''I Wear the Face'' is the 1984

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debut album from

Mr. Mister Mr. Mister was an American rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, active from 1982 until 1990. The band consisted of Richard Page (musician), Richard Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George (keyboardist), Steve George on keyboards/backing v ...

. It reached #170 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 chart. It was originally issued with a different cover photograph that was changed after the success of their second RCA album. The lead single from the album, "

Hunters of the Night "Hunters of the Night" is a song by the band Mr. Mister, released as the first single from their 1984 debut album, ''I Wear the Face''. Background and music The power ballad A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often d ...

" reached a peak of #57 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. In 2016, the album was digitally remastered and released in Japan, using the original artwork.

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang except as noted: #"

" (Page, George, Lang, George Ghiz) – 5:13 #"Code of Love" – 4:34 #"Partners in Crime" – 4:23 #"32" – 4:41 #"Runaway" – 4:15 #"Talk the Talk" – 4:27 #"I'll Let You Drive" – 4:10 #"I Get Lost Sometimes" – 3:55 #"I Wear the Face" – 4:56 #"Life Goes On" (Page, George, Lang, Pat Mastelotto)– 5:15

Personnel

Mr. Mister *

Richard Page Richard Lewis Page (born 22 February 1941) is a former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and from December 1979 to 2005. Early life Born the son of Victor Charles Page, he went to the independent H ...

– lead vocals, bass guitar * Steve George – keyboards, saxophone, backing vocals * Steve Farris – guitars *

Pat Mastelotto Lee Patrick Mastelotto (born September 10, 1955) is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister and O.R.k., as well as working as a session drummer with XTC, The Pointer Sisters an ...

– drums Production * Peter McIan – producer, engineer * Ric Butz – recording * Paul Ray – assistant engineer *

Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979. Biography Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at ...

– remastering * Joe Stelmach – art direction *

Aaron Rapoport Aaron Rapoport (born May 22, 1954) is an American photographer, best known for his photographs of musicians. Biography In a career that spans over three decades, Rapoport has photographed in a wide variety of areas including commercial photogr ...

– cover photograph * Rob Brown – inner sleeve photograph

References

Mr. Mister albums 1984 debut albums RCA Records albums {{1980s-pop-album-stub