''Colin James'' is the debut album by

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musician

Colin James Colin James (born Colin James Munn, August 17, 1964) is a Canadian rock and blues singer and songwriter. Biography Early years James was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. His grandpa was Serbian. He got his break opening for Stevie Ray V ...

, released in 1988. The album featured several hit singles, including "Five Long Years", "Voodoo Thing", "Chicks 'n Cars (And the Third World War)" and Why'd You Lie". The album earned James a

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for "Most Promising Artist".

Commercial performance

James' debut album was the 15th best-selling

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album in Canada of 1989. The album was certified Double Platinum in Canada in 1994. By May 1998, the album had sold 276,338 units in Canada. It is the best-selling album of James' career to date.

Track listing

# "Five Long Years" – 4:36 # "Voodoo Thing" – 3:38 # "Down in the Bottom" (

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) – 4:37 # "Chicks 'n Cars (And the Third World War)" (Johnny Ferreira, Rick Hopkins, Colin James, Darrell Mayes) – 3:35 # "Why'd You Lie" (

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) – 5:25 # "Hidden Charms" (Willie Dixon) – 3:26 # "Bad Girl" (Rick Hopkins, Colin James, Dennis Marcenko) – 3:34 # "Lone Wolf" – 3:40 # "Dream of Satin" – 4:43 # "Three Sheets to the Wind" (Rick Hopkins) – 2:59

Personnel

*Colin James – guitar, vocals, background vocals *Steve Croes – keyboards *Richard Hopkins – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ *

Bill Payne William H. Payne (born March 12, 1949) is an American pianist who, with Lowell George, co-founded the American rock band Little Feat. He is considered by many other rock pianists, including Elton John, to be one of the finest American piano roc ...

– piano *David Burgin – harmonica *Johnny Ferreira – tenor and soprano saxophones *Dennis Marcenko – bass *Darrell Mayes – percussion, drums *

Betty Wright Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teena ...

– background vocals *

Bill Cowsill William Joseph Cowsill Jr. (January 9, 1948 – February 18, 2006) was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the lead singer and guitarist of The Cowsills, who had three top-10 singles in the late 1960s. From the ...

– background vocals

Production

Tom Dowd Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recordings ...

– producer *

Danny Kortchmar Daniel "Danny Kootch" Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946) is an American guitarist, session musician, producer and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, David Crosby, Carole King, David Cassidy, ...

– producer, mixing *

Bob Rock Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954) is a Canadian record producer, sound engineer and musician, best known for producing rock bands and music artists such as Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, The Tragically Hip, the Cult, 31 ...

– producer *Mike Fraser – engineer *Shep Lonsdale – engineer *Simon Pressey – engineer *Duane Seykora – engineer, assistant engineer *Charles Die – assistant engineer *

Neil Dorfsman Neil Dorfsman (born May 31, 1952) is an American sound engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Dire Straits, Bruce Hornsby, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney and Sting. He won Grammy Awards for Best Producer for Bruce Hornsby's ''S ...

– mixing *

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– mastering *Dan Hersch – mastering *Brian Lynch – photography *Melanie Nissen – design *Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction *Alberto Tolot – photography

References

External links

Colin James
{{Authority control Colin James albums 1988 debut albums Albums produced by Tom Dowd albums produced by Danny Kortchmar albums produced by Bob Rock Virgin Records albums