''The Lace'' is the only solo studio album by American rock and roll singer
Benjamin Orr
Benjamin Orzechowski (September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000), known professionally as Benjamin Orr, was an American musician best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the rock band The Cars. He sang lead vocals on sever ...
, best known for his work with
The Cars. It was released on October 6, 1986, by
Elektra Records
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1 ...
and features his only solo hit, the song, "
Stay the Night", which reached the top 40 in 1987. A follow-up single "Too Hot to Stop" was also released but failed to chart.
Wounded Bird Records re-released the album on
CD on August 15, 2006.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from
AllMusic.
*Benjamin Orr – lead and backing vocals, bass, keyboards, drum programming, production
*Diane Grey Page – backing vocals
*
Michael Landau
Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...
- guitars
*
Elliot Easton – guitars
*
Larry Klein –
keyboards, production
Technical personnel
* Mike Shipley - production, engineering and recording
* Thom Moore - additional engineering and mixing (except "Stay The Night" and "Too Hot To Stop")
* Mike Shipley - mixing on "Stay The Night" and "Too Hot To Stop"
*
Bob Ludwig
Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...
- mastering at Master disk
* All songs published by Orange Village Music (
ASCAP
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)
Charts
References
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1986 debut albums
Albums produced by Larry Klein
Albums produced by Mike Shipley
Benjamin Orr albums
Elektra Records albums