Year : 1979 (Rock Candy Remastered 2008)
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 83 mb
Bio:
John Charles Barrett (born October 28, 1953), known professionally as Desmond Child, is an American songwriter and producer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and has won a Latin Grammy Award.His hits as a songwriter include Kiss' "I Was Made for Lovin' You"; Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Hate Myself for Loving You"; Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer","Bad Medicine", and "Born to Be My Baby"; Aerosmith's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Angel", "What It Takes" and "Crazy"; Cher's "We All Sleep Alone" and "Just Like Jesse James"; Brit Smith's "Karma's a Bitch", recently redone by Jojo Siwa; Alice Cooper's "Poison"; Michael Bolton's "How Can We Be Lovers?"; and Ricky Martin's "The Cup of Life" and "Livin' la Vida Loca".Child's career started when he formed an R&B-influenced pop rock band, Desmond Child & Rouge in 1975 with singers Myriam Valle, Maria Vidal, and Diana Grasselli, backed by hired musicians.The band was known for their inclusion on the soundtrack to The Warriors in 1979, with the song "Last of an Ancient Breed", and for the song "Our Love is Insane", which charted at No. 51 in the Billboard Hot 100. Their two albums received positive reviews but sold poorly and the group disbanded in 1980.One member, Maria Vidal, had a hit in 1985 with "Body Rock".Child then worked with songwriter Bob Crewe for two years.Artists Child has worked with include Kiss, Cher, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Tyler, Dream Theater, Roxette, Ricky Martin, Selena Gomez, and Kelly Clarkson.Desmond is credited with discovering Troy Curtis Tuminelli and recommending him to Edgardo Diaz before Tuminelli landed in Menudo, and, eventually, on Guiding Light.He was the key partner in Alice Cooper's album Trash (1989). He was also responsible for co-writing the Ratt album Detonator (1990).Child scored a Billboard Top 40 hit in 1991 as a solo artist with "Love on a Rooftop", a song he had co-written with Diane Warren, originally recorded by Ronnie Spector, and later by Cher. "Love on a Rooftop" also peaked at number 55 on the Australian ARIA Charts.He produced Meat Loaf's album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and co-wrote six of its songs.Child wrote the song "Believe in Me" for Bonnie Tyler in 2012 and one year later it was selected as the Eurovision Song Contest entry for the United Kingdom, where it finished in 19th place in the final. Following the contest, Tyler received two Eurovision Song Contest Radio Awards for Best Song and Best Singer, making her the first UK representative to win the award. Child was to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest again as a songwriter in 2022, co-writing and producing the Finnish entry, Jezebel, performed by the Rasmus.The song would go on to finish 21st in the final.Child was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.In 2013, he co-founded the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame along with fellow Cuban-American composer Rudy Pérez.Desmond's autobiography, Livin' on a Prayer: Big Songs Big Life with David Ritz, was released September 19, 2023.
Album:
DESMOND CHILD & Rouge albums were repeatedly requested on this blog, even more with Desmond’s new album, so here it is their second and final record “Runners In The Night”, remastered by Rock Candy specialists with a pristine sound.As you may know, Desmond Child is the composer of numerous world wide smashes whose roll call of success includes songs performed by a plethora of top international talent from Bon Jovi (‘Livin On A Prayer’), Kiss (‘I Was made For Lovin’ You’), Aerosmith (‘Dude (Looks Like A Lady’), Alice Cooper (‘Poison’) and many more in between.Desmond Child’s influence on contemporary music is all encompassing and hugely influential.After the debut album with a poppy sound trying to hit the radio, Child wanted a more adult, FM Rock sound which was arising in the USA at the end of the Seventies. He was completely convinced that sound will rule the airwaves for the next five years… and he was right.“Runners In The Night” sounded distinctly rockier than its predecessor, with more electric guitar presence featuring some hot licks by session man G.E. Smith, who later showed up as axeman for Hall & Oates.All are strong tunes with a great melodic rock feel like ‘The Truth Came Out’ and ‘Tumble In The Night’. The AORish ‘Rosa’ is great too, while first track ‘The Truth Came Out’ is loud and kicking.My absolute favorite is ‘My Heart’s On Fire’ with its addictive melody and catchiness, and together with ‘The Night Was Not’ are instant classics and need to be put on any Desmond Child Best Of compilation.The title track is a slow rocker that could easily be reprised by today’s melodic rock bands, “Scared To Live” has a beginning riff that puts to shame several rock classics, and “Feelin’ Like This” will not suffer from any comparison with any good FM Radio hit from the Eighties.Desmond Child & Rouge “Runners In the Night” is generally regarded as the troupe’s finest moment, a record full of delightful twists and turns with a forceful melodic rock quotient that has been recognised as one of the genre’s most ambitious and impressive creations.Make no mistake, this is one of the best, if unheralded, AOR / MR releases of all time, especially for the songwriting / sound approach, which in grand part defined what was to come in this musical genre.
Line Up:
Desmond Child - lead vocals , piano - see also: ex-The Dudes of Wrath, ex-Desmond Child & Rouge
G. E. Smith – guitars
John Siegler – bass
Jerry Marotta – drums
Randy Courts, Batte Sussman – keyboards
Production:
Licensed From – EMI Music Ltd.
Co-producer – Desmond Child
Producer – Richard Landis
Remastered By – Jon Astley
Tracklist:
01. The Truth Comes Out
02. My Heart’s On Fire
03. The Night Was Not
04. Goodbye Baby
05. Runners In the Night
06. Tumble In the Night
07. Scared to Live
08. A Feelin’ Like This
09. Imitation of Love
10. Rosa
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