Sneaker (album) explained

Sneaker
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sneaker
Cover:	Sneaker Album.jpg
Released:	October 1981
Recorded:	1981 Village Recorder, Cherokee Studios
Genre:	Rock, soft rock
Length:	36:52
Label:	Handshake Records
Producer:	Jeff Baxter
Next Title:	Loose in the World
Next Year:	1982

Sneaker is the debut album by the band Sneaker. It was released in 1981 on Handshake Records.^[1]

It contains the hit single, "More Than Just the Two of Us" (U.S. #34, AC #17). Although the song became more popular in the Philippines.

Production

• Producer: Jeff Baxter
• Engineer: Larold Rebhun
• Management & direction: Shelly Weiss
• Additional engineering: Al Schmitt, Wayne Neuendorf, Jeff Baxter
• Assistant engineers: Clif Jones, Sheridan Eldridge, John Hanlon, Krohn McHenry, Karen Siegel
• Recorded at Village Recorder & Cherokee Studios
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood
• Mastering: Bernie Grundman
• Production coordinator: Marylata Kastner
• Photography: Sam Emerson
• Illustrations: Susan McDonnell
• Design: Tommy Steele/Art Hotel

Personnel

• Michael Cottage - bass, background vocals
• Mitch Crane - guitars, lead and background vocals
• Mike Hughes - drums, background vocals
• Jim King - keyboards, synthesizers, vibes
• Michael Carey Schneider - lead and background vocals, keyboards
• Tim Torrance - guitars

Guest artists

• "Don't Let Me In": Jeff Baxter - guitar solos on fade
• "Jaymes": Ed Greene - drums, John Raymond - bass, David Foster - clavinet, Lon Price - saxophone solo, Bobby LaKind - percussion (courtesy Warner Bros. Records)
• "One By One": David Woodford - saxophone solo
• "No More Lonely Days": Jeff Baxter - guitar solos on fade, Sherlie Mathews, Paulette Brown, Cleopatra Kennedy - background vocals, Jimmie Haskell - string and French horn arrangements

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. December 31, 2008. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780898201741. Google Books.