Rush Street (album)

Rush Street
Studio album by Richard Marx
Released	October 28, 1991
Recorded	A&M Studios, Lion Share Studios, Right Track Studios, Sunset Sound Studios, Frantic Studio, Westlake Studios, Capitol Studios, Bill Champlin Studio, Village Recorders, Elumba Studios, Can-Am Studios, The Entriprise
Genre	Rock, R&B
Length	65:35
Label	Capitol
Producer	Richard Marx, Fee Waybill
Richard Marx chronology
Repeat Offender (1989) Rush Street (1991) Live In USA 1988/92 (1992)
Singles from Richard Marx
"Keep Coming Back" Released: October, 1991 "Hazard" Released: January, 1992 "Take This Heart" Released: June 1992 "Chains Around My Heart" Released: October 1992

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Rush Street is the third studio album by singer/songwriter Richard Marx. Released in late 1991, it sold over two million copies in the United States alone.

Its first single, "Keep Coming Back," was #1 on the American Adult Contemporary chart for four consecutive weeks. It reached #5 in Cash Box while peaking at #12 in Billboard. The follow-up single, "Hazard", also hit #1 Adult Contemporary and reached #6 in Cash Box and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequent single releases included "Take This Heart" and "Chains Around My Heart", which were Top Ten hits on the US Adult Contemporary charts. All four hits boasted popular music videos as well.

Track listing

1. "Playing with Fire" (Richard Marx, Steve Lukather) - 4:29
2. "Love Unemotional" (Marx) - 5:06
3. "Keep Coming Back" (Marx) - 6:51
4. "Take This Heart" (Marx) - 4:10
5. "Hazard" (Marx) - 5:17
6. "Hands In Your Pocket" (Marx) - 3:54
7. "Calling You" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) - 4:42
8. "Superstar" (Marx) - 4:42
9. "Streets of Pain" (Marx, Fee Waybill) - 5:10
10. "I Get No Sleep" (Marx) - 3:44
11. "Big Boy Now" (Marx, Waybill) - 5:38
12. "Chains Around My Heart" (Marx, Waybill) - 5:42
13. "Your World" (Marx) - 5:54

Bonus Tracks on Japanese release
• "Ride With the Idol" - 3:46

Bonus Tracks on Latin America release
• "Regresa A Mi [Keep Coming Back]" - 5:22

Singles/Chart positions

Album credits

Personnel

• Mike Baird - Drums
• Terry Bozzio - Drums
• Kim Bullard - Keyboards
• Bill Champlin - Hammond B3
• John Clarke - Programmer, Drum Machine
• Jim Cliff - Bass Guitars
• Nathan East - Bass Guitars
• Michael Egizi - Programmer, Keyboards
• Bruce Gaitsch - Writer, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Other Guitars
• Steve Grove - Saxophone
• Randy Jackson - Bass Guitar
• Billy Joel - Piano
• Eric Johnson - Guitar on "Keep Coming Back" (AOR Mix)
• Michael Landau - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Other Guitars
• Tommy Lee - Drums
• John "Juke" Logan - Harmonica
• Steve Lukather - Writer, Arranger, Other Guitars
• Richard Marx - Producer, Writer, Arranger, Keyboards, Piano, Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes
• Marcus Miller - Bass Guitar
• Jonathan Moffett - Drums
• Greg Phillinganes - Fender Rhodes
• Jeff Porcaro - Arranger, Drums
• Leland Sklar - Bass Guitar
• Lee Thornburg - Trombone, Trumpet
• Chris Trujillo - Percussion
• Paul Warren - Other Guitars
• Fee Waybill - Producer, Writer

Background Vocals

• Tamara Champlin
• Jim Cliff
• Dalbello
• Mike Egizi
• Janet Gardner
• Steve George
• Cheryl Lynn
• Richard Marx
• Ruth Marx
• Cindy Mizelle
• Richard Page
• Brandy Rosenberg
• Luther Vandross
• Paul Warren
• Fee Waybill
• Matt Westlfield

Engineers

• Brad Aldridge
• Bryant Arnett
• Ray Blair
• Rick Caughron
• Lavant Coppock
• Peter Doell
• Michael Douglass
• Bill Drescher
• Lolly Grodner
• Mark Hagan
• Leslie Ann Jones
• Jesse Kanner
• Pat MacDougall
• Tim Nellen
• Rick Norman
• Charlie Paakkari
• Kevin Reeves
• Mark Stebbeds
• Randy Wine

Guest stars

• Janet Gardner
• Billy Joel
• Tommy Lee
• Steve Lukather
• Luther Vandross
• Fee Waybill

Miscellaneous

• The Japanese version of the album contained a bonus track, "Ride With The Idol"

• Marx admitted in 2001 that the track "Superstar" is about Madonna ^[2]

• Album was dedicated to son Brandon Marx and grandmother Lois

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