Shelter (Lone Justice album) explained

Shelter
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Lone Justice
Cover:	Lone Justice - Shelter.jpg
Released:	November 1986
Studio:	A&M, Hollywood Atlantic, New York City Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre:	Country rock
Length:	44:03
Label:	Geffen
Producer:	Little Steven, Jimmy Iovine, Lone Justice
Prev Title:	Lone Justice
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Next Year:	1994

Shelter is the second album by American country rock band Lone Justice, released in November 1986.^{[1] [2]}

Critical reception

Jon Pareles, music critic for The New York Times, gave high praise to McKee's singing and the band's musicianship, but described the album as something of a disappointment in that "the band's songwriting has grown weaker": whereas the songs of the debut album were filled with "down-to-earth details that make country music hit home", those of Shelter "are much vaguer – they're about abstracted emotions rather than recognizable people".^[3]

Track listing

Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1987	Billboard 200	65
1987	Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	66
1986	Canada^[5]	86

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.Lone Justice

• Maria McKee – vocals, guitar, piano
• Ryan Hedgecock – guitar
• Shane Fontayne – guitar
• Gregg Sutton – bass guitar, vocals
• Bruce Brody – keyboards
• Rudy Richman – drums

Additional personnel

• Tommy Mandel – keyboards
• Benmont Tench – keyboards
• Charles Judge – keyboards
• Little Steven – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
• Vesta Williams – background vocals [1]
• Portia Griffin – background vocals [1]
• Alexandra Brown – background vocals [1]
• Audrey Wheeler – background vocals [4]
• Brenda White-King – background vocals [4]
• Kevin Dorsey – background vocals [5]
• Debra Dobkin – percussion [7]

Production

• Little Steven – producer
• Jimmy Iovine – producer
• Lone Justice – producer
• Joe Chiccarelli – associate producer, engineer, mixing
• Robert de la Garza – engineer
• Don Smith – engineer
• Steven Rinkoff – engineer
• Niko Bolas – engineer
• Bruce Lampcov – engineer
• Joe Borja – engineer
• Scott Litt – engineer
• Greg Edward – engineer, mixing
• Shelly Yakus – engineer, mixing
• Rob Jacobs – assistant engineer
• Michael Bowman – assistant engineer
• Marc DeSisto – assistant engineer
• Craig Engel – assistant engineer
• Ross Stein – assistant engineer
• Mike Shipley – mixing
• Humberto Gatica – mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Janet Weber – production coordination
• Paula Pavlik – production assistant
• Cooper Edens – cover art
• Melanie Nissen – photography
• Kim Champagne – design

Notes and References

1. News: Willman . Chris . Call Her Inspirational . Los Angeles Times . 2 Nov 1986 . Calendar . 58.
2. News: Griffin . John . Lone Justice Shelter . The Gazette . 20 Nov 1986 . Montreal . H3.
3. News: Pareles . Jon . Jon Pareles . December 15, 1986 . Rock: Lone Justice . The New York Times . August 18, 2018 .
4. 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. 181.
5. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - December 6, 1986.