Mr. Mister - I Wear The Face (1984) (Japan AOR City 1000 Edition 2016)

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Mr. Mister - I Wear The Face (1984) (Japan AOR City 1000 Edition 2016)

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Mr. Mister - I Wear The Face (1984) (Japan AOR City 1000 Edition 2016)

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Year : 1984 (Japan AOR City 1000 Remastered Edition 2016)
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 158 mb


Bio:

Mr. Mister was an American pop rock band most popular in the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report album called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister."Mr. Mister may be considered as representative of the melodic sound of 1980s pop rock.The band consisted of Richard Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George on keyboards/backing vocals, Pat Mastelotto on acoustic and electronic drums/percussion and Steve Farris on guitars/backing vocals. Mr. Mister was the successor to the band Pages, fronted by Page and George from 1978 to 1981.Although formed in Phoenix, Arizona,Mr. Mister was based in Los Angeles.Richard Page had previously worked as a session musician (for Quincy Jones) and had composed for Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, and many more.In 1978, Page and his childhood friend Steve George founded the band Pages in Phoenix, Arizona. Pages explored a pop fusion sound, with a changing lineup of session musicians. Although Pages had a minor hit single with "I Do Believe In You," and its three albums garnered favorable reviews, the group had little commercial success.After disbanding Pages in 1981, Page and George focused on songwriting and studio session work for pop artists ranging from Laura Branigan to the Village People.By 1982, Page and George began putting together a more pop-oriented group with a permanent lineup, rounded out by drummer Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Steve Farris. All four members had done extensive session work for other artists and brought numerous influences to the band. The initial plan was to bring in a fifth member (a bassist), but after realizing that Page, who was originally slated to be solely the lead singer, could hold his own on bass guitar, the members decided to remain a fourpiece.When the first Mr. Mister album, I Wear the Face, was released by RCA Records in 1984, Page was offered the chance to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer of Toto, and later was offered Peter Cetera's place in Chicago; he refused both offers.Their second album, 1985's Welcome to the Real World—with lyrics from Page's cousin John Lang—was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. All three singles were in the top 10, two of which hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts—"Kyrie" and "Broken Wings". The latter was inspired by the book of the same title by Khalil Gibran.They had several No. 1 MTV videos, and performed at the first MTV Spring Break show in 1986. That year, Mr. Mister had two Grammy Award nominations, including Best Pop Band (which was awarded to the "We Are the World" ensemble, USA for Africa).During this time, Mr. Mister toured with other popular acts including Don Henley, The Bangles, Eurythmics, Tina Turner, and Adam Ant. The band's third album was Go On..., which was not a commercial success.During the 1980s, the group wrote and/or performed songs for several movies, including the title song for Stand and Deliver, and Is It Love as the outro track for Stakeout.Guitarist Steve Farris left in 1988. The remaining bandmembers teamed up with Christian recording artist Paul Clark and acted as his backup band for Clark's 1988 indie release Awakening from the Western Dream. Next, the band began working on a fourth album, Pull, with session guitarists Buzz Feiten, Trevor Rabin, Doug Macaskill and Peter McRea. The album was completed in 1990, but RCA Records decided not to release it. Soon afterward, the band broke up. The album remained unreleased for 20 years—though one track ("Waiting in My Dreams") appeared on a 2001 greatest hits collection by the band. On November 23, 2010 the remastered album was finally released by the band – in collaboration with Sony music – on Richard Page's independent label, Little Dume Recordings. The album is also available from Sony on iTunes and other digital distribution channels.

Album:

As requested by many, here’s the not easy to find reissue of Mr. MISTER‘s LP “I Wear The Face“, in this remastered reissue featuring the original artwork, released as part of the Sony Music Japan campaign titled AOR CITY 1000.Originally out in 1984, “I Wear The Face” is the first album by Mr. Mister, the band lead by talented Richard Page who turned down the offer to be Toto’s frontman (!)This first Mr. Mister effort may not be as AORish as their next monster hit album Welcome To The Real World, but it’s a great one in its own right.The LP spawned a single hit in opener ‘Hunters of the Night’, well-received in both radio and MTV, however, the album has some other great tracks worth listening such as ‘Partners in Crime’, ‘Code of Love’, ‘Runaway’ or ‘Hunters of the Night’.Alongside their rock&pop / Lite AOR melodies, Mr. Mister always had a little ‘progressive’ little touch in their instrumentation which made them so interesting, and this first album is not the exception.It’s not strange that Steve Lukather asked Richard Page for the vocalist slot in Toto. Some tracks here sound like Toto such as ’32’, with others akin Starship, The Outfield, Cutting Crew, etc.When the band recorded “I Wear The Face”, the American music market was under some kind of ‘British rock&pop invasion’ lead by The Police, so Page & Co. tried to balance their US Radio sound with a touch of UK feel as well (check ‘I Get Lost Sometimes’).The album title defies sounding like a new act. Richard Page already had long career fronting Pages but also as background vocalist for REO Speedwagon or Survivor among others. Just before Mr. Mister recorded their debut album, Richard Page was part of Surivor’s Caught In The Game awesome record.This might have influenced him as ‘Partners in Crime’ features great multi-layered choruses and a Survivor-ish catchiness.“I Wear The Face” is not that instant as the second Mr. Mister album, but after few listens will find yourself loving it. It’s a really well elaborated rock&pop / lite AOR with elegant melodies and smooth vocals.This is you chance to get a Japanese Edition of this album at a really low price. It uses the last remastering and sound million bucks.Pure ’80s stuff.

Line-Up:

Richard Page – bass, lead vocals
Steve Farris – guitars
Steve George – synthesizers, sax, background vocals
Pat Mastelotto – drums

production:

Art Direction – Joe Stelmach*
Engineer [Associate] – Paul Ray
Liner Notes – Toshikazu Kanazawa
Photography By – Aaaron Rapoport*
Photography By, Sleeve [Inner] – Rob Brown
Producer, Engineer – Peter McIan
Recorded By [Recordist] – Ric Butz

Tracklist:

01. Hunters of the Night
02. Code of Love
03. Partners in Crime
04. 32
05. Runaway
06. Talk the Talk
07. I’ll Let You Drive
08. I Get Lost Sometimes
09. I Wear the Face
10. Life Goes On


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