Many of you have been requesting RICHARD MARX 1987’s self-titled debut album in remastered form or high quality SHM-CD pressing. Well, “Richard Marx” never has been remastered, nor released on SHM-CD.
But this Japanese edition as second press / re-release as part of the ‘Super Masters‘ series from 1990 sounds terrific. It really blows out of the water the other CD versions out there.
Grammy award winning songwriter, singer and producer, Richard Marx has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and has landed a number 1 song on the charts in each of the past four decades, as an artist or as a writer.
“Richard Marx” resulted a smash success, triple-platinum and scoring four top 40 singles, and the cream of LA session play on this album. Everybody likes the songs on “Richard Marx” – from popsters to metalheads…
”Richard Marx” is a finely crafted record of mainstream pop&rock / lite AOR. Marx understood how the melodies of uptempo rockers like “Don’t Mean Nothin’” are driven by thick power chords, and how arrangements are as important as melody in ballads like “Hold On to the Nights.”
Filled with carefully constructed radio-ready tracks, it was no surprise that the album became a huge hit.
They don’t make albums like this anymore. And this Japanese pressing of ”Richard Marx” it’s a really good one.
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01 – Should’ve Known Better
02 – Don’t Mean Nothing
03 – Endless Summer Nights
04 – Lonely Heart
05 – Hold On To The Nights
06 – Have Mercy
07 – Remember Manhattan
08 – The Flame Of Love
09 – Rhythm Of Life
10 – Heaven Only Knows
Richard Marx – vocals, drums, keyboards, piano
Tom Keane – keyboards
Michael Omartian – keyboards
Rhett Lawrence – keyboards, drums, programming
Jim Lang – keyboards and drum programming
Michael Landau – guitar
Bruce Gaitsch – guitar
Joe Walsh – rhythm guitar and guitar solo (2)
John Pierce – bass guitar (1, 10)
Nathan East – bass guitar (2, 3)
Patrick O’Hearn – bass guitar (5)
Joe Chemay – bass guitar (6, 9)
Prairie Prince – drums (1)
John Keane – drums (2, 3, 6, 9, 10)
Tris Imboden – drums (5)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 10)
Alex Acuña – percussion (8)
Dave Boruff – saxophone (3, 7, 10)
Fee Waybill – backing vocals (1, 7)
Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (2)
Randy Meisner – backing vocals (2)
Karyn White – backing vocals
Ruth Marx – backing vocals
Cynthia Rhodes – backing vocals