''Stare'' is the third album by

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n rock band Gorky Park, released in 1996, originally under Nox Music in Russia.

Background

Before recording the album, the band began touring followed by Russia in 1994. The following year, they focus at their new studio in Los Angeles with new songs composed, many of them written by the duo of

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and

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from

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band. Shortly before the recording began, the band incorporates a keyboardist, Nikolai Kuzminih, due to the evolution to a more

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style. At the same time, they invited English session guitarist

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and drummer Ron Powel. Back in Russia, the mix was made by

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at the GDRZ Studio-5 with the

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. The third album was released on May 20, 1996, followed by a great tour by Russia, featuring an image and sound more mature and contemporary. However, the album was a resounding commercial failure outside their native country, in a world dominated by other musical genres. Four music videos was made for the album: "Stare", "Stop the World I Want to Get Off", "Ocean" and "Scared", which was directed by Sergei Bazhenov.

Track listing

Personnel

; Band members * Alexandre "Big Sasha" Minkov — lead vocals, bass guitar * Alexei Belov — guitar, keyboards, backing vocals * Alexandre "Jan" Janenkov (Alexander "Yan" Yanenkov) — guitar * Alexandre "Little Sasha" Lvov — drums *Nikolai Kuzminih - keyboards ;Additional musicians *

- guitar olo(track # 7) * Dorothy Colman - harmonica (tracks # 8, 11) * Dorothy Colman, Ester Nicholson, Latonya Reed - backing vocals (track # 5) *Ron Powel - percussion *

- orchestral arrangements

References

External links

Discogs.com
{{Authority control 1996 albums Gorky Park (band) albums