own band, Dare, since 1985, but first came to attention as a member of Thin Lizzy. His son, Paris, is also a musician. Biography W ...

: keyboards

External links

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