Runaway Horses (album)

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Runaway Horses
Studio album by Belinda Carlisle
Released	October 1989
Recorded	One on One Recording, Summer Studios, Lion Share Studios, Miraval Studios (France)
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Length	47:53
Label	Virgin Records MCA Records (U.S.)
Producer(s)	Rick Nowels
Professional reviews
Alex Henderson, All Music Guide link
Belinda Carlisle chronology
Heaven on Earth (1987)	Runaway Horses (1989)	Live Your Life Be Free (1991)

Runaway Horses is the third album and studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United States in October 1989 (see 1989 in music) by MCA Records. The album is a mix between an pop rock anthems and pop ballads — written by Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley, Charlotte Caffey and a song co-written by Carlisle herself, making Runaway Horses being the first album she had her songwriting included.

Contents 1 Reception and chart performance 2 Track listing 3 Charts 4 Personnel 5 References

[edit] Reception and chart performance

All Music Guide reviewed the album as not being as strong as Heaven on Earth but is still generally likeable and appealing, being stated that the album is her most polished and slicker album to date^[1]. The album made its debut on the Billboard 200 on October 21, 1989 at the lower ends chart but on the second week it jumped past the top one hundred to number fifty-five. After seven weeks of slowly moving up the charts it charted at its peak position in the U.S. at number thirty-seven, a lower position than her two first albums. The album then slowly fell down the charts from then on making no rises and spent a total of twenty-five weeks in the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by RIAA. Runaway Horses was Carlisle's last album to chart in the U.S. then became the first indication that the success of her solo career would be found in the UK, not the U.S.^[2].

The album debuted on the UK Albums Chart on October 30, 1989 at number four, the highest debut for Carlisle on the albums chart. It spent two more weeks in the top ten then fell down the chart slowly and after twenty-one weeks it fell out of the top seventy-five. It made three re-entries but it wasn't until the third entry that it jumped back into the charts at number sixty-six, a year and two months after its release. After five weeks in being in the charts again it broke the top ten and stayed in there for three weeks only managing to get to number six. The album spent a total of thirty-nine weeks in the charts and being certified platinum by BPI. The album was also a success in Australia peaking at number four, accrediting double platinum and becoming the twenty-fourth highest selling album for 1990^[3].

The singles released from Runaway Horses were successful in most music markets, the album giving Carlisle four more top ten single. "Leave a Light On" was the first song released from the album and became a top ten hit around the world including the UK where it hit number four accrediting silver and Australia where it hit number five, but the song missed the top ten in December 1989 peaking at number eleven in the United States. "La Luna" was the second song released from the album and became a top forty hit in Australia and the UK, also becoming her third top ten in Switzerland. "Runaway Horses" was the third song released but was not as successful as the other singles not breaking the top forty anywhere. "Summer Rain" was the fourth song released and became a top ten hit in Australia, but the song only charted in the top thirty in the UK and U.S. "Vision of You" was the fifth song released and became the lowest charting single on the album only peaking at number forty-one in the UK. The sixth and final song released from the album was "(We Want) the Same Thing", becoming Carlisle's fifth top ten single in the UK.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Leave a Light On" (Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley) - 4:33
2. "Runaway Horses" (Nowels, Shipley) - 4:42
3. "Vision of You" (Nowels, Shipley) - 4:40
4. "Summer Rain" (Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal) - 5:25
5. "La Luna" (Nowels, Shipley) - 4:43
6. "(We Want) the Same Thing" (Nowels, Shipley) - 4:03
7. "Deep Deep Ocean" (Tom Kelly, Amy Sky, Billy Steinberg) - 4:05
8. "Valentine" (David Munday, Sandy Stewart) - 5:03
9. "Whatever It Takes" (Nowels, Shipley) - 4:47
10. "Shades of Michaelangelo" (Charlotte Caffey, Carlisle) - 5:52

[edit] Charts

Chart (1989) Peak position Australian Albums Chart 4 Sweden Albums Chart[4] 4 Switzerland Albums Chart[5] 12 UK Albums Chart[6] 4 U.S. Billboard 200[7] 37 Chart (1990) Peak position Austrian Albums Chart[8] 13

Chart Certification Sales Australia ARIA 2x platinum 140,000+ UK BPI Platinum 300,000+ U.S. RIAA Gold 500,000+

[edit] Personnel

Kenny Aronoff — drums Bekka Bramlett — backround vocals Paul Buckmaster — conductor, string arrangements Luis Conte — percussion, bongos, shaker, native american drums N'Dea Davenport — backround vocals Donna De Lory — backround vocals Marc DeSisto — mixing Lawrence Ethan — assistant engineer Robert Feist — engineer Lori Fumar — assistant engineer Laura Harding — backround vocals, production coordination George Harrison — twelve string guitar, slide guitar, 6-string bass Jimmie Haskell — accordion X.Y. Jones — electric guitar Charles Judge — piano, keyboard David Leonard — engineer Steve MacMillan — engineer, mixing Steve Marcantonio — engineer Stephen Marcussen — mastering

Dave Meegan — engineer Norman Moore — art direction, design David Munday — bass, guitar, keyboard, drum programming Rick Nowels — acoustic guitar, guitar, arranger, electric guitar, keyboard, producer, spanish guitar Sid Page — violin John Pierce — bass Rudy Richman — drums Herb Ritts — photography Ellen Shipley — backround vocals Ben Shultz — acoustic guitar, guitar, twelve string guitar Sandy Stewart — piano Scott Symington — assistant engineer Carmen Twillie — backround vocals Maria Vidal — backround vocals Randy Wine — assistant engineer Shelly Yakus — mixing Monalisa Young — backround vocals

[edit] References