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-written "Draw the Line" was originally recorded by

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Track listing

#"Sword & Stone" (

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) - 4:06 #"Doctor" ( Paul Dean) - 4:52 #"Draw the Line" (

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) - 4:11 #"Dirty Fingers" (

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, Tom DeLuca) - 4:02 #"Under the Gun" (Dean,

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) - 3:39 #"Action" (Dean,

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, Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve, Kenny Shields, Daryl Guthiel) - 5:10 #"Down to the Bottom" (Dean) - 5:17 #"Black Sheep" (Dean, Rhodes, Terry Cerney) - 4:09 #"Politics" (Dean, Brian MacLeod, Foster) - 4:53

Musicians

* Paul Dean (vocals, guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals) * Brian MacLeod (drums, keyboards, key bass, backing vocals) *

(drums on track 6) *

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(bass guitar on track 6) *

(harp on track 5) *Dave Steele (backing vocals) *Marc LaFrance (backing vocals) *Ricky Renouf (backing vocals) *Geraldo Dominelli (backing vocals) *Vern Wills (backing vocals) *Frank Felder (backing vocals) *Gregg Sheehan (backing vocals) *Rosalind Keene (backing vocals) *Nashy Nash (backing vocals)

Production

*Produced by Paul Dean and Brian MacLeod. *Mixed by Bob Rock at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, BC; except tracks 6, 7 and 9, mixed by Paul Dean. *Recorded at Venture Studios, Vancouver, BC, by Larry Vogel. *Additional overdubs recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, BC, by Tim Crich and Ken Lomas; and at Mush Room Studios in Vancouver, BC, by Dale Penner.

Chart positions

References

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