Start the Car

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Start the Car
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 1992
RecordedCherokee Studios, Westlake Audio, Ocean Way Studios, Capitol Studios, Track Record, Groove Masters, Image Recordings
Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length47:33
Label Reprise
Producer Jude Cole, James Newton Howard
Jude Cole chronology
A View from 3rd Street
(1990)
Start the Car
(1992)
I Don't Know Why I Act This Way
(1995)
Singles from Start the Car
  1. "Start the Car"
    Released: October 1992 [1]
  2. "Tell the Truth"
    Released: January 1993 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Start the Car is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Jude Cole. Released in 1992, five years after his self-titled debut solo album. After A View from Third Street, Cole shifted into a heartland rock sound. The album peaked at number 177 on the Billboard 200, number 46 on Australia's ARIA charts, and number 24 in Sweden. Its lead single of the same name peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 (on the issue dated October 10, 1992), and reached number six on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, number 24 in Canada, and number 59 in Australia. The album's second single, "Tell the Truth" peaked at number 57 on the former chart (on the issue dated March 13, 1993) [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jude Cole, with additional contributors noted.

  1. "Start the Car" – 5:07
  2. "Worlds Apart" (Ron Aniello) – 3:54
  3. "Open Road" – 5:19
  4. "Just Another Night" (James Newton Howard) – 3:47
  5. "Tell the Truth" – 5:27
  6. "Intro" – 0:43
  7. "Right There Now" – 5:05
  8. "First Your Money (Then Your Clothes)" (George Green) – 4:12
  9. "It Comes Around" – 4:38
  10. "Blame It on Fate" – 4:50
  11. "A Place in the Line" – 4:31

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 42
US Billboard 200 [8] 177
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 24

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