Black Cars
1984 studio album by Gino Vannelli
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Black Cars is the eighth studio album by Gino Vannelli. Produced with his brothers Joe and Ross, the album yielded two hit singles: the title track and "Hurts to Be in Love".
ReleasedNovember 30, 1984
Recorded1984
Studio
- Larkfield Recording Studio
- Westwind Studio (Thousand Oaks, California)
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| Released | November 30, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Genre | Rock, soft rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 33:27 | |||
| Label | HME, CBS, Polydor (Canada) | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992) | [2] |
Vannelli was nominated for the 1986 Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year, an award he won in 1979. He and Joe won the 1986 Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year for the title track.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Black Cars" | Gino Vannelli/Roy Freeland | 3:07 |
| 2. | "The Other Man" | Gino Vannelli/Roy Freeland | 3:37 |
| 3. | "It's Over" | Gino Vannelli/Ross Vannelli/Roy Freeland | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Here She Comes" | Gino Vannelli | 3:18 |
| 5. | "Hurts to Be in Love" | Gino Vannelli | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 17:21 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Total Stranger" | Gino Vannelli/Roy Freeland/Bill LaBounty | 4:53 |
| 2. | "Just a Motion Away" | Gino Vannelli/Ross Vannelli | 4:18 |
| 3. | "Imagination" | Gino Vannelli | 3:04 |
| 4. | "How Much" | Gino Vannelli | 3:51 |
| Total length: | 16:06 | ||
Singles
Personnel
Musicians
- Gino Vannelli – vocals, guitars (1, 3, 7, 8), drums (3, 6, 9), drum programming (7), percussion (9)
- Joe Vannelli – synthesizers, synth bass (2, 4, 8, 9), acoustic piano (3, 7, 9), electric piano (6, 9), drum programming (7)
- Mike Miller – guitars (2, 4–6), lead guitar (3, 7), acoustic guitar (8)
- Jimmy Haslip – bass guitar (1, 4–7)
- Ross Vannelli – bass guitar (3), drum programming (7), percussion (7)
- David Garibaldi – drums (1)
- Mark Craney – drums (2, 4, 5, 8)
Background vocals
- Gino Vannelli – backing vocals (2, 4, 7)
- Ross Vannelli – backing vocals (2–6, 9)
- John Messerschmidt – backing vocals (2)
- Lori Lieberman – backing vocals (9)
Production
- Gino Vannelli – producer, arrangements, engineer
- Joe Vannelli – producer, arrangements, engineer
- Ross Vannelli – producer, arrangements
- Ron Capone – recording
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Shirley Klein – album coordinator
- Michael Hodgson – art direction, design
- Moshea Brakha – photography
- Maria Sarno – stylist
- Patrick Raines & Associates – management