Back on the Streets (Donnie Iris album)

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Back on the Streets
Donnie Iris Back on the Streets Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Donnie Iris and the Cruisers
ReleasedJuly 15, 1980 (1980-07-15)
RecordedJeree Studios, New Brighton, Pennsylvania
Spring 1980
Genre Rock
Label Midwest National
Producer Mark Avsec
Donnie Iris and the Cruisers chronology
Back on the Streets
(1980)		 King Cool
(1981)
Singles from Back on the Streets
  1. "Ah! Leah!"
    Released: November 1980
  2. "You're Only Dreaming"
    Released: April 1981
  3. "I Can't Hear You"
    Released: 1981
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Back on the Streets is the debut album by American rock singer/guitarist Donnie Iris, released in 1980. The single "Ah! Leah!" was a hit for Iris, reaching #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #19 on the U.S. Billboard Top Tracks chart. The album was remastered and reissued on CD in 2021 by Rock Candy Records with two live bonus tracks from the 1981 Live EP. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Agnes" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:30
  2. "You're Only Dreaming" (Avsec, Ierace, McClain, Hoenes, Valentine) – 4:45
  3. "She's So Wild" (Avsec, Ierace, McClain, Hoenes, Valentine) – 2:35
  4. "Daddy Don't Live Here Anymore" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:49
  5. "Too Young to Love" (Avsec) – 5:31

Side two

  1. "Ah! Leah!" (Mark Avsec, Dominic Ierace) – 3:46
  2. "I Can't Hear You" (Avsec, Ierace, Albritton McClain, Marty Hoenes, Kevin Valentine) – 3:40
  3. "Joking" (Avsec, Ierace) – 4:04
  4. "Shock Treatment" (Avsec) – 3:48
  5. "Back on the Streets" (Avsec, Ierace) – 3:36

Re-released October 1980 as MCA 3272 with sides one and two reversed. [3] [4]

2021 remastered CD reissue

  1. "Ah! Leah!" - 3:47
  2. "I Can't Hear You" - 3:40
  3. "Joking" - 4:05
  4. "Shock Treatment" - 3:49
  5. "Back on the Streets" - 3:38
  6. "Agnes" - 3:30
  7. "You're Only Dreaming" - 4:45
  8. "She's So Wild" - 2:35
  9. "Daddy Don't Live Here Anymore" - 3:50
  10. "Too Young to Love" - 5:34
  11. "Ah! Leah! (Live)" - 4:37
  12. "I Can't Hear You (Live)" - 3:41 [5]

Personnel

Donnie Iris and the Cruisers

Additional musicians

Production

Chart positions

Album - Billboard

YearChartPosition
1981Billboard 20057
1981Australian (Kent Music Report)44 [6]

Singles - Billboard

YearSingleChartPosition
1981"Ah! Leah!"Billboard Hot 10029
Mainstream Rock Tracks19
"I Can't Hear You"Mainstream Rock Tracks47

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (2021, CD)". Discogs .
  3. ↑ "Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (1980, Vinyl)". Discogs .
  4. ↑ "Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (1980, Vinyl)". Discogs .
  5. ↑ "Donnie Iris – Back on the Streets (2021, CD)". Discogs .
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 149. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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