
Here's some words from Luke on his album
(taken from the booklet):
Welcome to the 3rd installment. You will find this record to be a bit of a departure from my other two because I really wanted to do something different. Maybe because my life is just different now and when I began writing and recording for this record I was in a rather introspective, life-evaluating space. Consequently, my approach to the whole reord, musically and sonically, just seemed to take another direction. I was inspired by all the music I grew up listening to and how it has influenced and chronicled different phases of my life and it came out liberally and deliberately on the record. In fact, I think this record is the closest amalgamation of all the different facets of me than anything I have recorded in the past, thus the original title. I experimented with some different instrumentation and recording techniques this time. All the tracks were recorded live except for vocals and a few other oddities. The solos that I do have on the record like "Tears of My Own Shame" and "Bluebird" were kept intact with all their imperfections as to keep the approach REAL and honest. I decided to focus on other aspects of my music this time. You hear sounds like pedal steel guitar, harmonicas, Mellotrons and some different guitar tones and rawer-sounding bass and drum parts. I mixed all this in with some modern recording techniques. I even purposefully distorted the vocals on some occasions... so there is nothing wrong with your system (haha). I think we captured the spirit of where I seem to be coming from at this time. I want to thank ALL of the musicians and Tom for their input and keeping me from myself when it was necessary, for making me keep things I would normally "fix" and maybe "fix" the edge right out of. I also want to thank Elliot Scheiner for coming in and mixing my album and putting some fresh ears on it.
See ya on the road!!
Luke
(taken from the booklet):
Welcome to the 3rd installment. You will find this record to be a bit of a departure from my other two because I really wanted to do something different. Maybe because my life is just different now and when I began writing and recording for this record I was in a rather introspective, life-evaluating space. Consequently, my approach to the whole reord, musically and sonically, just seemed to take another direction. I was inspired by all the music I grew up listening to and how it has influenced and chronicled different phases of my life and it came out liberally and deliberately on the record. In fact, I think this record is the closest amalgamation of all the different facets of me than anything I have recorded in the past, thus the original title. I experimented with some different instrumentation and recording techniques this time. All the tracks were recorded live except for vocals and a few other oddities. The solos that I do have on the record like "Tears of My Own Shame" and "Bluebird" were kept intact with all their imperfections as to keep the approach REAL and honest. I decided to focus on other aspects of my music this time. You hear sounds like pedal steel guitar, harmonicas, Mellotrons and some different guitar tones and rawer-sounding bass and drum parts. I mixed all this in with some modern recording techniques. I even purposefully distorted the vocals on some occasions... so there is nothing wrong with your system (haha). I think we captured the spirit of where I seem to be coming from at this time. I want to thank ALL of the musicians and Tom for their input and keeping me from myself when it was necessary, for making me keep things I would normally "fix" and maybe "fix" the edge right out of. I also want to thank Elliot Scheiner for coming in and mixing my album and putting some fresh ears on it.
See ya on the road!!
Luke
Steve Lukather
Luke
Luke
Tracklist:
1. The Real Truth
Written by Steve Lukather, Fee Waybill
Luke: All Guitars, Wurlitzer, Mellotron and lead vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
John Pierce: Bass
Jim Cox: Hammond
Written by Steve Lukather, Fee Waybill
Luke: All Guitars, Wurlitzer, Mellotron and lead vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
John Pierce: Bass
Jim Cox: Hammond
2. Broken Machine
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All Guitars, Keyboards and lead vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Phil Soussan: Bass and backing vocals
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All Guitars, Keyboards and lead vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Phil Soussan: Bass and backing vocals
3. Tears Of My Own Shame
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All Guitars and lead vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Phil Soussan: Bass
Jim Cox: Hammond
Maxie Anderson: Backing vocals
Alfie Silas Duno: Backing vocals
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All Guitars and lead vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Phil Soussan: Bass
Jim Cox: Hammond
Maxie Anderson: Backing vocals
Alfie Silas Duno: Backing vocals
4. Love The Things You Hate
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All Guitars and lead vocals and electric sitar
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Phil Soussan: Bass and backing vocals
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All Guitars and lead vocals and electric sitar
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Phil Soussan: Bass and backing vocals
5. Hate Everything About U
Written by Steve Lukather, Rodney Crowell
Luke: Electric and acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums and percussion
John Pierce: Bass
J.D. Maness: Pedal steel guitar
Jim Cox: Hammond and Wurlitzer
Written by Steve Lukather, Rodney Crowell
Luke: Electric and acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums and percussion
John Pierce: Bass
J.D. Maness: Pedal steel guitar
Jim Cox: Hammond and Wurlitzer
6. Reservations To Live (The Way It Is)
Written by Steve Lukather, Fee Waybill
Luke: Electric and acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
John Pierce: Bass
J.D. Maness: Pedal steel guitar
Jim Cox: Hammond and Fender Rhodes
Written by Steve Lukather, Fee Waybill
Luke: Electric and acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
John Pierce: Bass
J.D. Maness: Pedal steel guitar
Jim Cox: Hammond and Fender Rhodes
7. Don't Hang Me On
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All guitars, lead vocals and mellotron
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Phil Soussan: Bass and backing vocals
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All guitars, lead vocals and mellotron
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Phil Soussan: Bass and backing vocals
8. Always Be There For Me
Written by Steve Lukather
Luke: All guitars, Wurlitzer, lead and backing vocals
David Paich: Hammond
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
John Pierce: Bass
Written by Steve Lukather
Luke: All guitars, Wurlitzer, lead and backing vocals
David Paich: Hammond
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
John Pierce: Bass
9. Open Your Heart
Written by Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum
Luke: Electric and acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Pino Palladino: Bass
David Paich: Wurlitzer
Written by Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum
Luke: Electric and acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Pino Palladino: Bass
David Paich: Wurlitzer
10. Bag O'Tales
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All guitars, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums and percussion
Phil Soussan: Bass and backing vocals
Written by Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
Luke: All guitars, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums and percussion
Phil Soussan: Bass and backing vocals
11. Bluebird
Written by Stephen Stills
Luke: All guitars, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
John Pierce: Bass
Written by Stephen Stills
Luke: All guitars, lead and backing vocals
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
John Pierce: Bass
12. The Pump (U.S. Bonus Track)
Recorded Live in Stuttgart on 30 June 1997.
Recorded Live in Stuttgart on 30 June 1997.