Untold Passion

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Untold Passion
Schon and hammer untold passion.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1981
Genre Pop, rock, instrumental
Length42:09
Label Columbia
Producer Neal Schon & Jan Hammer
Schon & Hammer chronology
Untold Passion
(1981)
Here to Stay
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Untold Passion is the debut album by Schon & Hammer. [2] Hammer, a founding member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, is best known for his soundtrack work on Miami Vice . [3] Schon is the guitarist for the band Journey. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wasting Time" (Schon, Hodgkinson) 3:46
  2. "I'm Talking to You" (Schon, Hodgkinson, Hammer) 4:54
  3. "The Ride" (Hammer) 4:41 (instrumental)
  4. "I'm Down" (Schon, Hodgkinson) 4:08
  5. "Arc" (Hammer) 3:58 (instrumental)
  6. "It's Alright" (Schon, R. Silver, Hodgkinson) 4:43
  7. "Hooked on Love" (Hodgkinson, Hammer) 3:06
  8. "On the Beach" (Schon) 5:29 (instrumental)
  9. "Untold Passion" (Hammer) 7:02 (instrumental)
  10. (Bonus track in 2013 reissue) "Planet Empathy" 4:26 (instrumental)

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Prato, Greg. Untold Passion at AllMusic
  2. staff, Goldmine (April 30, 2013). "Discover the different sides of Neal Schon".
  3. "JAN HAMMER SCORES A HIT". Los Angeles Times. October 27, 1985.
  4. Prown, Pete; Newquist, H. P. (February 1, 1997). Legends of Rock Guitar. Hal Leonard. ISBN   9781476850931 via Google Books.