Blue Tears is the debut album of the band of the same name. The album was released in 1990 by MCA Records

MCA Records

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The album features a sound similar to the hair band

Glam metal

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s of the 80s, like Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

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 and the likes. It spawned several singles and videos like "Innocent Kiss" and "Rockin' with the Radio".

However, due to the new wave of alternative and grunge

Grunge

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 music, the band was quickly swept under the rug.

Track listing

1. "Rockin' With the Radio"
2. "Crush"
3. "Blue Tears"
4. "Take This Heart"
5. "Halfway to Heaven"
6. "Innocent Kiss"
7. "Racing With the Moon"
8. "Kiss Me Goodbye"
9. "True Romance"
10. "Thunder in the Night"

Personnel

• Gregg Fulkerson
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   - vocals
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  , guitar
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• Charlie Lauderdale - drums
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• Bryan Hall
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   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Michael Spears - bass
  Bass guitar
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