Long Hard Look

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Long Hard Look
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 1989
Recorded1988–1989
Studio418 Studios (Westlake Village, CA)
Genre Rock
Length45:24
Label Atlantic
Producer Peter Wolf
  • Eric "ET" Thorngren
Lou Gramm chronology
Ready or Not
(1987)
Long Hard Look
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Long Hard Look is the second solo album from original Foreigner lead vocalist Lou Gramm, released in 1989 (See 1989 in music).

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Angel with a Dirty Face" (Gramm, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) - 5:14
  2. "Just Between You and Me" (Gramm, Holly Knight) - 4:56
  3. "Broken Dreams" (Gramm, Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf) - 5:54
  4. "True Blue Love" (Gramm, Peter Wolf) - 4:58
  5. "I'll Come Running" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) - 4:06
  6. "Hangin' on My Hip" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) - 3:38
  7. "Warmest Rising Sun" (Gramm) - 5:11
  8. "Day One" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon, Peter Wolf) - 3:17
  9. "I'll Know When It's Over" (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) - 4:35
  10. "Tin Soldier" (Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott) - 3:24

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian (ARIA Charts) [2] 56

Production

Personnel

Singles

Notes

  1. Long Hard Look at AllMusic
  2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

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