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The Girl in the Wind
''Girl in the Wind'' is the fourth album by
Quarterflash
Quarterflash (previously stylized as QuarterFlash) was an American rock group formed in 1980 in Portland, Oregon. The band was originally made up of the two current members, Orinda Sue "Rindy" Ross (lead vocals and saxophone) and her husband Mar ...
, released on
Epic Records in late 1991. Quarterflash, led by the husband-wife team of Rindy and Marv Ross, recruited new members for this release: Sandin Wilson on bass/vocals, Greg Williams on drums, Doug Fraser on guitars, and Mel Kubik on keyboards and saxophone. The new members gave the
AOR band an edgier sound. Due to record-label changes, the album was only released in
Europe
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.
The album includes acoustic rock songs "Something More", "Where I Stand", and "Diamond In The Rough", and the love
ballads
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or '' ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...
"Is It Any Wonder" and "Let Somebody Love You". The band went on to record an unreleased album in 1995 with the same lineup.
Marv and Rindy Ross released an album in 2002 called ''Bliss'' that has several songs from ''Girl in the Wind'' as well as four songs from the unreleased album.
Track listing
# "Something More"
(Ross) - 5:17
# "Where I Stand"
(Ross, Ross) - 4:05
# "Girl in the Wind"
(Ross, Ross) - 5:04
# "Is It Any Wonder"
(Ross) - 4:24
# "Diamond in the Rough"
(Midnight, Ross) - 3:59
# "One Less Lie"
(Ross, Ross) - 4:18
# "Love as a Last Resort"
(Ross) - 4:45
# "Without You"
(Duane Jarvis, Ross, Ross) - 4:24
# "Paint It Blue"
( Diane Warren) - 4:05
# "Let Somebody Love You"
(Ross, Ross) - 4:57
Personnel
*Rindy Ross - vocals, saxophone
*Marv Ross - guitars
*Doug Fraser - guitars
*Mel Kubik - keyboards
*Sandin Wilson - bass
*Greg Williams - drums, percussion
Quarterflash albums
1991 albums
Epic Records albums
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