Black Cars Explained
| Black Cars |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Gino Vannelli |
| Cover: | Black Cars.jpg |
| Released: | November 30, 1984 |
| Recorded: | 1984 |
| Studio: | Larkfield Recording Studio, Westwind Studio |
| Length: | 33:27 |
| Label: | HME, CBS, Polydor (Canada) |
| Producer: | Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli |
| Prev Title: | Nightwalker |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Big Dreamers Never Sleep |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
Black Cars is the eighth album by Gino Vannelli. Produced with his brothers Joe and Ross, the album yielded two hit singles: the title track and "Hurts to Be in Love".
Vannelli was nominated for the 1986 Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year, an award he won in 1979. He and Joe won the 1986 Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year for the title track.
Singles
The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.
| Title | Date | Hot 100 | CAN |
|---|
| 1. | "Black Cars" | 1985 | 42 | 4 |
| 2. | "Hurts to Be in Love" | 1985 | 57 | 14 |
| 3. | "Just a Motion Away" | 1985 | — | 79 | |
Personnel
- Gino Vannelli – lead vocals, guitars (1, 3, 7, 8), backing vocals (2, 4, 7), drums (3, 6, 9), drum programming (7), percussion (9)
- Joe Vannelli – synthesizers, synth bass (2, 4, 8, 9), acoustic piano (3, 7, 9), electric piano (6, 9), drum programming (7)
- Mike Miller – guitars (2, 4, 5, 6), lead guitar (3, 7), acoustic guitar (8)
- Jimmy Haslip – bass guitar (1, 4-7)
- David Garibaldi – drums (1)
- Mark Craney – drums (2, 4, 5, 8)
- Ross Vannelli – backing vocals (2-6, 9), bass guitar (3), drum programming (7), percussion (7)
- John Messerschmidt – backing vocals (2)
- Lori Lieberman – backing vocals (9)
Production
- Produced and Arranged by Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli and Ross Vannelli.
- Engineers – Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli and Ron Capone.
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
- Album Coordinator – Shirley Klein
- Art Direction and Design – Michael Hodgson
- Photography – Moshea Brakha
- Styling – Maria Sarno
- Management – Patrick Raines & Associates.
