For the Love of Strange Medicine explained

For the Love of Strange Medicine
Type:studio
Artist:Steve Perry
Cover:Steveperry-fortheloveofstrangemedicine1.jpg
Released:July 19, 1994[1]
Recorded:1993
Studio:Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
One On One Studios (Hollywood, California)
The Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
The Enterprise (Burbank, California)
American Recording Studios (Woodland Hills, California)
Knightlight Studios (Dallas, Texas)
Dallas Sound Lab (Dallas, Texas)
Genre:Rock
Length:53:02
Label:Columbia
Producer:James "Jimbo" Barton, Steve Perry, Tim Miner
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For the Love of Strange Medicine is the second solo studio album by Steve Perry, released on July 19, 1994 through Columbia Records. The album came after a lengthy 8-year hiatus following the breakup of Journey. The first single "You Better Wait" received radio airplay, reaching the top 10 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and peaking at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified gold by the RIAA in September 1994 and followed by a tour from 1994-95.

The song "Young Hearts Forever" was written by Perry as a tribute to his late friend, Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, who died in 1986.

Background

Journey released their ninth studio album Raised on Radio in 1986, which was Steve Perry's seventh album as lead singer. The band subsequently went on a hiatus in 1987. After the split, Perry "didn't feel the passion" for writing and recording music, but eventually began writing songs for the album with musicians Lincoln Brewster, Paul Taylor, and Moyes Lucas.[2]

Track listing

Notes (2006 re-release)

Personnel

Production

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Album

Notes and References

  1. Web site: American album certifications - Steve Perry - For the Love of Strange Medicine . . 19 July 2022.
  2. 11 June 1994. Craig. Rosen. Retail's Open Arms Greet Steve Perry. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 106. 24. 12–13. 0006-2510.