''Last of the Runaways'' is the debut 1989 studio album by the rock group

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. It included the hit, "I'm a Believer”, along with the band's biggest hit, “I'll See You in My Dreams".

Track listing

# "I'm a Believer" (

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, Phil Naish) – 5:45 # "Innocent Days" (Dann Huff, Spiro) – 5:15 # "I Can't Get Close Enough" (Dann Huff, Spiro) – 6:06 # " I'll See You in My Dreams" (Pasqua, Spiro) – 4:46 # "No Way Out" (Dann Huff, Terry Thomas, Pasqua, David Huff) – 4:04 # "Shake Me Up" (Dann Huff, Pasqua, Mike Brignardello, Thomas) – 4:16 # "It Takes Two" (Pasqua, Spiro) – 4:59 # "Stranger to Me" (Dann Huff, Brignardello, Thomas) – 5:56 # "Hold Back the Night" (Dann Huff, Spiro, Pasqua) – 4:11 # "Love Welcome Home" (Dann Huff, Spiro, Naish) – 4:51 # "The Big Pitch" (Dann Huff, Thomas, Pasqua) – 5:07

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

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keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

*Mike Brignardello –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

and backing vocals * David Huff –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

and backing vocals ;Additional musicians *Lea Hart, Peter Howarth, Terry Thomas – backing vocals

Production

*Produced by Terry Thomas *Engineered by Rafe McKenna *Assistant Engineers: Paul Cuddeford, Jon Mallison, Derek Murphy, Mark Willie, Helen Woodward *Mixing: Nigel Green, Rafe McKenna *Mastering: Arnie Acosta

References

External links

Heavy Harmonies page
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