Hard Core (Paul Dean album)

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Hard Core
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1989 [1] [2]
RecordedVenture Studios, Little Mountain Sound Studios, Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Winter 1988/Spring 1989
Genre Hard rock
Length40:19
Label CBS LP - 44462, 462977-2/1
Producer Paul Dean & Brian "Too Loud" MacLeod
Paul Dean chronology
Brutus
(1975)
Hard Core
(1989)
Machine
(1995)
Singles from Hard Core
  1. "Sword & Stone"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Draw the Line"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Hard Core is the first solo album by Canadian musician Paul Dean, released in January 1989. The first track, "Sword & Stone", was demoed by Kiss for their Crazy Nights album in 1987, [5] and later additionally recorded by the German rockers, Bonfire, in 1989 for the film Shocker and its accompanying soundtrack. The Bryan Adams-written "Draw the Line" was originally recorded by Ted Nugent with Brian Howe on lead vocals in 1984 on his Penetrator album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sword & Stone" (Desmond Child, Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick) - 4:06
  2. "Doctor" (Paul Dean) - 4:52
  3. "Draw the Line" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 4:11
  4. "Dirty Fingers" (Taylor Rhodes, Tom DeLuca) - 4:02
  5. "Under the Gun" (Dean, Mike Reno, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) - 3:39
  6. "Action" (Dean, Matt Frenette, Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve, Kenny Shields, Daryl Guthiel) - 5:10
  7. "Down to the Bottom" (Dean) - 5:17
  8. "Black Sheep" (Dean, Rhodes, Terry Cerney) - 4:09
  9. "Politics" (Dean, Brian MacLeod, Foster) - 4:53

Musicians

Production

Chart positions

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada (RPM 100 Albums) [6] 45
US (Billboard 200) [7] 195
US AOR Albums ( Radio & Records ) [8] 26

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