Flesh and Bone (Richard Marx album)

Flesh and Bone is the fifth studio album by singer/songwriter Richard Marx. It was released in 1997 and was Marx's final studio album released on the Capitol Records imprint. (Marx returned to EMI-Capitol in 2004.) This album hit number 70 on the Billboard album chart and sold 250,000 copies in the United States. The single "Until I Find You Again" reached number three on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. Early pressings featured a bonus acoustic EP titled To The Bone. It also hit number one in other international markets. It was Marx's first album to not produce a Number One hit song.

Track listing

1. "Fool's Game" (Marx) - 6:25
2. "You Never Take Me Dancing" (Marx) - 5:39
3. "Touch of Heaven" (Marx) - 4:51
4. "What's the Story" (Marx) - 5:04
5. "Can't Lie to My Heart" (Marx) - 6:29
6. "Until I Find You Again" (Marx) - 4:24
7. "My Confession" (Marx) - 5:08
8. "Eternity" (Marx) - 5:23
9. "What's Wrong with That" (Marx/Waybill) - 4:40
10. "The Image" (Marx/Waybill) - 4:21
11. "Breathless" (Marx) - 5:48
12. "Miracle" (Marx) - 4:20

Bonus Tracks on Japanese release
• "Every Day Of Your Life(Duet with ASKA)" - 4:40
• "Too Shy To Say" - 3:20
• "Every Day Of Your Life(Richard solo)" - 4:40

Singles/Chart history

Personnel

• Richard Marx: Vocal, Keyboards, Digital & Acoustic Piano, Synth Kalimba, Acoustic Guitars
• Maurice White, Cindy Mizell, Paulette McWilliams, Luther Vandross, Nita Whitaker, Bob Bowker, Jeff Morrow, Tony Ransom, Steve Grissette, Fee Waybill
• Bruce Gaitsch, Michael Landau, Michael Thompson
• Jamey Jaz, John Lehmkuhl: Synthesizer Programming
• Greg Phillinganes: Keyboards, Rhodes
• Tom Keane: Rhodes
• David Innis: Keyboards
• Simon Franglen: Keyboards, Keyboard & Drum Programming
• Matt Rollings: Hammond B-3 Organ
• Randy Jackson: Synthesizer Programming & Electric Bass
• Herman Matthews, Jonathan Moffett: Drums
• Chris Trujillo: Percussion
• Marc Russo: Saxophone
  • Horns on "The Image" (Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Charley Loper & Marc Russo) arranged by Dick & Richard Marx
  • Strings on "Fool's Game" (Israel Baker, Charles Veal Jr.), Murray Adler, Bernard Kundell, Gail Tricia Cruz-Farkas, Bette Byers, Henry Ferber, James Getzoff, Ezra Kliger, Farhad Behroozi, Carole Mukogawa, Cynthia Morrow, Milton Thomas, David Shamban, Daniel Smith & Waldemar DeAlmida) arranged & conducted by Dick Marx

Production

• Arranged By Richard Marx (all tracks), Randy Jackson (track 3), Michael Landau (track 4) & Jamey Jaz (track 9)
• All Songs Produced By Richard Marx; "Touch of Heaven" produced by Richard Marx & Randy Jackson; Lead Vocal on "Until I Find You Again" produced by Gorgeous Blonde
• Recording Engineers: By Bill Drescher, David Cole, David Whittman, Bruce Gaitsch, Craig Bauer, Greg Droman, Richard Flack, Jess Sutcliffe, Claude Achille & Allen Abrahamson
• Assistant Engineers: Larry Schalit, Douglas Bamford, Pat Karamian, Mike Douglas, Alex Reed, Bryan Carrigan, Gil Morales, Leslie Ann Jones, Jennifer Wyler, Andrew Page, Mike Tacci & Scott Steiner
• All Songs Mixed By Bill Drescher, except "Touch of Heaven" mixed by David Cole
• Mastered "with care" by Wally Traugott

Recording Studios

• The Record Plant, A&M Studios, Conway Studios, Frantic Studios, Johnny Yuma, Music Grinder, Enterprise Studios, L.D.S. in Westlake Studios (all in Los Angeles)
• Sony Studios (NYC)
• Battery Studios (London)
• Quad Studios (Nashville)
• Hinge Studios (Chicago)