America's Greatest Hero Explained

America's Greatest Hero should not be confused with The Greatest American Hero.

America's Greatest Hero
Type:	Album
Artist:	Joey Scarbury
Cover:	America's_Greatest_Hero.jpg
Released:	1981
Studio:	Smoketree Ranch, Chatsworth Western I, Los Angeles
Genre:	Rock
Length:	34:42
Label:	Elektra
Producer:	Mike Post

America's Greatest Hero is the only studio album by Joey Scarbury, released by Elektra Records in 1981 on vinyl LP and cassette. This album features the hit theme from the TV series The Greatest American Hero, from which the album takes its name.

The album was reissued on CD by Collectables Records in 2005.

Track listing

1. "Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)" (Mike Post, Stephen Geyer) - 3:13
2. "Love Me Like the Last Time" (Dan Seals, Rafe Van Hoy) - 3:31
3. "Stolen Night" (Randy Handley) - 4:18
4. "There Is a River" (Stephen Geyer) - 3:31
5. "Everything But Love" (Stephen Geyer, Joey Scarbury) - 3:24
6. "Take This Heart of Mine" (Bruce Hornsby) - 2:59
7. "When She Dances" (Brian Blugerman) - 3:22
8. "That Little Bit of Us" (Stephen Geyer) - 3:41
9. "Some of My Old Friends" (Stephen Geyer) - 3:01
10. "Down the Backstairs (Of My Life)" - (William Smith, Eric Mercury) 3:26

Personnel

• Mike Baird - drums
• Neil Stubenhaus, Leland Sklar - bass
• John Goux, Larry Carlton, Stephen Geyer - guitar
• Larry Muhoberac - keyboards
• Ian Underwood, Todd Cochran, Larry Muhoberac - synthesizer
• Jeff Gerson - percussion
• Linda Dillard, Herb Pedersen, Laura Mumford, Joey Scarbury - backing vocals
• Sid Sharp - concertmaster

Production

• Producer - Mike Post
• Arranger - Mike Post, Stephen Geyer
• Recording/Mixing - Doug Parry at Smoketree Ranch, Chatsworth, CA
• Second Engineer - Rick Romano
• Strings Recording - Paul Dobbe at Western I
• Photography - Jim Shea
• Original Art Direction - Ron Coro