''Giuffria'' is the self-titled debut album from American rock band

Giuffria Giuffria was an American rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1981 by Gregg Giuffria after his departure from the band Angel. History Giuffria was formed as Gregg Giuffria's side project in 1981 after his departure from Angel. At the o ...

(led by keyboard player Gregg Giuffria), released on

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in 1984, and co-produced by

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. The album peaked at #26 on the

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on March 2, 1985. It was the most successful album from the five released by

, then

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, from 1984 to 1992. The debut single from the album, "Call to the Heart" reached the top 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Track listing

*All songs written by David Glen Eisley and Gregg Giuffria, except where noted. # "Do Me Right" 4:12 # "Call to the Heart" 4:37 # "Don't Tear Me Down" (Eisley, Giuffria, Goldy) 4:54 # "Dance" (Eisley, Giuffria, Goldy) 4:08 # "Lonely in Love" 4:53 # "Trouble Again" 5:24 # "Turn Me On" (Eisley, Giuffria, Goldy) 4:25 # "Line of Fire" 4:56 # "The Awakening" 2:34 # "Out of the Blue" 5:32

Personnel

Giuffria

David Glen Eisley David Glen Eisley (born September 5, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. Personal life Eisley was born in Los Angeles, California and is the son of actor Anthony Eisley and Judith Tubbs Eisley. While in high school, he pl ...

– lead vocals, keyboards, harmonica *

Craig Goldy Thomas "Craig" Goldy (born November 6, 1961) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist of the rock bands Dio and Giuffria. Early musical life Goldy was born in San Diego, California. Before Dio, he played in the bands Vengeance, R ...

– guitars *

Gregg Giuffria Gregg Giuffria (born July 28, 1951) is an American rock musician and businessman. He was the keyboardist for AOR bands Angel, House of Lords, and Giuffria. Career Giuffria is originally from Gulfport, Mississippi, graduating from high scho ...

– keyboards, backing vocals * Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals *Alan Krigger – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

*Rick Bozzo (Former bassist for Sabu) *Jim Cypherd -

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programming *Phil Jost - programming

Production

*Produced By Andy Johns & Gregg Giuffria *Associate Producer: Lee DiCarlo *Engineers: Lee DiCarlo, Andy Jones *Assistant Engineer: Jim Scott *Mixing: Andy Johns, Jim Scott *Mastering: Brian Gardner

Chart performance

The album spent 29 weeks on the U.S. ''Billboard'' album charts and reached its peak position of #26 in early March 1985.

References

{{Authority control Giuffria albums Albums produced by Andy Johns MCA Records albums 1984 debut albums