GTR is the 1986 self-titled debut album and sole official studio release from the short-lived supergroup

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 GTR

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. The album peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200

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 chart, and the single "When the Heart Rules the Mind" reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 single chart. Another single, "The Hunter," peaked at No. 85.

The group, founded by ex-Genesis

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 guitarist Steve Hackett

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 and then ex-Yes

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 and Asia

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 guitarist Steve Howe

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, disbanded in 1987.

The band's name, anecdotally, comes from the marking on the studio mixing console that indicates the 'guitar' volume control.

The album was reissued in 2001 in a remastered CD edition. The album is currently out of print, with the exception of a Japanese mini-LP CD released in 2006.

Track listing

1. "When the Heart Rules the Mind" – 5:24 (Hackett, Howe)
2. "The Hunter" – 4:51 (Downes)
3. "Here I Wait" – 4:54 (Hackett, Howe)
4. "Sketches in the Sun" – 2:29 (Howe)
5. "Jekyll and Hyde" – 4:42 (Bacon, Hackett, Howe)
6. "You Can Still Get Through" – 4:53 (Hackett, Howe)
7. "Reach Out (Never Say No)" – 4:00 (Hackett, Howe, Spalding)
8. "Toe the Line" – 4:29 (Hackett, Howe)
9. "Hackett to Bits" – 2:10 (Hackett)
10. "Imagining" – 5:49 (Hackett, Howe, Mover)

Personnel

• Max Bacon
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   – vocals
• Steve Hackett
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   – guitars, vocals, guitar synthesizer, bass
• Steve Howe
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   – guitars, guitar synthesizer, vocals
• Phil Spalding
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   – bass guitar, vocals
• Jonathan Mover
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   – drums, percussion
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Production

• Geoff Downes
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   – producer
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• Alan Douglas – engineer
• John Brough – assistant engineer
• Noel Haris – assistant engineer
• Andy Mason – assistant engineer
• Howard Fritzson – art direction
• Ian Miller – design
• Mike Russell – photography
• Miki Slingsby – photography
• Jimmy Starr – remastering
• Eddie Wilner – reissue producer