Feel This

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Feel This
Jeff Healey Band Feel This.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1992
RecordedJune–August, 1992
StudioForte Studios and Sounds Interchange (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Genre Hard rock
Length57:13
Label Arista [1]
Producer Joe Hardy, The Jeff Healey Band [2]
The Jeff Healey Band chronology
Hell to Pay
(1990)
Feel This
(1992)
Cover to Cover
(1995)
Singles from Feel This
  1. "Cruel Little Number"
    Released: November 1992
  2. "Heart of an Angel"
    Released: December 1992
  3. "Lost in Your Eyes"
    Released: March 1993
  4. "Leave a Light On"
    Released: June 1993
  5. "You're Coming Home"
    Released: September 1993

Feel This is the third album by the Jeff Healey Band, released in 1992. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Calgary Herald C− [5]
Entertainment Weekly D− [6]

The Toronto Star noted that "the biggest drawback is the weak songwriting, including Tom Petty's contribution, 'Lost In Your Eyes'." [7] The Gazette deemed the album Healey's "most professional set of lowest-common-denominator hard rock yet." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cruel Little Number" Jeff Healey, Joe Rockman, Tom Stephen, Carl Marsh, Justis Walkert4:34
2."Leave the Light On" Stan Lynch, Todd Sharp 4:20
3."Baby's Lookin' Hot"Warren "Wiggy" Toll4:11
4."Lost In Your Eyes" Tom Petty 5:05
5."House That Love Built" Tito Larriva, Tony Marsico, Valerie Marsico4:49
6."Evil and Here to Stay"Healey, Rockman, Stephen4:28
7."My Kinda Lover"Healey, Rockman, Stephen4:58
8."It Could All Get Blown Away" Barry Goldberg, Gerry Goffin, Ellen Goffin4:41
9."You're Coming Home"Healey, Rockman, Stephen, Stevie Salas 4:28
10."If You Can't Feel Anything Else"Healey, Rockman, Stephen, Will Jennings, Jr. John4:58
11."Heart of an Angel" Mark Holmes [9] 4:50
12."Live and Love (Not on The U.S. Album)"Healey, Rockman, Stephen, Jennings4:45
13."Joined at the Heart (Not on The U.S. Album)"Healey, Rockman, Stephen, Jennings, Tobias5:58
14."Dreams of Love"Healey, Rockman, Stephen5:31
Total length:57:13

Personnel

The Jeff Healey Band

Additional Musicians

Handclaps on "My Kinda Lover"

Production

Chart positions and certifications

Album

YearChartPeak
Position
1992US Billboard 200 [10] 174
1992Canadian RPM 100 Albums [11] 27
1992 UK Albums Chart [12] 72
1993Australian ARIA Albums Chart [13] 37
1992 Swedish Albums Chart [14] 41
1992Dutch Mega Album Top 100 [15] 57
1990 German Albums Charts [16] 83

Singles

YearSongChartPeak
Position
1992"Cruel Little Number"Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks [17] 17
1993"Heart of an Angel"Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks [18] 52
1993"Lost in Your Eyes"US Billboard Hot 100 [19] 91
1993"Lost in Your Eyes"Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks [20] 5
1993"Leave a Light On"Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks [21] 60
1994"You're Coming Home"Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks [22] 40

Certifications

CountryCertificationSales
Canada (Music Canada)Platinum [23] 100,000+

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