Air Supply (1985 album) explained

Air Supply
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Air Supply
Cover:	Air supply 1985 album cover.jpg
Released:	February 1985
Recorded:	Winter 1984
Genre:	Soft rock
Length:	50:15
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Peter Collins, Bob Ezrin
Prev Title:	Making Love... The Very Best of Air Supply
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Hearts in Motion
Next Year:	1986

Air Supply is the eighth studio and second eponymous album by British-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in 1985. The album was a step down in the band's sales, attaining gold certification by the RIAA and peaking at No. 26 on the US Billboard 200 chart.^[1] The single "Just as I Am" was their last major entry on the charts, reaching No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, while their interpretation of the Jennifer Rush song "The Power of Love" became a minor hit, reaching No. 68.^[2]

Personnel

Air Supply

• Russell Hitchcock – vocals
• Graham Russell – vocals, guitars
• Wally Stocker – guitars
• Frank Esler-Smith – keyboards, string arrangements
• Ken Rarick – keyboards
• Andy Richards – keyboard programming, synthesizer programming
• Don Cromwell – bass
• Ralph Cooper – drums

Additional musicians

• Bob Ezrin – keyboards
• George Doering – guitars
• Grant Geissman – guitars
• Tim Thorney – guitars
• Dick Wagner – guitars
• Howard Ayee – bass, backing vocals
• Tim Ryan – bass
• Ken Sinnaeve – bass
• Jorn Anderson – drums
• Gary Craig – drums, percussion
• Charlie Morgan – drums, percussion
• Del Blake – percussion
• Marc Russo – saxophones
• Larry Williams – saxophones
• Gary Grant – trumpet
• Jerry Hey – trumpet
• Maxi Anderson – backing vocals
• Joel Feeney – backing vocals
• Chrissie Hammond – backing vocals
• Lindsay Hammond – backing vocals
• Rachel Oldfield – backing vocals
• Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
• Tata Vega – backing vocals

Production

• Bob Ezrin – producer (1, 4, 7–9, 11)
• Peter Collins – producer (2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12)
• Mark Weiss – photography
• David Arden – management
• Don Arden – management
• Jet Management – management company

Notes and References

1. Air Supply (1985): Charts & Awards: Billboard Albums
2. Air Supply (1985): Charts & Awards: Billboard Singles
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 13.