Back on the Streets | ||||
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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 | ||||
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Singles from Back on the Streets | ||||
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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 hit for Iris, reaching #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #19 on the U.S. Billboard Top Tracks chart. The album was remastered and reissued on CD in 2021 by Rock Candy Records with two live bonus tracks from the 1981 Live EP.[2]
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]- "Agnes" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:30
- "You're Only Dreaming" (Avsec, Ierace, McClain, Hoenes, Valentine) – 4:45
- "She's So Wild" (Avsec, Ierace, McClain, Hoenes, Valentine) – 2:35
- "Daddy Don't Live Here Anymore" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:49
- "Too Young to Love" (Avsec) – 5:31
Side two
[edit]- "Ah! Leah!" (Mark Avsec, Dominic Ierace) – 3:46
- "I Can't Hear You" (Avsec, Ierace, Albritton McClain, Marty Hoenes, Kevin Valentine) – 3:40
- "Joking" (Avsec, Ierace) – 4:04
- "Shock Treatment" (Avsec) – 3:48
- "Back on the Streets" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:36
Re-released October 1980 as MCA 3272 with sides one and two reversed.[3][4]
2021 remastered CD reissue
[edit]- "Ah! Leah!" - 3:47
- "I Can't Hear You" - 3:40
- "Joking" - 4:05
- "Shock Treatment" - 3:49
- "Back on the Streets" - 3:38
- "Agnes" - 3:30
- "You're Only Dreaming" - 4:45
- "She's So Wild" - 2:35
- "Daddy Don't Live Here Anymore" - 3:50
- "Too Young to Love" - 5:34
- "Ah! Leah! (Live)" - 4:37
- "I Can't Hear You (Live)" - 3:41[5]
Personnel
[edit]Donnie Iris and the Cruisers
[edit]- Donnie Iris - lead and background vocals
- Mark Avsec - piano, synthesizers, vocals
- Marty Lee Hoenes - acoustic and electric guitars
- Albritton McClain - bass guitar
- Kevin Valentine - drums
Additional musicians
[edit]- Kenny Blake - saxophone
- Robert Peckman - bass on "Shock Treatment"
Production
[edit]- Executive Producer: Carl Maduri
- Producer: Mark Avsec
- Engineer: Jerry Reed
Chart positions
[edit]Album - Billboard
Year | Chart | Position |
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1981 | Billboard 200 | 57 |
1981 | Australian (Kent Music Report) | 44[6] |
Singles - Billboard
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1981 | "Ah! Leah!" | Billboard Hot 100 | 29 |
Mainstream Rock Tracks | 19 | ||
"I Can't Hear You" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 47 |
References
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (2021, CD)". Discogs.
- ^ "Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (1980, Vinyl)". Discogs.
- ^ "Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (1980, Vinyl)". Discogs.
- ^ "Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (2021, CD)". Discogs.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 149. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.