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John Parr is a self-titled debut album by the artist of the same name released in 1984. It contains 3 Billboard Top 100 songs, the hit "Naughty Naughty" #23, "Magical" #73 and "Love Grammar" #89.
Track listing
All songs written by John Parr unless noted.
- "Magical" - 3:51 (Meat Loaf/Parr)
- "Naughty Naughty" - 3:39
- "Love Grammar" - 4:15
- "Treat Me Like an Animal" - 4:27
- "She's Gonna Love You to Death" - 3:42 (Betsy Durkin Mathers/Parr)
- "Revenge" - 4:37
- "Heartbreaker" - 5:28 (Julia Downes/Parr)
- "Somebody Stole My Thunder" - 4:44
- "Don't Leave Your Mark on Me" - 4:18 (Downes/Parr)
Personnel
- John Parr - lead vocals, lead guitar, African sounds, producer
- Pete Solley - Hammond organ, producer
- Christopher Marra - guitar
- Brad Lang - bass **
- Colin Farley - bass (tracks 3 and 7 only)
- John Cook - keyboards
- Richard Cottle - keyboards (tracks 3, 4, and 6 only)
- Johnathon J. Jeczalik - Fairlight synthesizer
- The Kick Horns - horns
- Graham Broad - drums, percussion, African sounds
- Simon Phillips - drums (tracks 3 and 7 only)
- Chuck Kirkpatrick - backing vocals
- John Sambataro - backing vocals
- Mark Dodson - engineer
- Femi Jiya - engineer
- Geoff Lyth - engineer
- Ian Morais - engineer
- David Thoener - engineer
- John Verity - engineer
- Jimmy Starr - remastering
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** Brad Lang is incorrectly listed as "Bruce Laing" on certain editions of the album.[2]
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