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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

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, Jude Cole shifted to a more heartland rock sound. The album peaked at number 46 in Australia and number 24 in Sweden. Its lead single, "Start the Car", became a hit in several countries, reaching number six on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, number 24 in Canada, and number 59 in Australia. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jude Cole except where noted.

  1. "Start the Car" – 5:07
  2. "Worlds Apart" (Cole, Ron Aniello) – 3:54
  3. "Open Road" – 5:19
  4. "Just Another Night" (Cole, 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)" (Cole, 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) [5] 42
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [6] 24

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