''Tour de Force'' is the sixth studio

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by the southern rock band

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, released in

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. Three

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s were made for the tracks "If I'd Been the One", "Back Where You Belong", and "One Time for Old Times", with the latter two featuring the band portraying detectives who are, humorously, trying to find a missing woman in a light-hearted homage to the TV drama '' Hill Street Blues''.

Track listing

#"If I'd Been the One" (

Don Barnes Richard Donald Barnes (born December 3, 1952) is an American rock vocalist and guitarist and one of the founding members of the Southern rock band 38 Special. Barnes performed lead vocals on nearly all of the group's biggest hits, including " ...

, Jeff Carlisi, Larry Steele,

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) – 3:55 #"Back Where You Belong" ( Gary O'Connor) – 4:29 #"One Time for Old Times" (O'Connor) – 4:32 #"See Me in Your Eyes" (Barnes, Carlisi, Steele) – 3:54 #"Twentieth Century Fox" (Barnes, Carlisi, Steele, Van Zant) – 3:45 #"Long Distance Affair" (Barnes, Steele, Van Zant) – 3:56 #"I Oughta Let Go" (Steve Diamond,

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, Eddie Setser) – 3:59 #"One of the Lonely Ones" (Barnes, Steele, Van Zant) – 4:01 #"Undercover Lover" (Carlisi, Steele, Van Zant) – 4:11

Personnel

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– guitars, lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8), backing vocals * Jeff Carlisi – guitars,

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* Larry Junstrom – bass * Steve Brookins – drums * Jack Grondin – drums *

– lead vocals (3, 5, 7, 9), backing vocals

Additional musicians

* Steve McRay – keyboards * Jimmy Markham –

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* Carol Bristow – backing vocals * Lu Moss – backing vocals

Production

* Don Barnes – co- producer * Jeff Carlisi – co-producer * Rodney Mills – producer, engineer * Ric Saunders – engineer *

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– mastering * A&M Mastering Studios (Hollywood, California) – mastering location * Mark Spector – management, direction * Larry Steele – stage manager * Chuck Beeson – art direction, design * Norman Moore – art direction, design * Harrison Funk – inner sleeve photography * Steve Prezant – front cover photography

Charts

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Notes

38 Special (band) albums 1984 albums A&M Records albums Albums produced by Rodney Mills {{1980s-album-stub