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

• Paul Dean (vocals, guitar, bass, background vocals)
• Brian MacLeod (drums, keyboards, key bass, backing vocals)
• Matt Frenette (drums on track 6)
• Spider Sinnaeve (bass on track 6)
• Jon Bon Jovi (harp on track 5)
• Dave Steele (background vocals)
• Marc LaFrance (background vocals)
• Ricky Renouf (background vocals)
• Geraldo Dominelli (background vocals)
• Vern Wills (background vocals)
• Frank Felder (background vocals)
• Gregg Sheehan (background vocals)
• Rosalind Keene (background vocals)
• Nashy Nash (background vocals).

Production

• Produced by Paul Dean and Brian MacLeod.
• Mixed by Bob Rock at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, BC; except tracks 6, 7 and 9; Mixed by Paul Dean.
• Recorded at Venture Studios, Vancouver, BC, by Larry Vogel.
• Additional overdubs recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, BC, by Tim Crich and Ken Lomas; and at Mush Room Studios in Vancouver, BC, by Dale Penner.

References