''Everybody's Crazy'' is the fourth studio album by American recording artist

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin
, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

. The album was released in 1985 by

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. The lead guitarist on the album is

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, later of

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fame. The title track was a minor hit on hard rock radio stations, and was also featured in the 1986 movie ''

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''. It was reissued overseas in the mid-1990s with a then-current photo on the cover. The album was reissued on February 25, 2008 by

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, UK on CD with a 12-page full colour booklet with original and new artwork. Given the contrast in musical style between this album and the majority of Bolton's later (and more successful) musical output, songs from the album rarely appear on Bolton compilations. However, the title track was included on Bolton's entry in the ''

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'' series of Greatest Hits compilations.

Background

Producer

Neil Kernon Neil Kernon is an English musician, record producer, mixer and recording engineer from London. He is a Grammy Award winner and has worked on over 100 Gold and Platinum records. Biography Born to a musical family, Kernon's formal musical trai ...

described how he became involved with the album: "Well, I got a call from Michael's manager asking me if I'd be interested. I'd heard "Fools Game"

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin
, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

''] and liked that, so we met and hit it off straight away. Michael was one of the funniest people I've ever met." Kernon also said that later on, Bolton did not want to re-release ''Everybody's Crazy'' or his self titled 1983 album on CD for fear of confusing and alienating fans of his later

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.Interview with the album's producer, Neil Kernon
Retrieved 12-02-2007.

Reception

In their retrospective review,

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criticized ''Everybody's Crazy'' for muting Bolton's distinctive vocals, remarking that "much of the time he seemed to be fighting to be heard, and when he was, all he had was a mouthful of cliches to offer." The album has an average rating of 88/100 on the hard rock/AOR database ''Heavy Harmonies''.Heavy Harmonies entry for ''Everybody's Crazy''
Retrieved 12-02-2007.

Track listing

Personnel

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin
, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

– lead vocals, backing vocals, additional guitar, arrangements (1, 3, 5) *

– lead guitar (1-5, 7, 8, 9) * Dennis Feldman – bass, backing vocals * Lloyd Landesman – keyboards *

Mark Mangold Mark Mangold is an American pop singer-songwriter, producer and keyboardist, best known as a member of the band Touch, American Tears and Drive, She Said. As a songwriter, Mangold's songs have been performed by Michael Bolton, Cher and Jordin S ...

– keyboards, arrangements (1, 3, 5) * Jan Mullaney – keyboards *

Mark Radice Mark Radice is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and producer. Since the early 1970s he has worked with a variety of different artists while also achieving success with his own material. He is a multi-instrumentalist and is credited with ...

– keyboards * Allan St. John – keyboards *

Chuck Burgi Charles Arnold Burgi III (, born August 15, 1952, Montclair, New Jersey) is an American drummer. He has performed with many rock bands and musicians, ranging from local New Jersey/New York-area artists to international groups, throughout his pr ...

– drums (uncredited on the original release, but credited in the reissue)"Re: Bolton's ''Everybody's Crazy'' legendary drummer?" discussion@melodicrock.com
Retrieved 4-18-2014. *

Mark Rivera Mark Rivera (born May 24, 1953) is an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, singer, musical director and corporate entertainment provider who is mostly known for his work with Billy Joel. In addition to playing soprano, alto, tenor and b ...

– saxophone *

Larry Fast Lawrence Roger Fast (born December 10, 1951) is an American synthesizer player and composer. He is best known for his 1975–1987 series of synthesizer music albums (''Synergy'') and for his contributions to a number of popular music acts, inclu ...

– synthesizer programming * Schuyler Deale – additional bass *

Doug Katsaros Doug Katsaros is an American keyboardist, arranger, composer, and conductor. Biography In 1978 he played on Paul Stanley's debut album, followed by working on albums by Richie Havens, Michael Bolton, Arc Angel, Bon Jovi and his band Balance ...

– additional keyboards *

– additional keyboards * Terry Brock – backing vocals * Peppy Castro – backing vocals *

Joe Cerisano Joe Cerisano is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and President of Outta' the Woods Records. He experienced his first taste of mainstream success as the frontman for the chart-making early 1980s rock band, Silver Condor and has go ...

– backing vocals *

Randy Goodrum Charles Randolph Goodrum (born July 7, 1947) is an American songwriter, pianist, and producer. Goodrum has written number one songs in each of the four decades since his first number one hit, 1978's "You Needed Me". Goodrum's songs have appeare ...

– keyboards, synthesizer programming, drum programming, backing vocals (all on 6 only) *

Kevin Dukes Kevin Dukes is an American guitarist. A native of Natchez, Mississippi, Dukes attended The University of Southern Mississippi as a Music Theory and Composition major prior to moving to Los Angeles, California in the late 1970s. He has toured an ...

– guitar (6) *

Paul Pesco Paul Pesco (born May 13, 1959) is an American session guitarist, singer-songwriter, film score composer and record producer. Biography Pesco was born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Sicilian father (an opera singer and voice instructor) and Kore ...

– additional guitar (6)

Production

* Producers – Neil Kernon (Tracks 1–5, 7, 8 & 9); Randy Goodrum (Track 6) * Co-Producer – Michael Bolton (Tracks 1–5, 7, 8 & 9) * Executive Producer – Louis Levin * Engineers – John Abbey, Bruce Buchalter, Bobby Cohen, John Davenport, Neil Kernon, Bruce Lampcov, Andrew Milano and Malcolm Pollack. * Additional Engineer on Track 6 – Larold Rebhun * Assistant Engineers on Track 6 – Michael Sommers-Abbott and Paul Ericksen. * Recorded at The Power Station,

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and Delta Recording Studios (New York, NY). * Additional Overdubs on Track 6 engineered by

Jay Graydon Jay Joseph Graydon (born October 8, 1949, Burbank, California) is an American songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, keyboardist, producer, arranger, and recording engineer. He is the winner of two Grammy Awards (in the R&B category) wi ...

at Garden Rake Studios (Sherman Oaks, CA). * Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 9 mixed by Neil Kernon. * Track 4 mixed by Bobby Cohen, Jan Mullaney and Michael Bolton at

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(New York, NY). * Track 6 mixed by

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at Soundcastle (Los Angeles, CA). * Mastered by

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(New York, NY). * Studio Maintenance – Bruce Friedman * Direction – Louis Levin, in association with David Krebs and Steve Leber for Contemporary Communications Corporation * Photography – Randee St. Nicholas * Stylist – Fleur Thiemeyer

Music videos

Cover versions

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covered "Desperate Heart" for their 1985 album ''

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''. *

Jennifer Rush Jennifer Rush (born Heidi Stern; September 28, 1960) is an American pop and rock singer. She achieved success during the mid-1980s with several singles and studio albums including the million-selling single " The Power of Love", which she co-w ...

covered "Call My Name" (with slightly altered lyrics, thus earning Rush a co-writing credit on her version) for her 1987 album '' Heart Over Mind''.

References

External links

''Everybody's Crazy''
at

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