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, released on November 8, 1983. The album was intended to capitalize on the success of '' Fire of Unknown Origin'' two years prior, hence the blend of straight-ahead rock and pop elements. This was the first BÖC album not to feature all of the band's classic members, drummer

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having been fired during the previous tour and replaced by roadie Rick Downey. In contrast to the success of ''Fire of Unknown Origin'', the album failed to go Gold in the United States.

Songs

Lead single " Shooting Shark" was modestly successful on radio, reaching #83 and #16 on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 and

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charts, respectively. Its accompanying video became one of MTV's most requested clips upon its release. The lyrics to "Shooting Shark" were based on a poem by

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. "Take Me Away," co-written by

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rock musician

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, also received significant airplay on AOR. An earlier version of the song, titled "''Psycho Ward''", was being written by Nova before Bloom offered to contribute some lyrics, coming up with the chorus. The song reached #11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. A music video was created for the song and was featured on MTV.

Track listing

Personnel

;Band members *

– guitar, vocals * Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals, mixing (uncredited) *

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– piano, keyboards *

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– bass, electric and acoustic guitars, vocoder, vocals *Rick Downey – drums ;Additional musicians *

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– synthesizers, programming *

– guitar and synthesizers on "Take Me Away" *Gregg Winter – backing vocals on "Eyes on Fire" * Randy Jackson – bass on "Shooting Shark" *Marc Baum – saxophone on "Shooting Shark" ;Production * Bruce Fairbairn – producer, mixing *Dave Wittman – engineer *George Geranios, Ken Kessie – additional engineering *Chris Isca, Ron Coté, Ray Pyle – assistant engineers * Bob Ludwig – mastering *

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– management, mixing (uncredited) *Steve Schenck – management

Charts

Album

Singles

Shooting Shark Take Me Away

References

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