''Candyman'' is the second studio album by American

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, released on March 29, 1994, by

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. It was a collaboration of musicians who were for the most part also in Lukather's band Los Lobotomys. Toto familiars Simon Phillips and

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participated as well as David Garfield, John Peña, Chris Trujillo,

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, Larry Klimas,

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and

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. Lukather recorded the album in mostly live takes with little

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. There was some confusion about whether ''Candyman'' was a Steve Lukather album or a Los Lobotomys album. The Japanese and US releases of ''Candyman'' were under the Los Lobotomys name rather than Lukather's; the Japanese release also featured a version of the Hendrix song " Red House." The European release of ''Candyman'' was credited to Lukather alone. Additionally, the touring band for the album was sometimes introduced as "Steve Lukather and Los Lobotomys" and sometimes as just "Los Lobotomys." The song "Borrowed Time" was released as a single in Europe and included "Red House" as a

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Track listing

#"Hero with a 1000 Eyes" (Lukather, Garfield,

) - 6:31 #"

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) - 4:08 #"Extinction Blues" (Lukather, Garfield, Waybill) - 4:59 #"Born Yesterday" (Lukather, Garfield, Waybill) - 7:08 #"Never Walk Alone" (Lukather, Garfield) - 9:42 #"Party in Simon's Pants" (Lukather, Simon Phillips) - 5:45 #"Borrowed Time" (Lukather, Garfield, Waybill) - 7:20 #"Never Let Them See You Cry" (Lukather, Garfield, Waybill) - 5:03 #"Froth" (Lukather, Garfield) - 9:41 #"The Bomber" (

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, Vince Guaraldi) - 5:32 #"Song for Jeff" (Lukather, Garfield) - 7:07 #"Red House" (Jimi Hendrix) (US and Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

– lead vocals, backing vocals, all guitars *

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– keyboards, acoustic piano *

–

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(5) * John Peña – bass * Simon Phillips – drums *

– percussion * Chris Trujillo – percussion * Larry Klimas – saxophones * Kevin Curry – backing vocals *

- backing vocals *

– backing vocals *

– vocals (2)

Production

* Steve Lukather – producer * Tom Fletcher – producer, recording, mixing * Erich Gobel – overdub recording * Lee Waters – overdub recording * Peter Doell – assistant engineer, tracking * Sean O'Dwyer – assistant engineer *

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– assistant engineer, tracking * Bill Airey Smith – assistant engineer, tracking, mixing * Arnie Acosta – mastering * Joe Birkman – technician * Mike Guerra – technician * Tom Ketterer – technician * Jeff Minnich – technician * Danny Thomas – technician * Gina Zangla – package design * Jack Andersen – cover photography *

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– additional photography Studios * Recorded and Mixed at

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(Hollywood, California). * Overdubbed at

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(North Hollywood, California). * Mastered at

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Album information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Candyman (Album) 1994 albums Steve Lukather albums Albums recorded at Capitol Studios