Back on the Streets (Donnie Iris album) explained

Back on the Streets
Type:	Album
Artist:	Donnie Iris and the Cruisers
Cover:	Donnie Iris Back on the Streets Cover.jpg
Recorded:	Jeree Studios, New Brighton, Pennsylvania Spring 1980
Genre:	Rock
Label:	Midwest National
Producer:	Mark Avsec
Next Title:	King Cool
Next Year:	1981

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.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Agnes" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:30
2. "You're Only Dreaming" (Avsec, Ierace, McClain, Hoenes, Valentine) – 4:45
3. "She's So Wild" (Avsec, Ierace, McClain, Hoenes, Valentine) – 2:35
4. "Daddy Don't Live Here Anymore" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:49
5. "Too Young to Love" (Avsec) – 5:31

Side two

1. "Ah! Leah!" (Mark Avsec, Dominic Ierace) – 3:46
2. "I Can't Hear You" (Avsec, Ierace, Albritton McClain, Marty Hoenes, Kevin Valentine) – 3:40
3. "Joking" (Avsec, Ierace) – 4:04
4. "Shock Treatment" (Avsec) – 3:48
5. "Back on the Streets" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:36

Re-released October 1980 as MCA 3272 with sides one and two reversed.^{[2] [3]}

2021 remastered CD reissue

1. "Ah! Leah!" - 3:47
2. "I Can't Hear You" - 3:40
3. "Joking" - 4:05
4. "Shock Treatment" - 3:49
5. "Back on the Streets" - 3:38
6. "Agnes" - 3:30
7. "You're Only Dreaming" - 4:45
8. "She's So Wild" - 2:35
9. "Daddy Don't Live Here Anymore" - 3:50
10. "Too Young to Love" - 5:34
11. "Ah! Leah! (Live)" - 4:37
12. "I Can't Hear You (Live)" - 3:41^[4]

Personnel

Donnie Iris and the Cruisers

• 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

• Kenny Blake - saxophone
• Robert Peckman - bass on "Shock Treatment"

Production

• Executive Producer: Carl Maduri
• Producer: Mark Avsec
• Engineer: Jerry Reed

Chart positions

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Billboard 200	57
1981	Australian (Kent Music Report)	44^[5]

Singles - Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"Ah	Leah!"	Billboard Hot 100	29
		Mainstream Rock Tracks	19
	"I Can't Hear You"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	47

Notes and References

1. Web site: Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (2021, CD). Discogs.
2. Web site: Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (1980, Vinyl). Discogs.
3. Web site: Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (1980, Vinyl). Discogs.
4. Web site: Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (2021, CD). Discogs.
5. 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. 149.