Luke (album)

Luke
Studio album by Steve Lukather
Released	October 28, 1997 [1]
Recorded	1997
Studio	The Steakhouse Studio (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	59:33
Label	Columbia Records (International) Miramar Recordings (U.S. release)
Producer	Steve Lukather and Tom Fletcher
Steve Lukather chronology
Candyman (1994) Luke (1997) No Substitutions: Live in Osaka (2001)
Singles from Luke
"Hate Everything About U" Released: 1997

Luke is the third solo studio album by American musician Steve Lukather, released in 1997. It was a much different and more introspective album than Lukather's previous two solo efforts. The album is a concentrated collection of many of Lukather's musical influences, and he deliberately let those influences come out on the album. ^[2] Luke was recorded mostly in live sessions with minimal overdubbing and processing afterward. It features instrumentation not heard on previous Lukather albums such as pedal steel, harmonicas, Mellotrons, and experimental guitar, bass, and drum sounds. ^[2]

The US version of Luke includes a version of the Jeff Beck song "The Pump" which was recorded live in Stuttgart, Germany on June 30, 1997 during the pre-promotional tour of the album. ^[3] The song "Hate Everything About You" was released as a single. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "The Real Truth" (Lukather, Fee Waybill) – 5:10
2. "Broken Machine" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 4:54
3. "Tears Of My Own Shame" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 5:38
4. "Love The Things You Hate" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 5:44
5. "Hate Everything About U" (Lukather, Rodney Crowell) - 5:56
6. "Reservations To Live (The Way It Is)" (Lukather, Waybill) - 4:49
7. "Don't Hang Me On" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 4:40
8. "Always Be There For Me" (Lukather) - 5:38
9. "Open Your Heart" (Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 4:27
10. "Bag O' Tales" (Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 5:50
11. "Bluebird" (Stephen Stills) - 6:42
12. "The Pump (Live)" (Simon Phillips, Tony Hymas) - 9:33 (US and Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

Adapted from album’s liner notes. ^[4]

• Steve Lukather – lead vocals, all guitars (1–4, 7, 8, 10–12), Wurlitzer organ (1, 8), Mellotron (1, 7), keyboards (2), electric sitar (4), acoustic guitar (5, 6, 9), electric guitar (5, 6, 9), harmonica (5), backing vocals (5, 6, 8–11)
• Jim Cox – Hammond organ (1, 5, 6), Wurlitzer organ (5), Fender Rhodes (6)
• David Paich – Hammond organ (8), Wurlitzer organ (9) ^[5]
• Brett Tuggle – keyboards (12)
• Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel guitar (5, 6)
• John Pierce – bass (1, 5, 6, 8, 11)
• Phil Soussan – bass (2–4, 7, 10), backing vocals (2, 4, 7, 10)
• Pino Palladino – bass (9)
• Gregg Bissonette – drums, percussion (5)
• Maxi Anderson – backing vocals (3)
• Alfie Silas Durio – backing vocals (3)

Production

• Steve Lukather – producer, arrangements
• Tom Fletcher – producer, arrangements, engineer
• Bill Smith – engineer
• Lee Bench – second engineer
• David Nottingham – second engineer
• Bodie Olmos – assistant engineer
• Elliot Scheiner – mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Anita Heilig – production coordinator
• Doug Brown – creative direction
• Eric Scott – art direction, design
• Mixed at The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California).
• Mastered at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California).

References

1. "Lukather albums".
2. "Luke". 1997. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
3. "TOTO News Archive". June 1, 2000. Archived from the original on June 1, 2000. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
4. Luke (booklet). Columbia. 1997.
5. "LUKE Interview". April 29, 1999. Archived from the original on April 29, 1999. Retrieved February 24, 2025.

External links

• Album information