Running the Endless Mile explained

Running the Endless Mile
Type:Studio
Artist:John Parr
Cover:Running the Endless Mile.jpg
Released:13 October 1986[1]
Genre:Rock
Length:45:25
Label:Atlantic
Producer:John Parr
Prev Title:John Parr
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Man With a Vision
Next Year:1992

Running the Endless Mile is the second album by John Parr, released in 1986. The lead single "Blame It on the Radio" reached U.S. #88, the only song to reach the U.S. singles charts. The first track on the album, "Two Hearts", was taken from the soundtrack to the film American Anthem. However, an earlier soundtrack hit, Parr's #1 hit of the previous summer "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" from the film of the same title (and also on the Atlantic label) was not included on this album, which may have limited its sales (the album failed to crack the Top 200 in the U.S.). Instead, a song that was on his first album, "Don't Leave Your Mark on Me" was repeated in a different version.

Background

Running the Endless Mile was recorded in various studios over a period of five months in 1986. Parr told Billboard in 1986, "I needed to have an album out this year because it's been two years since my last one. The only way to do it was in between promotion and gigs in Europe. So wherever I wrote, I recorded at the same time."[2]

Track listing

All songs written by John Parr unless noted.

  1. "Two Hearts (American Anthem)" - 6:09
  2. "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - 4:05
  3. "King of Lies" - 4:08
  4. "Running the Endless Mile" - 4:19
  5. "Don't Leave Your Mark on Me (Mark 2)" (Julia Downes, Parr) - 4:19
  6. "Scratch" - 4:39
  7. "Do It Again" - 4:08
  8. "Blame It on the Radio" - 4:16
  9. "The Story Still Remains the Same (Vices)" (Downes, Parr) - 3:52
  10. "Steal You Away (Flight of the Spruce Goose)" - 5:30

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Week. 38.
  2. Moleski . Linda . John Parr, a man in motion, has new LP . . 27 December 1986 . Billboard Publications, Inc. . 98 . 52 . 34 . 0006-2510.

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