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''Reflector'' is the sixth
studio album
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by the
California
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soft rock
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group
Pablo Cruise
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*Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
*Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer
*Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
*Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer
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. The album charted slightly higher than its immediate predecessor, but still managed only to reach #34 in the
US. Two singles were released from the album; "
Cool Love" and "Slip Away", reaching #13 and #75 respectively in the US.
Produced by established and well-known
R&B producer
Tom Dowd
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, fans remarked that the album had a different feel to it.
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Two changes in members were made before the album was released. After just two albums, bassist and vocalist Bruce Day was replaced by John Pierce while additional guitarist Angelo Rossi was added. Furthermore, keyboardist ]Cory Lerios
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sang lead vocals on "This Time" and "Inside/Outside", something he had not done on previous albums.
Track listing
Side One
#"This Time" (Cory Lerios) - 3:38
#"Cool Love" (David Jenkins, Lerios, John Pierce) - 3:53
#"Don't Let the Magic Disappear" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 5:15
#"One More Night" (Jenkins, Lerios, Pierce) - 3:58
#"Jenny" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 3:48
Side Two
#"Slip Away" (Jenkins, Chuck Lutz, Pierce) - 3:46
#"That's When" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 3:53
#"Inside/Outside" (Lerios, Pierce) - 3:07
#"Paradise (Let Me Take You Into)" (Jenkins, Pierce) - 2:59
#"Drums in the Night" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 5:53
Charts
Personnel
* David Jenkins - guitars
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, vocals
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* Steve Price - percussion
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, drum
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s
*John Pierce - bass, vocals
*Cory Lerios
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- piano
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, keyboards
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, vocals
*Angelo Rossi - guitar, vocals
Production
*Tom Dowd
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: producer
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, mixing
*Greg Price: engineer, mixing
*Rick Sanchez: second engineer
*Chuck Kirkpatrick, Steve Klein: assistant engineers
*Bernie Grundman: mastering at A&M Studios
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Pablo Cruise albums
1981 albums
Albums produced by Tom Dowd
A&M Records albums