''Best of Shooting Star'' (aka ''Touch Me Tonight'') is a compilation by
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band
Shooting Star. The album predominantly consists of songs taken from the band's first four studio albums, all of which charted on the 'Billboard Top Album' chart at the time of their release; along with two songs ("Christmas Together" and "Touch Me Tonight") which had never before featured on a Shooting Star album prior to the release of ''Best of Shooting Star''.
Track listing
*Tracks 1-4 are taken from ''
Shooting Star'' (1980).
*Tracks 5-8 are taken from ''
Hang On for Your Life
''Hang On for Your Life'' is the second album by the group Shooting Star. The song ''Flesh And Blood'' featured a violin solo, an unusual sound in an up-tempo rock song. American AOR radio stations embraced the record; the songs ''Hang On for ...
'' (1981).
*Track 9 is taken from ''
III Wishes
''III Wishes'' is the third album by the group Shooting Star. This is the band's first album without keyboardist Bill Guffey, who had departed from the band the previous year.
Track listing
Personnel
*Gary West – lead and backing vocals, ke ...
'' (1982).
*Tracks 10 and 11 are taken from ''
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'' (1983).
*Track 12 was previously a single-only release in 1985.
*Track 13 was previously unreleased.
Personnel
;Shooting Star
*Van McLain – lead vocals, guitars
(all tracks)
*Steve Thomas – drums, percussion
(all tracks)
*Gary West – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, timpani drums
(tracks 1–12)
*Charles Waltz – backing vocals, violin, keyboards
(tracks 1–12)
*Ron Verlin – bass guitar
(tracks 1–11 and 13)
*Bill Guffey – keyboards
(tracks 1–8)
*Norm Dahlor – bass guitar
(track 12)
*Keith Mitchell – lead vocals
(track 13)
*Dennis Laffoon – keyboards
(track 13)
;Additional personnel
*Unidos – backing vocals
(track 12)
*Baby Lee – backing vocals
(track 13)
References
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1989 greatest hits albums
Albums produced by Gus Dudgeon
Shooting Star (band) albums