Wildside (album) explained

Wildside
Type:	Album
Artist:	Loverboy
Cover:	WildsideLB.jpg
Released:	September 1987
Studio:	Little Mountain Sound Studios
Genre:	Rock
Length:	48:43
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Bruce Fairbairn
Prev Title:	Lovin' Every Minute of It
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Big Ones
Next Year:	1989

Wildside is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Loverboy, released in September 1987.^[1] It was the band's first to not turn platinum, signalling a decline in their popularity.

Cash Box cited the "driving rock melodies" of the single "Love Will Rise Again", which "continues in band's established tradition of melodic power-rock".^[2]

Of the album, Musician reviewer J. D. Considine wrote simply: "Take a walk."^[3]

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.^[4]

Loverboy

• Mike Reno – lead vocals
• Paul Dean – guitar, backing vocals
• Doug Johnson – keyboards
• Scott Smith – bass
• Matt Frenette – drums

Additional musicians

• Darrell Mansfield – harp
• Alison Glass – voice on "That's Where My Money Goes"
• Paul Hyde – voice on "That's Where My Money Goes"

Production

• Neil Shilkin – programming
• Bruce Fairbairn – producer, backing vocals
• Bob Rock – engineer, mixing
• Mike Fraser – engineer
• Ed Thacker – mastering
• George Marino – mastering
• Norman Moore – art direction
• Phillip Dixon – photography
• James O' Mara – photography
• Ryan Begley – photography

External links

• Loverboy- Wildside @Discogs.com

Notes and References

1. Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 189
2. Single Releases. 8. Cash Box. November 21, 1987. 2022-11-06.
3. J.D.. Considine. Wildside. Musician. December 1987.
4. (1987). "Wildside liner notes". In Wildside [CD booklet]. Columbia Records.