''The Vanishing Race'' is the twelfth album by Australian soft rock band

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, released in 1993. Although the album failed to reach the US charts, its single "

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" peaked at No. 48 on the

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chart. The album became especially relevant in Asia, where singles "Goodbye", which reached No. 1 in several Asian countries, and "It's Never Too Late" helped the album reach platinum certification.Biographies: Air Supply
8-12-08 The album sold over 4 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

#"It's Never Too Late" (

Graham Russell Graham Cyril Russell (born 11 June 1950) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, producer and guitarist of the soft rock duo Air Supply. In 1975, with Russell Hitchcock, he formed Air Supply in Australia. The duo have been singing and per ...

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) - 6:01 #"Faith" (Rick Hahn, George Thatcher) - 4:53 #"Kiss Me Like You Mean It" (Graham Russell, Guy Allison, Clifford Rehrig) - 4:27 #"Evidence of Love" (Steve Diamond, Chris Farron) - 4:40 #"

" (

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, Linda Thompson) - 4:05 #"The Vanishing Race" (Graham Russell, Larry Antonino, Michael Sherwood) - 5:39 #"Don't Tell Me" (Graham Russell,

Jimmy Haun Jimmy Cary Haun is an American guitarist and composer, known for his work with the bands Yes, Air Supply, and Circa. Career Haun got his start in the music business through his childhood friend Michael Sherwood and toured with Michael's father� ...

, Michael Sherwood) - 4:51 #"Too Sentimental" (

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, Graham Russell) - 3:54 #"I Remember Love" (Graham Russell, Michael Sherwood) - 4:27 #"I'll Be Thinking of You" (Graham Russell) - 4:26

Personnel

Russell Hitchcock Russell Charles Hitchcock (born 15 June 1949) is an Australian musician and lead vocalist of the soft rock duo Air Supply. Early life Born in Melbourne, Hitchcock attended South Brunswick State School, and later studied at Princes Hill High ...

– lead vocals (1–3, 5, 8–10), backing vocals (1–3, 6–8) *

– lead vocals (1, 3–7), backing vocals (1-3, 6–9), arrangements (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10) acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6), electric guitar (7), acoustic piano (10) * Michael Thompson – electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 9) *

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– electric guitar (2, 3, 6) *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

– acoustic guitar (4, 5) *

Guy Allison Guy Allison (born April 23, 1959) is an American musician. He was the touring keyboardist for the Doobie Brothers from 1996 to 2015 and was featured on their 2000 release ''Sibling Rivalry''. Biography His first record deal was signed with a ...

– keyboards (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10), programming (7), acoustic piano (10) *

Simon Franglen Simon Franglen (born Westminster, London, England) is an English composer of classical and film music. He is also a record producer and former musician. His credits include four of the list of top grossing films and six of the list of best-sell ...

–

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(1), Synclavier programming (5) * Rick Hahn – keyboard programming (2), drum programming (2) *

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– keyboards (4, 10) * Claude Gaudette – keyboards (5), drum programming (5, 8),

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(8) * Brad Buxer – keyboards (8), percussion programming (8) *

Billy Sherwood William Wyman Sherwood (born March 14, 1965) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, record producer and mixing engineer. He is best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock band Yes (band), Yes as guitarist and ke ...

– 8-string bass (1), 5-string bass (1) *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...

– bass (3, 6) *

Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was rec ...

– bass (6, 7, 9) * Clifford Rehrig – stick bass (9, 10) * Michael Baird – drums (1) *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ...

– drums (3, 6, 9) * Rafael Padilla – percussion (1–5, 9) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (6, 7) *

Steve Tavaglione Steve Tavaglione, sometimes known as "Tav", is a woodwind and EWI musician best known for his work as a co-founder of the Latin fusion group Caldera with Jorge Strunz and Eduardo del Barrio, his work with Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, John Pi ...

– saxophone (4, 7, 8) * Anita Sherman – backing vocals (1, 3) * Jessica Williams – backing vocals (1, 3) *

Warren Wiebe Warren Wiebe (July 18, 1953 – October 25, 1998) was an American vocalist and session artist from San Diego. Career After playing bass with several bands, Warren Wiebe was discovered by David Foster and Burt Bacharach in Los Angeles in 1987 ...

– backing vocals (2) * Quiltman – backing vocals (6), Indian chant and prayer (6) * Michael Sherwood – backing vocals (6)

Production

* Producer, Engineer and Mixing –

Humberto Gatica Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Celine Dion, Chicago, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Michael Bublé. Gatica's inter ...

* Executive Producer – Graham Russell * Assistant Producer and Engineer – Felipe Elgueta * A&R – Jeff Aldrich * Production Coordination – Tony DeFranco * Mix Assistant – Alejandro Rodriguez * Mastered by

George Marino George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...

at Sterling Sound (New York, NY). * Cover Artwork – Brett-Livingstone Strong * Photography – Dean Armstrong

References

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