GTR (album)

GTR
Studio album by GTR
Released July 1986
Recorded The Townhouse, London, 1985-86
Genre Progressive rock, AOR
Length 44:43
Label Arista
Producer Geoff Downes
GTR chronology

GTR
(1986)		 King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents GTR (1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone (not rated)[2]
Kerrang! [3]

GTR is the 1986 self-titled debut album and sole official studio release from the short-lived supergroup GTR. The album peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the single "When the Heart Rules the Mind" reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 single chart. Another single, "The Hunter," peaked at No. 85.

The group, founded by ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and then ex-Yes and ex-Asia guitarist Steve Howe, disbanded in 1987. Geoff Downes, another former Yes member, produced the album.

The band's name, anecdotally, comes from the marking on the studio mixing console that indicates the 'guitar' volume control.

The album was reissued in 2001 in a remastered CD edition. The album is currently out of print, with the exception of a Japanese mini-LP CD released in 2006.

Track listing

  1. "When the Heart Rules the Mind" – 5:24 (Hackett, Howe)
  2. "The Hunter" – 4:51 (Downes)
  3. "Here I Wait" – 4:54 (Hackett, Howe)
  4. "Sketches in the Sun" – 2:29 (Howe)
  5. "Jekyll and Hyde" – 4:42 (Bacon, Hackett, Howe)
  6. "You Can Still Get Through" – 4:53 (Hackett, Howe)
  7. "Reach Out (Never Say No)" – 4:00 (Hackett, Howe, Spalding)
  8. "Toe the Line" – 4:29 (Hackett, Howe)
  9. "Hackett to Bits" – 2:10 (Hackett)
  10. "Imagining" – 5:49 (Hackett, Howe, Mover)

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen T. (2011). "GTR - GTR | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Hogan, R. (2011). "GTR: GTR : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Wall, Mick (10 July 1986). "GTR 'GTR'". Kerrang! 124. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. pp. 16–17.