KBC Band is KBC Band's only album, featuring Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, and Jack Casady from Jefferson Airplane. The single "It's Not You, It's Not Me" was released shortly before the album's release.
| KBC Band | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | October 9, 1986 |
| Recorded | 1986 at The Plant, Sausalito and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley |
| Genre | New wave, pop rock, hard rock |
| Length | 41:11 |
| Label | Arista |
| Producer | KBC Band Jim Gaines John Boylan |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
When originally released, the album cover was printed on both the outside and inside. In one vinyl release, the inside jacket of the album had a picture of a road with a car traveling on it with sign in the distance that said: "Life is a test. Had this been a real life, you would have been told where to go and what to do" — a satire of the message broadcast by the Emergency Broadcast System.
Outtakes were included on the Marty Balin albums Balince and Nothin' 2 Lose: The Lost Studio Recordings.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mariel" | 4:30 | |
| 2. | "It's Not You, It's Not Me" |
| 3:33 |
| 3. | "Hold Me" |
| 6:30 |
| 4. | "America" |
| 6:18 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No More Heartaches" | Cary Sharaf | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Wrecking Crew" | 3:42 | |
| 3. | "When Love Comes" |
| 4:22 |
| 4. | "Dream Motorcycle" |
| 3:47 |
| 5. | "Sayonara" | Kazumasa Oda | 4:59 |
| Total length: | 41:11 | ||
Personnel
edit- KBC Band
- Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Marty Balin – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Jack Casady – bass
- Mark "Slick" Aguilar – lead guitar, background vocals
- Keith Crossan – saxophone, background vocals
- Tim Gorman – keyboards, background vocals
- Darrell Verdusco – drums, background vocals
- Additional personnel
- Pete Escovedo – percussion on "Mariel"
Production
edit- KBC Band – producer on all tracks
- Jim Gaines – producer and engineer on all tracks except "Sayonara"
- John Boylan – producer on "It's Not You, It's Not Me" and "Sayonara", additional production on "When Love Comes" and "No More Heartaches"
- Paul Grupp – engineer on "Sayonara"
- Stephen Hart, Rick Sanchez, Robert Missbach, Maureen Droney – assistant engineers
- Stephen Hart – additional engineering
- Frank Filipetti – mixing engineer
- Moira Marquis – assistant mixing engineer
- Steven Shmerler – art direction
- Leon Leach – inner sleeve photography
- Dyer/Kahn, Inc. – design
- Milton Sincoff – art production
- Vincent Lynch, Lynchpin Productions – management
- Cynthia Bowman – public relations
- Recorded at the Plant, Sausalito and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
- Mixed at Right Track Recording, New York
Charts
edit| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| The Billboard 200[2] | 75 |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Chart | Position[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "It's Not You, It's Not Me" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 89 |
| Billboard Album Rock Tracks | 6 | ||
| 1987 | "America" | Billboard Album Rock Tracks | 8 |
References
edit- ^ Viglione, Joe. "KBC - KBC Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "KBC - KBC Band | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "KBC - KBC Band | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- KBC Band (Vinyl lyrics sleeve). KBC Band. New York City: Arista Records. 1986. AL-8440.
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