Giuffria (album)
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Giuffria is the self-titled debut album from American
rock
band Giuffria
(led by keyboard player Gregg Giuffria), released on MCA Records
in 1984, and co-produced by Andy Johns
. The album's highest peak on the Billboard Hot 100
was #26 on March 2, 1985. It was the most successful album from the five released by Giuffria
, then House of Lords
, from 1984 to 1992.
In 2007, "Call to the Heart" appeared in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories soundtrack
, playing on fictional power ballad radio station, Emotion 98.3.
United States
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rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Giuffria
Giuffria
Giuffria was an American rock band that was formed in 1982 by Gregg Giuffria after his departure from the band Angel, a glam rock/heavy metal band from Washington, D.C..- History of the band :...
(led by keyboard player Gregg Giuffria), released on MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
in 1984, and co-produced by Andy Johns
Andy Johns
Andy Johns is an engineer and producer who worked on well-known rock albums such as Led Zeppelin's IV and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. His sound is exemplified by Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced....
. The album's highest peak on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
was #26 on March 2, 1985. It was the most successful album from the five released by Giuffria
Giuffria
Giuffria was an American rock band that was formed in 1982 by Gregg Giuffria after his departure from the band Angel, a glam rock/heavy metal band from Washington, D.C..- History of the band :...
, then House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
, from 1984 to 1992.
In 2007, "Call to the Heart" appeared in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories soundtrack
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories soundtrack
The soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is presented as a series of radio stations that broadcast music and information to Vice City, circa 1984. Most of these stations are also featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; however, as Vice City is set two years later, there...
, playing on fictional power ballad radio station, Emotion 98.3.
Track listing
- All songs written by David Glen Eisley and Gregg Giuffria, except where noted.
- "Do Me Right" 4:12
- "Call to the Heart" 4:37
- "Don't Tear Me Down" (Eisley, Giuffria, Goldy) 4:54
- "Dance" (Eisley, Giuffria, Goldy) 4:08
- "Lonely in Love" 4:53
- "Trouble Again" 5:24
- "Turn Me On" (Eisley, Giuffria, Goldy) 4:25
- "Line of Fire" 4:56
- "The Awakening" 2:34
- "Out of the Blue (Too Far Gone)" 5:32
Giuffria
- David Glen EisleyDavid Glen EisleyDavid Glen Eisley is an American actor and musician.Eisley was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Anthony Eisley. While in high school, he played drums for the band Mammoth, an Iron Butterfly cover band. He has been in the AOR bands Giuffria and Dirty White Boy...
- lead vocals, keyboards, harmonica - Craig GoldyCraig GoldyCraig Goldy is an American guitarist, mostly notably of the band Dio.Before Dio, he played in the bands Vengeance, Rough Cutt, and Giuffria. He replaced Jake E. Lee in Rough Cutt and was himself replaced by Amir Derakh in this group. Prior to joining Rough Cutt, he had played in the band Vengeance...
- guitars - Gregg GiuffriaGregg GiuffriaGregg Giuffria is an American rock keyboardist. He was the keyboardist for heavy metal bands, Angel, and House of Lords, and arena rock band, Giuffria....
- keyboards, backing vocals - Chuck WrightChuck WrightChuck Wright is an American bassist, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Quiet Riot. He originally joined Quiet Riot in 1982, performing bass on several tracks for their hit album, Metal Health, as well as contributing backing vocals. He left and rejoined Quiet Riot multiple times,...
- bass - Alan Krigger - drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Rick Bozzo (Former Sabu Bassist)
- Jim Cypherd: Fairlight CMIFairlight CMIThe Fairlight CMI is a digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia...
programming - Phil Jost: programming
Production
- Produced By Andy Johns & Gregg Giuffria
- Associate Producer: Lee DiCarlo
- Engineers: Lee DiCarlo, Andy Jones
- Assistant Engineer: Jim Scott
- Mixing: Andy Johns, Jim Scott
- Mastering: Brian Gardner