For the Love of Strange Medicine

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For the Love of Strange Medicine
For the Love of Strange Medicine cover
Studio album by Steve Perry
Released 1994
Genre Rock
Label Columbia Records
Producer James Barton, Steve Perry, Tim Miner
Professional reviews
Steve Perry chronology
Street Talk
(1984)		 For the Love of Strange Medicine
(1994)		 Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased
(1998)

For the Love of Strange Medicine is the second solo album by Steve Perry released in 1994. After a lengthy 10-year hiatus following the breakup of Journey, and a shelved solo effort later titled Against the Wall, Perry returned to the spotlight with this album. The first single "You Better Wait" received major radio airplay and made the top 30 on the Billboard charts in the U.S.

The album was certified as Gold (500,000) in sales by the RIAA, as of Sept. 1994.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "You Better Wait" (Perry, Lincoln Brewster, Paul Taylor, Moyes Lucas, John Pierce, George Hawkins) - 4:51
  2. "Young Hearts Forever" (Perry, Clif Magness) - 4:43
  3. "I Am" (Perry, Taylor, Brewster) - 4:54
  4. "Stand Up (Before It's Too Late)" (Perry, Brewster, Taylor, Lucas, Larry Kimpel) - 4:49
  5. "For the Love of Strange Medicine" (Perry, Taylor, Lucas, Brewster) - 5:52
  6. "Donna Please" (Perry, Taylor, Stephen Bishop) - 4:02
  7. "Listen to Your Heart" (Perry, Taylor, Brewster, Lucas) - 3:31
  8. "Tuesday Heartache" (Perry, Magness, Taylor, Brewster, Lucas) - 6:00
  9. "Missing You" (Perry, Tim Miner) - 3:48
  10. "Somewhere There's Hope" (Perry, Taylor, Brewster, Lucas) - 6:05
  11. "Anyway" (Perry, Miner) - 4:20
  12. "If You Need Me, Call Me" (Steve Perry, Craig Krampf, Richard Michaels Haddad, Steve DeLacey) - 5:50 *
  13. "One More Time" (Perry, Brewster) - 3:32 *
  14. "Can't Stop" (Perry, Randy Goodrum, Michael Landau) - 4:08 *
  15. "Friends of Mine" (Perry, J. Leo, Goodrum, Krampf) - 3:30 *
  16. "Missing You (Live in San Francisco 12/9/94)" (Perry, Miner) - 4:13 *
  • Tracks 12 - 16 are bonus tracks on the 2006 CD reissue.
  • Track 12 is a 1994 re-recording of a song of Perry's pre-Journey band, Alien Project.
  • Track 13 is an unreleased outtake also from 1994.
  • Tracks 14 and 15 are previously unreleased tracks from the unfinished Against the Wall album.

[edit] Singles

The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.

# Title Date Hot 100 CAN
1. "You Better Wait" 1994 29
2. "Missing You" 1994 74

[edit] Album credits

[edit] Personnel

  • Steve Perry - vocals
  • Lincoln Brewster - guitars, background vocals
  • Paul Taylor- keyboards, background vocals
  • Moyes Lucas - drums, background vocals
  • Larry Kimpel - bass on "You Better Wait", "Young Hearts Forever", "Stand Up", "Somewhere There's Hope"
  • Mike Porcaro - bass on "Young Hearts Forever", "I Am", "For the Love of Strange Medicine", "Donna Please", "Listen to Your Heart"
  • Phil Brown - bass on "Tuesday Heartache"
  • Jeremy Lubbock, James Barton, Phil Brown - string arrangement on "I Am"
  • Tim Miner - bass, piano, keyboards & background vocals on "Missing You", bass & piano on "Anyway"
  • Larry Dalton - string arrangement & conductor on "Missing You"
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra - strings on "Missing You"
  • Michael Landau - guitars on "Anyway"

[edit] Background Vocals

  • Alexander Brown - "Stand Up" and "Somewhere There's Hope"
  • Carmen Carter - "Stand Up" and "Somewhere There's Hope"
  • Jean McClain - "Stand Up" and "Somewhere There's Hope"