Last of the Runaways

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Last of the Runaways
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Studio album by
Giant
Released1989
RecordedMarch–May 1989
Studio Ridge Farm Studio, Rusper, England
Genre
Length55:16
Label A&M
CD 5272
Producer Terry Thomas
Giant chronology
Last of the Runaways
(1989)		 Time to Burn
(1992)

Last of the Runaways is the debut 1989 studio album by American rock band Giant. [3] [4] It included the hit "I'm a Believer" along with the band's biggest hit, "I'll See You in My Dreams".

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Washington Post concluded: "The Top 40 strategies of industry vets Dann and David Huff's quartet are so airtight they're suffocating; Latest of the Pop-Metal Careerists would be a more appropriate title." [6]

Track listing

  1. "I'm a Believer" (Dann Huff, David Huff, Alan Pasqua, Mark Spiro, Phil Naish) – 5:45
  2. "Innocent Days" (Dann Huff, Spiro) – 5:15
  3. "I Can't Get Close Enough" (Dann Huff, Spiro) – 6:06
  4. "I'll See You in My Dreams" (Pasqua, Spiro) – 4:46
  5. "No Way Out" (Dann Huff, Terry Thomas, Pasqua, David Huff) – 4:04
  6. "Shake Me Up" (Dann Huff, Pasqua, Mike Brignardello, Thomas) – 4:16
  7. "It Takes Two" (Pasqua, Spiro) – 4:59
  8. "Stranger to Me" (Dann Huff, Brignardello, Thomas) – 5:56
  9. "Hold Back the Night" (Dann Huff, Spiro, Pasqua) – 4:11
  10. "Love Welcome Home" (Dann Huff, Spiro, Naish) – 4:51
  11. "The Big Pitch" (Dann Huff, Thomas, Pasqua) – 5:07

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians

Production

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References

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  3. ↑ Caudle, Todd (October 13, 1989). "Last of the Runaways Giant". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. p. D10.
  4. ↑ Clark, Shelton (January 1997). "Bass Notes: Mike Brignardello". Bass Player. Vol. 8, no. 1. pp. 14, 16.
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