''One Foot in Front'' is the seventh
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by Australian pop singer
John Paul Young
John Inglis Young, OAM (born 21 June 1950), known professionally as John Paul Young, is a Scottish-born Australian pop singer who had his 1978 worldwide hit with " Love Is in the Air". His career was boosted by regular appearances as a perfor ...
, released in March 1984. The album spawned four singles, "
Soldier of Fortune" in 1983, and "War Games", "L.A. Sunset" and "Call the Night" in 1984.
For European release in 1984, the album was titled ''Soldier of Fortune'', and for re-release in 1992 it was renamed ''War Games''. It is the first Young album to not feature
Vanda & Young
Vanda & Young were an Australian songwriting and producing duo composed of Harry Vanda and George Young. They performed as members of 1960s Australian rock group the Easybeats where Vanda was their lead guitarist and backing singer and Young wa ...
as producers.
In 1992 the album was remastered and released on CD and it came with seven bonus tracks.
Overview
In 1983, Young signed to the Australian branch of German label I.C. Records. He flew to Germany with producer, composer and keyboard player John Capek to record a new album. Additional sessions in Los Angeles, Melbourne and Sydney.
Track listing
;Side one
;Side two
Bonus tracks
Personnel
;John Paul Young and the All Star Band
*Arranged By
orns– Bill Shepherd
*John Paul Young - Vocals
*John Capek - Keyboards, Synthesizer
*Steve McDonnell - Didgeridoo
*Alex Conti - Guitar
*Mark Punch - Guitar
*Russell Dunlop - Percussion,
Backing Vocals
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)
*Veronica Lee - Backing Vocals
*Wendy Matthews - Backing Vocals
*Marc Jordan - Backing Vocals
*Warren Morgan - Keyboards
dditional*The Munich Horns - Horns
Producer – John Capek (tracks: 1 to 10, 12 to 17), John Paul Young (tracks: 11), Warren Morgan (tracks: 11)
Notes: Originally recorded in 1983 between Europe and Australia and issued as "One Foot In Front".
Tracks 11 and 16 are taken from 12" single "Soldier Of Fortune" released in 1983.
Tracks 12 and 17 are taken from 12" maxi-single "War Games" released in 1984.
References
John Paul Young albums
1984 albums
Festival Records albums
1992 albums
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