tracks

First Impression
One More Cry
For Angie
All I Do (Is Think About You)
Leather and Lace
You Slipped Away
Take Your Time
Here We Go Again
Traci
Next Time
17
When I Saw You
Goodbye
You Can Never Look Back

notes

From liner notes:
Copyright 2015- Rude Awakening / Rude Awakening (888295357333)
Dedicated to Matthew "Smurf" Murphy (RIP)
"If heaven was a town it would be my town on a summer day in 1985: When everything I wanted was out there waiting, and everyone I loved was still alive." --Gretchen Peters

Produced by Beau Hill, Rude Awakening’s self-titled CD is a throwback to an era of guitar driven power pop. So why revisit this musical era? Rude Awakening is actually the prequel or forerunner to what later became the award winning power pop band, The Pozers--formed by Jim Richey in 1994. So the Rude Awakening project to The Pozers is similar to how Mudcrutch is to Tom Petty.

Rude Awakening was formed in Winnsboro, TX in 1985 and disbanded in 1989. Most of the members were prolific songwriters, but since they were teenagers, they were never signed to a record label, thus never released an official CD. The idea behind this CD project and reuniting of band members (Jeffrey Galloway, Kenny Swann, Jim Richey, Jeff Hamm, and Steve Johnson) came from an imaginary “what if…” scenario. For example, “What if Rude Awakening had been discovered and signed a record deal during their time as a band?”
“Which original songs would have been used for the CD?"
and
"How would they have sounded in a professional recording studio with a big time producer?”
So even though this new CD was recorded and released in 2015, the attitude, songs, and image of the band are that from 1987.

credits

Arranged By – Bob Taylor (87)
Art Direction – Eric L. Moreno
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Lead Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Concept By – Jim Richey (2)
Engineer – John Mills (86)
Graphic Design – Mike Maddux (2)
Guitar, Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Art Direction – Jeff Hamm (3)
Lead Guitar – Kenny Swann
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass – Jeffrey Galloway
Mixed By, Mastered By – David West (88)
Photography By – James Alderman (2), Jerry Sadler (2), Thad Murley, Toni Richey
Producer – Beau Hill (2)

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