Back on the Streets (Donnie Iris album)

Back on the Streets
Studio album by Donnie Iris and the Cruisers
Released July 15, 1980
Recorded Jeree Studios, New Brighton, Pennsylvania
Spring 1980
Genre Rock
Label Midwest National
Producer Mark Avsec
Donnie Iris and the Cruisers chronology

Back on the Streets
(1980)
King Cool
(1981)
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Back on the Streets is the debut album by American rock singer/guitarist Donnie Iris, released in 1980. The single "Ah! Leah!" was a moderate hit for Iris, reaching #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #19 on the U.S. Billboard Top Tracks chart.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Agnes" (Mark Avsec, Dominic Ierace) – 3:30
  2. "You're Only Dreaming" (Avsec, Ierace, Albritton McClain, Marty Hoenes, Kevin Valentine) – 4:45
  3. "She's So Wild" (Avsec, Ierace, McClain, Hoenes, Valentine) – 2:35
  4. "Daddy Don't Live Here Anymore" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:49
  5. "Too Young to Love" (Avsec) – 5:31
Side two
  1. "Ah! Leah!" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:46
  2. "I Can't Hear You" (Avsec, Ierace, McClain, Hoenes, Valentine) – 3:40
  3. "Joking" (Avsec, Ierace) – 4:04
  4. "Shock Treatment" (Avsec) – 3:48
  5. "Back On The Streets" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:36

Re-released October 1980 as MCA 3272 with sides one and two reversed.

Personnel

Donnie Iris and the Cruisers

Additional musicians

Production

Chart positions

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1981 Billboard 200 57

Singles - Billboard

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "Ah! Leah!" Billboard Hot 100 29
1981 "Ah! Leah!" Mainstream Rock Tracks 19
1981 "I Can't Hear You" Mainstream Rock Tracks 47

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