''Undiscovered Soul'' is the second solo studio album from

Richie Sambora Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwri ...

the guitarist from New Jersey band

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. The album was released on February 23, 1998 and is more experimental than his earlier release '' Stranger in This Town''. The album was produced by Don Was.

Release and promotion

The album charted at #174 on The Billboard 200 and #24 on the UK Albums Chart. The lead single " Hard Times Come Easy" charted at #39 on the Mainstream rock chart and #37 in the UK, the second single "In It for Love" charted at #58 on the UK Singles Chart. The title track "Undiscovered Soul" and "Made in America" were also released as singles. Music videos were made for the first two singles.

Track listing

1997 Japanese Version

This version was released only in Japan and contains a slightly different running order and alternate versions of songs. This release features different artwork than the final 1998 album worldwide release.

1998 Tour Edition

This Japan-only limited edition comes with a bonus CD including six live recordings. All the Tracks are from the San Diego show in 1992.

Personnel

*Audio Mixers: Ed Cherney, Rail Jon Rogut, Bob Clearmountain *Recording information:

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; Record One;

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; Voodoo Lounge *Photographers: Chris McCann, Dan Chavkin, Greg Allen *Unknown Contributor Role: Richard Supa *Arranger: Richie Sambora *

- lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, handclaps * Mark Goldenberg - guitar, handclaps * Wayne Hood - guitar, strings arrangement *

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and singer of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the ba ...

- electric piano, synthesizer * Greg Phillinganes - piano, background vocals *

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- piano, electric piano *

Steven Tyler Steven Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948), known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, piano, and percussion. ...

- harmonica on "If God Was a Woman" * James "Hutch" Hutchinson - bass (on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12), background vocals, handclaps * Don Was - bass, wurlitzer, handclaps * Pino Palladino - fretless bass * Kenny Aronoff - drums, percussion, handclaps * Paulinho da Costa - percussion * Rami Jaffee - hammond b3 organ, accordion, handclaps *

Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he ba ...

- hammond b3 organ, background vocals * Robbie Buchanan - synthesizer * Jamie Muhoberac - synthesizer programming *

Myrna Smith Myrna Yvonne Smith (May 28, 1941 – December 24, 2010)
– accessed December 2010 was an American songwriter and singe ...

, Portia Griffin, Isabella Lento, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens, Hook - background vocals

Charts

Album

Singles

References

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