Dan Hill (1987 album)

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Dan Hill
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 11, 1987
Recorded1987
Genre Pop
Length38:53
Label Columbia
Producer Hank Medress, John Capek
Dan Hill chronology
Love in the Shadows
(1983)
Dan Hill
(1987)
Real Love
(1989)
Singles from Dan Hill
  1. "Can't We Try"
    Released: 1987
  2. "Never Thought (That I Could Love)"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Carmelia"
    Released: 1988

Dan Hill is an album by Canadian musician Dan Hill. It was released in 1987 on Columbia Records. It is Hill's eighth album in all, and his second eponymous release, following his 1975 debut album.

Contents

The lead single from the album was a duet with Vonda Shepard, "Can't We Try", which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1] Along with "Can't We Try", two other tracks, "Never Thought (That I Could Love)" and "Carmelia", also reached the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Conscience" (Dan Hill, John Capek) – 3:54
  2. "Carmelia" (Hill, Capek) – 3:51
  3. "Can't We Try" (Duet with Vonda Shepard) (Hill, Beverly Chapin-Hill) – 4:02
  4. "Blood in My Veins" (Hill, Warren Pash) – 3:51
  5. "Never Thought (That I Could Love)" (Hill) – 3:36
  6. "Every Boys Fantasy" (Hill, Gabe Lee) – 3:26
  7. "Lose Control" (Hill, Capek) – 3:48
  8. "Perfect Love" (Hill, Barry Mann, Scott Cutler) – 4:49
  9. "Pleasure Centre" (Hill, John Sheard) – 3:50
  10. "USA/USSR" (Hill, Sheard) – 3:50

Personnel

Production

Studios

The songs "Can't We Try" and "Never Thought (That I Could Love)" were both used on the American daytime drama Santa Barbara . [3]

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References

  1. "Can't We Try". Billboard Hot 100 Search. Billboard. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 115.
  3. "Santa Barbara". www.cybercom.net. Retrieved 26 May 2018.