''Honeymoon Suite'' is the debut album by Canadian rock band
Honeymoon Suite
Honeymoon Suite is a Canadian rock band formed in 1981 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The band's name was a nod to the fact that Niagara Falls is the unofficial honeymoon capital of the world.
History 1981–1985
The band was originally formed ...
, released in 1984 on
Warner Bros. Records
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. In 1990 it was certified Triple Platinum in Canada (in excess of 300,000 copies sold).
All four singles - "New Girl Now", "Burning in Love", "Wave Babies" and "Stay in the Light" - were also certified Gold in Canada.
Track listing
All songs written by Dermot Grehan, except where noted.
# "
New Girl Now
"New Girl Now" is a song by the Canadian rock band Honeymoon Suite. It was written by Derry Grehan, and released as a single in 1984, from the album ''Honeymoon Suite''. The single reached No. 23 in Canada and No. 57 in the United States.
The ...
" – 3:37
# "Burning in Love" – 4:43
# "Wave Babies" – 4:21
# "Stay in the Light" – 3:52
# "Now That You Got Me" – 3:30
# "Funny Business" – 4:01
# "Heart on Fire" (Eddie Schwartz, Dave Tyson) 3:32
# "Turn My Head" – 3:29
# "It's Your Heart" (Dermot Grehan, Ray Coburn) 3:25
# "Face to Face" – 5:05
Singles
The following singles (together with promotional videos) were released from the album:
Album credits
Personnel
*
Derry Grehan - lead guitar, vocals
*
Johnnie Dee
John Richard DeGiuli (born October 20, 1961), known as Johnnie Dee, is a Canadian rock vocalist best known as the lead singer for the rock band Honeymoon Suite. Dee (who also plays guitar) and guitarist Derry Grehan formed Honeymoon Suite in N ...
- lead vocals, guitar
*Brian Brackstone - bass guitar (courtesy of Attic Records)
*Ray Coburn - keyboards, vocals
*
Dave Betts - drums
Band member Gary Lalonde (bass guitar, vocals) is shown in the photograph of the band on the back cover.
Production
*Tom Treumuth - producer
*Lenny De Rose, Mark Wright - engineers
*Joe Primeau,
Garth Richardson
Garth "GGGarth" Richardson is a Canadian record producer and music engineer. He is the son of music producer Jack Richardson (Alice Cooper, The Guess Who, Badfinger, Poco), a pioneer of the music recording industry in the 1960s and 1970s. Gart ...
- assistant engineers
*Mixed at the Farmyard Studios,
Bucks, England by Stephen W. Tayler
*Assisted by Andy Scarth
*^Mixed at
Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios is a recording studio in Greenwich Village, New York City. It was commissioned by rock musician Jimi Hendrix in 1968 and designed by architect John Storyk and audio engineer Eddie Kramer by 1970. Hendrix spent only ten ...
,
N.Y.C. by David Wittman
*^Originally mastered at
Masterdisk
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Their clients include such no ...
,
N.Y.C. by
Bob Ludwig
Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...
Charts
Certifications
References
* Liner notes from Honeymoon Suite.
* Liner notes from Honeymoon Suite − ''
The Singles''.
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Honeymoon Suite albums
1984 debut albums
Warner Records albums