Circles (Shooting Star album)

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Circles
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Studio album by Shooting Star
Released July 7, 2006
Recorded Daybreak Studios
Genre Rock
Hard rock
Label E1 Distribution
Producer Van McLain
Shooting Star chronology
Leap of Faith
(2000)
Circles
(2006)
Into the Night
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Circles is the eighth album by the group Shooting Star. It is the first album to feature founding drummer Steve Thomas since 1985's Silent Scream ; as well as the last album to feature original bassist Ron Verlin prior to his retirement from the band in 2009; and the only album to feature vocalist Kevin Chalfant and violinist Shane Michaels.

Shooting Star was an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri.

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Silent Scream is the fifth album by the group Shooting Star. It is the last Shooting Star album to date to feature founding members Gary West and Charles Waltz, and the last album to feature drummer Steve Thomas until 2006's Circles. It is also the only Shooting Star album to date not to feature bassist Ron Verlin and is the band's only album to feature Norm Dahlor on bass.

Kevin Chalfant American musician

Kevin Chalfant is an American singer-songwriter and a native of Streator, Illinois. He obtained a BMI award for co-writing and singing on one of the most frequently aired rock radio hits of 1992 and 1993, "I’ve Got A Lot To Learn About Love"', by The Storm. In October 1993 he very briefly sat in for Steve Perry in Journey, singing lead at a roast for Journey's manager, Herbie Herbert, and in 2003, he toured as lead vocalist for the Alan Parsons Live Project.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Runaway"Van McLain 
2."Without Love"McLain, Gary West 
3."Trouble in Paradise"McLain 
4."George's Song"McLain 
5."Borrowed Time"McLain 
6."Everybody's Crazy"McLain 
7."Temptation"McLain 
8."I'm a Survivor"McLain 
9."We're Not Alone"Dennis Laffoon, McLain 
10."What Love Is" Kevin Chalfant, McLain 
11."Bonus Track 1"McLain 

Personnel

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