Out of Body (The Hooters album)

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Out of Body
TheHootersOutOfBody.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 11, 1993
Recorded1993
Studio Ardent Studios, Memphis
The Ranch, Philadelphia
Genre Rock
Length45:27
Label MCA
Producer
The Hooters chronology
Zig Zag
(1989)
Out of Body
(1993)
The Hooters Live
(1994)
Singles from Out of Body
  1. "Twenty Five Hours a Day"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Boys Will Be Boys"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Private Emotion"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Out of Body is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Hooters, released in May 1993 by MCA Records.

Contents

Background

Out of Body marked a series of firsts for the Hooters. It was their first album for MCA Records after having released their three previous albums on Columbia Records. It was the first time they had worked with producer Joe Hardy, whose credits included ZZ Top, Steve Earle and Tom Cochrane. Also, the Hooters had become a six-piece band for the first time, after the addition of violinist and singer Mindy Jostyn.

Band members Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman first met Jostyn backstage after a 1989 Billy Joel concert at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. She was given a copy of their previous album Zig Zag and two years later, in December 1991, they called her in New York and asked to get together with them. Jostyn officially joined the band in January 1992.

The recording process for Out of Body was also significantly different than their previous efforts. Rather than allow the band to work on a song significantly before recording, as they had always done, producer Joe Hardy took tracks directly from the Hooters' demos and made them "commit and move on." The resulting album was recorded in just four weeks, whereas previous albums by the band had taken four to six months to record.

One of the songs on the album, "Private Emotion," would go on to become an international hit single for Ricky Martin in 2000, with both Hyman and Bazilian contributing to the new recording.

Track listing

  1. "Twenty Five Hours a Day" (Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian, Jerry Lynn Williams) – 3:50
  2. "Boys Will Be Boys" (Hyman, Bazilian, Cyndi Lauper) – 4:42
  3. "Shadow of Jesus" (Bazilian, Glenn Goss) – 5:35
  4. "Great Big American Car" (Hyman, Bazilian, Wendy Waldman) – 5:16
  5. "Private Emotion" (Hyman, Bazilian) – 3:58
  6. "Driftin' Away" (Hyman, Bazilian) – 4:57
  7. "Dancing on the Edge" (Hyman, Bazilian, John Bettis) – 3:38
  8. "All Around the Place" (Hyman, Bazilian) – 3:45
  9. "One Too Many Nights" (Hyman, Bazilian) – 4:25
  10. "Nobody But You" (Hyman, Bazilian, Williams) – 5:21
Japanese bonus track
  1. "Strange Strange World" (Hyman, Bazilian, Waldman) – 4:06 (B-side of "Twenty Five Hours a Day")

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. [2]

The Hooters

Additional musicians

Andrew Lovetenor saxophone on "All Around the Place" and "Nobody But You"
Wayne Jacksontrumpet, trombone on "All Around the Place" and "Nobody But You"

Technical

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References

  1. Out of Body at AllMusic
  2. Out of Body (Media notes). The Hooters. MCA. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)