''Reel Life'' is the second album by American pop singer-songwriting duo Boy Meets Girl, released in 1988 by

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/ BMG. The album features the duo's sole top ten

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as a recording act, " Waiting for a Star to Fall," as well as the minor follow-up, " Bring Down the Moon." Like the duo's previous album, all of the tracks were written entirely by George Merrill and

Shannon Rubicam Shannon Rubicam (born October 11, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who is best known for being half of the mid-to-late-1980s pop duo Boy Meets Girl. Her husband, George Merrill, was the other half of Boy Meets Girl, best known for their ...

Track listing

*All titles published by Irving Music, Inc./Boy Meets Girl Music. #" Bring Down the Moon" − 5:02 ( George Merrill,

) #" Waiting for a Star to Fall" − 4:32 (Merrill, Rubicam) #"Stormy Love" − 4:36 (Merrill, Rubicam) #"Is Anybody Out There in Love?" − 4:55 (Merrill) #"Stay Forever" − 4:08 (Merrill, Rubicam) #"If You Run" − 4:33 (Merrill, Rubicam) #"One Sweet Dream" − 5:47 (Merrill, Rubicam) #"No Apologies" − 4:25 (Merrill, Rubicam) #"Restless Dreamer" − 4:56 (Merrill, Rubicam) #"Someone's Got to Send Out Love" − 1:56 (Merrill, Rubicam)

Production

* Arif Mardin – producer (1-4) * George Merrill – producer (5-10) * Paul Atkinson – A&R * Joey Wolpert – recording, mixing (5, 7, 10) * Rod Hui – additional recording * Jim Bredouw – assistant engineer * Don Tittle – assistant engineer * Matt Tritto – assistant engineer * Eric Westfall – assistant engineer * David Leonard – mixing (1-4, 6, 8, 9) * Jim Dineen – mix assistant (1-4, 6, 8, 9) * Kristen Connelly – mix assistant (5, 7, 10) *

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– mastering * Ria Lewerke – creative director * Norman Moore – art direction, design * Michael Tighe – photography * Direct Managerment Group – management

Personnel

Boy Meets Girl

– vocals * George Merrill – vocals, acoustic piano (1, 2, 10), synthesizers (1, 2, 3, 5, 7),

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(1, 7, 8), bass (2), drum programming (2, 3, 7, 8), sequencing (3, 6, 8), drum sequencing (4), Emax voices (4), Linn 9000 drum machine (5), sampler (5),

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(6, 9),

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(10)

Additional musicians

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– synthesizers (1, 2, 4), additional programming (3) *

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– synthesizers (4, 5, 9), sampler (5), voice box solo (6), sound effects (6), rear whistle (9) * Thomas Hart – programming (10) * John Goux – guitars (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8),

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(1), electric guitar (3),

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(7) * John Morton – guitars (6, 9) * Eric Williams – mandolin (9) * Leon Gaer – bass (1, 4, 10) * Kerry Hatch – synth bass (3), bass (5, 7, 8, 9) * Kevin McCormick – bass (6) *

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– drums (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9), Linn 9000 drum machine (5),

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(7), brushes (7), cymbal (7) * Denny Fongheiser – Linn 9000 drum machine (1), drums (2, 3, 4) * Andy Snitzer – alto saxophone (2),

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(8) *

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– alto saxophone (8) * Susan Boyd – additional vocals (2, 3, 5) * Joe Turano – additional vocals (6) * Bunman – Bunman (10) Boy Meets Girl- ''Reel Life'' LP @Discogs.com
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Charts

Weekly charts

References

*Boy Meets Girl, ''Reel Life'' CD

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