Seven is the eighth studio album by Night Ranger

Night Ranger

Night Ranger is an American rock band from San Francisco that gained popularity during the 1980s with a series of albums and singles. The band's first five albums sold more than 10 million copies worldwide...

, released on July 14, 1998. All original members are present on this follow-up to 1997's Neverland

Neverland (Night Ranger album)

Neverland is the seventh studio album by Night Ranger, released on July 22, 1997. This album featured a reunion of all five original bandmembers, and was their first time they recorded together in a decade...

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Tommy Shaw

Tommy Shaw

Tommy Roland Shaw is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the rock band Styx. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with the supergroup Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades, and has released several solo albums....

 of Styx

Styx (band)

Styx is an American rock band that became famous for its albums from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Chicago band is known for melding the style of prog-rock with the power of hard rock guitar, strong ballads, and elements of American musical theater....

 fame co-wrote the track "Kong" with Jack Blades.

Two singles were released. "Sign Of The Times" being the first and "Kong" being the second.

It is rumored that Jeff Watson participated very little in the writing and recording of this album due to a water skiing accident.

The album was released in Japan with two additional tracks "Crazy World" and "Let Him Run." The record company (CMC records) decided to leave "Crazy World" off of the American release. The reason for this is not completely known, but it has been suggested that there were too many ballads already on the album. "Let Him Run" was originally released on 1983's Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness (album)

Midnight Madness is the second album from Night Ranger. The album contained the band's best known hit, "Sister Christian", and became the band's highest selling album, selling well over a million copies in the US.-Track listing:...

. The track featured on the Seven album is a new acoustic recording of the song.

Though the album is named Seven to represent the number of Night Ranger studio albums recorded, this was actually the eighth studio album by the band. 1995's Feeding off the Mojo

Feeding off the Mojo

Feeding Off The Mojo is the sixth studio album by Night Ranger, released on October 17, 1995 on Drive Entertainment Records. It is the only album with bassist/vocalist Gary Moon."Music Box" was written by Moon before joined the group....

is the album not recognized, because only Keagy and Gillis from the original line-up were present on that album.

Track listing

1. "Sign Of The Times" (Blades) - 5:07
2. "Jane's Interlude" (Blades/Keagy) - 0:26
3. "Panic In Jane" (Blades/Keagy) - 4:40
4. "Don't Ask Me Why" (Blades) - 4:41
5. "Kong" (Hudson/Blades/Shaw) - 5:32
6. "Mother Mayhem" (Blades/MacDonald) - 4:56
7. "Soul Survivor" (Gillis/Blades) - 3:52
8. "Sea Of Love" (Blades/Keagy) - 4:33
9. "Peace Sign" (Blades/Gillis) - 4:07
10. "When I Call On You" (Blades) - 4:02
11. "Revelation" (Gillis/Keagy/Blades) - 4:31

Personnel

• Jack Blades
  Jack Blades
  Jack Martin Blades is an American musician. He has worked in several bands: Rubicon, Night Ranger , and Damn Yankees . He also recorded with Tommy Shaw under the name Shaw/Blades, and has done work alongside TMG, the Tak Matsumoto Group...
  
   - bass, acoustic guitar, lead vocals
• Brad Gillis
  Brad Gillis
  Brad Gillis is a guitarist most famous for playing with the band Night Ranger. He was in the band Rubicon during the 1970s before Night Ranger. He has also played for Ozzy Osbourne and Fiona, and has released solo albums....
  
   - guitar, backing vocals
• Alan Fitzgerald
  Alan Fitzgerald
  Alan Fitzgerald, U.S. musician , was a member of several U.S. bands.He played as a bassist in the bands Montrose and Gamma, both of which also featured guitarist Ronnie Montrose....
  
   - keyboards
• Kelly Keagy
  Kelly Keagy
  Kelly Keagy is an American drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with Night Ranger. Keagy sang lead vocals on several of their hits, such as "Sister Christian", "Sing Me Away", and "Sentimental Street".-Early years:...
  
   - drums, lead vocals
• Jeff Watson
  Jeff Watson (guitarist)
  Jeff Watson is an American guitarist originally known as one of the founding members and lead guitarist of the band Night Ranger, in which he has played as co-guitarist with guitarist Brad Gillis. He has also released solo albums. In 2007, he left the band to pursue more challenging opportunities...
  
   - guitar, backing vocals
• Jack Russell
  Jack Russell (musician)
  Jack Russell , is an American rock vocalist. He is a founding member of the American hard rock band Great White.-Biography:...
  
   (Great White
  Great White
  Great White is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1978. The band gained popularity during the 1980s and early 1990s. The band released several albums in the late 1980s and gained airplay on MTV with music videos for songs like "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"...
  
  ) - backing vocals