Hard Core (Paul Dean album)

Hard Core
Studio album by Paul Dean
Released May 18, 1989
Recorded Venture Studios, Little Mountain Sound Studios, Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Winter 1988/Spring 1989
Genre Hard rock
Length 40:19
Label CBS LP - 44462, 462977-2/1
Producer Paul Dean & Brian "Too Loud" MacLeod
Paul Dean chronology

Brutus
(1975)
Hard Core
(1989)
Machine
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Kerrang! [2]

Hard Core is the first solo album released by former Streetheart & Loverboy lead guitarist, founder, and main songwriter, Paul Dean from 1989. The lead-off track, "Sword & Stone" was demoed by Kiss for their Crazy Nights album in 1987,[3] and later additionally recorded by the German Rockers, Bonfire in 1989 for the film Shocker and accompanying soundtrack. The Bryan Adams-penned "Draw the Line" was originally recorded by Ted Nugent with Brian Howe on lead vocals in 1984 on his Penetrator album.

Track listing

  1. "Sword & Stone" (Desmond Child, Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick) - 4:06
  2. "Doctor" (Paul Dean) - 4:52
  3. "Draw the Line" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 4:11
  4. "Dirty Fingers" (Taylor Rhodes, Tom DeLuca) - 4:02
  5. "Under the Gun" (Dean, Mike Reno, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) - 3:39
  6. "Action" (Dean, Matt Frenette, Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve, Kenny Shields, Daryl Guthiel) - 5:10
  7. "Down to the Bottom" (Dean) - 5:17
  8. "Black Sheep" (Dean, Rhodes, Terry Cerney) - 4:09
  9. "Politics" (Dean, Brian MacLeod, Foster) - 4:53

Musicians

Production

References

  1. "Paul Dean Hardcore review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. Oliver, Derek (21 January 1989). "Hard as a Rock". Kerrang! 222. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. p. 21.
  3. "Paul Dean - Hardcore". Kiss Related Recordings.nl. Retrieved 2011-10-18.