Stranger in This Town

Infobox Album
Name = Stranger in This Town
Type = studio
Artist = Richie Sambora


Released = 1991
Genre = Rock / Blues
Length = 52:11
Label = Mercury
Producer = Richie Sambora, Neil Dorfsman
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:33120rnac489 link]
Last album =
This album = "Stranger in This Town"
(1991)
Next album = "Undiscovered Soul"
(1998)|

"Stranger in This Town" is a rock/blues solo album by Richie Sambora, the guitarist from New Jersey band Bon Jovi.

As his first solo album, Sambora experimented with a more blues-oriented sound. He sings lead vocals and plays guitar on the album, backed by Bon Jovi bandmates Tico Torres on drums and David Bryan on keyboards, joined by Tony Levin on bass. Eric Clapton guest stars with a guitar solo on the track "Mr. Bluesman".

"Ballad of Youth", "One Light Burning" and "The Answer" were co-written with colleagues from his former club band Shark Frenzy. "Rosie" was originally intended to be a Bon Jovi song; versions of this song with the full Bon Jovi line-up have surfaced as bootlegs.

"Stranger in this Town" was released in 1991, while Bon Jovi was on a 17 month hiatus. Jon Bon Jovi also put out a solo album in 1990 during this period.

The lead single "Ballad of Youth" reached a high of #63 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.

The song "Stranger in This Town" has been played repeatedly on Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour.

Track listing

#"Rest in Peace" (Richie Sambora, David Bryan) – 3:47
#"Church of Desire" (Sambora) – 6:08
#"Stranger in This Town" (Sambora, Bryan) – 6:15
#"Ballad of Youth" (Sambora, Tom Marolda) – 3:52
#"One Light Burning" (Sambora, Bruce Foster, Marolda) – 5:48
#"Mr. Bluesman" (Sambora) – 5:14
#"Rosie" (Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child, Diane Warren) – 4:49
#"River of Love" (Sambora) – 5:06
#"Father Time" (Sambora, Child) – 6:05
#"The Answer" (Sambora, Foster) – 5:07
#"The Wind Cries Mary" - Bonus track on selected copies.

Personnel

* Richie Sambora - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, producer, string arrangements
* David Bryan - keyboards, string arrangements
* Tico Torres - drums, percussion
* Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman Stick
* Eric Clapton - guitar solo on "Mr. Bluesman"
* Randy "The Emperor" Jackson - bass guitar
* Jeff Bova, Jimmy Bralower, Robbie Buchanan, Larry Fast, Chris Palmaro, Eric Persing - keyboards, programming
* Rafael Padilla, Carol Steele - percussion
* Tawatha Agee, Bekka Bramlett, Curtis King, Brenda White-King, Franke Previte, Dean Fasano - background vocals
* Neil Dorfsman - producer
* JD Dworkow - production coordination
* Jeff Hendrickson, Lance Phillips, Frank Wolf - engineering
* Bob Ludwig - mastering
* Tim White, Darryl Estrine - photography
* Margery Greenspan - art direction
* Katie Agresta - vocal coach
* Umi Kenyon - design

References

* [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,158438,00.html Album credits on ArtistDirect]
* [http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,7384.sm Richie Sambora bio on RockDetector]