''Jamie Walters'' is the self-titled debut from American actor and singer,
Jamie Walters
James Leland Walters Jr. (born June 13, 1969) is an American actor and singer, best known for his roles on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' and '' The Heights'' and singing lead vocal on " How Do You Talk to an Angel".
Career
Walters was born in Boston ...
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Critical reception
Sara Sytsma of
AllMusic
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gave it three out of five stars and was given an "Album Pick" tag, calling it "a well-produced
collection of mainstream, adult contemporary-oriented pop/rock". But Sytsma commented that Walters "doesn't possess a great voice, but the producers of the album are quite talented; in their hands, he sounds very good."
Tour
Walters toured the US and Europe to support the album. The European leg of the tour featured performances that consisted of just Walters and Reb Beach on acoustic guitars.
When asked about this tour, Reb Beach answered:
"Jamie Walters was THE funnest tour I ever did. It was just Jamie and I, first class all the way through Europe. Jamie and I became great friends and we wrote the song "You" together. With the exception of
Kip Winger
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, he is probably my favorite person in the world (meaning "male person")."
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted credits from the album's liner notes.
Vocals
*Main vocals – Jamie Walters
*Backing vocals – Alex Brown,
Merry Clayton
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, Barry Coffing,
Dr. John
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, Dee Harvey, Mortonette Jenkins, Marlena Jeter, David Palmer,
Vonda Shepard
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Leland Sklar
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, Zach Throne
*Drums –
Russ Kunkel
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Dean Parks
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Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...
, Jamie Walters, Zach Throne
*
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Mike Finnigan
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* Harmonica – Jamie Walters
* Keyboards – Guy Moon, Kevin Savigar
*Loops and sampling – Roy Campanella III
*Percussion – Russ Kunkel,
Gary Mallaber
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Production
*Album coordinators – Andy Forshee, Mark Heyes, Michael Knobloch
*Assistant engineer – Michae Knobloch
*
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– Grant Conway, David Hines,
Max Norman
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, Michael Ross, Steve Tyrell, Gabe Veltri
* Mastering –
Gavin Lurssen
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Chris Lord-Alge
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* Producer – Steve Tyrell
*Production assistant – Julia Russell
Design
*Art direction – Robin Cottle
*Photography – Brad Hitz
*Illustration – Charlie Roberts