''Orion the Hunter'' is the only album from the band Orion the Hunter, which was an offshoot of the band

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and backing vocalist

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would join a later incarnation of the band. The group also included

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) on drums and percussion, and Bruce Smith on bass. The album was released in 1984 and charted at number 57. It featured the

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"So You Ran", which was a rock radio top 10 hit; it also charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Reception

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's Doug Stone retrospectively gave the album two stars. Saying of the songs "Fast Talk", "Dreamin'" and "I Call It Love": "

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good, professional rock tunes. Maybe too professional, as they come off a bit cold". He went on to say that "even though Orion the Hunter holds some personal nostalgia, too many albums deserve more attention".* "Orion The Hunter" at allmusicReviewed By Doug Stone; retrieved August 19, 2010

Track listing

#All Those Years (Brad Delp, Barry Goudreau, F. Migliaccio) 4:50 #So You Ran (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 4:58 #Dreamin' (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 5:26 #Dark & Stormy (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 5:15 #Stand Up (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 5:18 #Fast Talk (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 4:15 #Too Much in Love (Delp, Goudreau, Migliaccio, J. Piercy) 3:51 #Joanne (Delp, Migliaccio, Bruce Smith) 4:27 #I Call It Love (Delp, Goudreau, Migliaccio) 3:52

Personnel

Orion the Hunter

*Fran Cosmo - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, phased guitar (on "Stand Up") *Barry Goudreau -

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and 12-string guitars, backing vocals *Bruce Smith - bass, backing vocals *Michael DeRosier - drums, percussion

Additional personnel

*Brad Delp - additional vocals *Lennie Petze - additional guitars ("Chuka Chuka") on "So You Ran" *Steve Baker - grand piano *Jimmy Bralower, John Schuller and Peter Wood - keyboards, synthesizers

Technical personnel

*Production - Barry Goudreau and Lennie Petze *Recording and engineering - Josh Abbey, Larry Alexander and Gregg Lunsford *Assistant engineers - Ted Greenwald and Gary Lindquist *Mixing -

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*Mastering - Steve Hoffman

Notes

{{Authority control 1984 debut albums Portrait Records albums