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label in 1984, reaching No. 27 on the Canadian RPM Album Chart, and selling 100,000 copies in Canada and 400,000 internationally. The video for its lead single, "

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Track listing

Personnel

Band members *

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– lead vocals * Brent "The Doctor" Doerner – guitars, backing vocals *

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– guitars, backing vocals * Daryl Gray – bass, backing vocals * Greg "Fritz" Hinz – drums Additional musicians *

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– additional bass Production *Produced by Tom Treumuth for Hypnotic Productions, except "Rock You" and "Young & Wreckless", co-produced by

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s produced by Simon Hanhart *Recorded & Engineered by Dave Wittman *Recorded at Phase One Studios (Toronto), Electric Lady (New York City), Studio One (Atlanta) *Rodney Mills – mixing *Gregory M. Quesnel – mixing assistant *Originally Mastered by

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*Remastered by

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(2009 Rock Candy version) *Heather Brown, Robert Meecham – art direction

Charts

Album

Singles

References

{{Authority control Helix (band) albums 1984 albums Capitol Records albums Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios