Working Class Dog
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| Working Class Dog | ||
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| Studio album by Rick Springfield | ||
| Released | 1981 | |
| Recorded | 1979 - 1981 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Label | RCA | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Drescher & Keith Olsen | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Rick Springfield chronology | ||
| Wait for Night (1976) |
Working Class Dog (1981) |
Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982) |
Working Class Dog is an album by Rick Springfield, released by RCA in 1981. The album went multi-platinum, and produced one Grammy award winning and #1 single, "Jessie's Girl". The song "I've Done Everything for You" was written by Sammy Hagar.
The album was re-released on CD in 2006 as a "25th anniversary edition" with three bonus tracks.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Rick Springfield except as noted.
- "Love Is Alright Tonite" - 3:28
- "Jessie's Girl" - 3:14
- "Hole in My Heart" - 3:12
- "Carry Me Away" - 3:01
- "I've Done Everything for You" (Hagar) - 3:17
- "The Light of Love" - 2:43
- "Everybody's Girl" - 2:59
- "Daddy's Pearl" - 2:37
- "Red Hot & Blue Love" - 2:57
- "Inside Sylvia" - 4:43
- "Easy to Cry" - 3:33 *
- "Taxi Dancing" - 3:35 *
- "Jessie's Girl (demo version)" - 3:11 *
- Tracks 11 - 13 are bonus tracks from the "25th anniversary edition" CD release.
[edit] Album cover
The unusual album cover features a picture of a Bull Terrier dog dressed in a white shirt with a black tie. The dog was Rick's pet named Ronnie, who died in 1994. [1] The album cover (credited to Mike Doud) was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Album Package" in 1981.[2]
[edit] Charts
- Working Class Dog - #7 on Billboard 200 album charts.
- "Jessie's Girl" - #1 on Billboard Hot 100 singles.
- "I've Done Everything for You" - #8 on Billboard Hot 100.
- "Love Is Alright Tonight" - #40 on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks.
[edit] Personnel
- Rick Springfield - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
- Robben Ford - guitar
- Neil Giraldo - guitar, bass
- Gabriel Katon - keyboards
- Jeff Rich - bass
- Mike Baird - drums
- Jack White - drums
- Tom Kelly - background vocals
