Steve LUKATHER
Lukather
(1989)
1. Twist The Knife 5'24
(Edward Van Hallen / Steve Lukather)
5150 MUSIC Co., / REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC
2. Swear Your Love 4'01
(Steve Lukather / Richard Marx)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / CHI-BOY MUSIC
3. Fall Into Velvet 9'03
(Steve Lukather / Steve Stevens / Cy Cy Curnin)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / SITTING PRETTY MUSIC Inc. / COLGEMS-EMI MUSIC Inc.
All Solos live - NO OVERDUBS!
4. Drive A Crooked Road 5'21
(Steve Lukather / Trevor Lukather / Danny Korchmar)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / KORCHMAR MUSIC
5. Got My Way 4'57
(Steve Lukather / Michael Landau / Randy Goodrum)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / FIVE STORKS MUSIC / MCA MUSIC Pub. (a div. of MCA Inc.) CALIFORNIA PHASE MUSIC
6. Darkest Night Of The Year 5'20
(Steve Lukather / Steve Stevens)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / REALSONGS
7. Lonely Beat Of My Heart 4'18
(Steve Lukather / Diane Warren)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / REALSONGS
8. With A Second Chance 4'37
(Steve Lukather / Randy Goodrum)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / MCA MUSIC Pub. (a div. of MCA Inc.) CALIFORNIA PHASE MUSIC
9. Turns To Stone 5'35
(Steve Lukather / Randy Goodrum)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / MCA MUSIC Pub. (a div. of MCA Inc.) CALIFORNIA PHASE MUSIC
10. Looks Like Rain 4'22
(Steve Lukather / Tom Kelly / Billy Steinberg)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / Denise BARRY MUSIC / Billy STEINBERG MUSIC
11. Steppin' On Top Of Your World 5'41
(Steve Lukather / Danny Korchmar)
REHLAKUL VEETS MUSIC / KORCHMAR MUSIC
Total Time: 54:36
Steve Lukather - Guitars (1-3, 5-9), Guitar 1st Solo (3), Acoustic Guitar (10), 12-String Guitars (10), Backwards Guitar (3), Keyboards (9), Synthesizers (4, 7-9), Drum Programming (9), Lead Vocals (1-9), Background Vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Steve Stevens - Guitar (3), Guitar 3rd Solo (3)
C.J. Vanston - Keyboards (2)
Michael Landau - Guitar (5)
Danny Kortchmar - Rhythm Guitar (4, 11), Lead Guitar (11), Background Vocals (4, 11)
Jan Hammer - Synthesizer 2nd Solo (3), Hammond B3 Organ (3)
Randy Goodrum - Synthesizers (5, 9), Drum and Synthesizer Programming (8, 9), Background Vocals (9)
Aaron Zigman - Synthesizers (5)
Kim Bullard - Keyboards (7)
Eric Rehl - Additional Synthesizers and Effects (3, 6)
David Paich - Organ (7)
Jai Winding - Keyboards (10)
Edward Van Halen - Bass (1)
Neil Stubenhaus - Bass (2, 7)
Will Lee - Bass (3, 6)
John Pierce - Bass (4, 11)
Randy Jackson - Bass (5, 10)
Lee Sklar - Bass (9)
Carlos Vega - Drums (1)
Prairie Prince - Drums (2)
Tommy Price - Drums (3, 6)
Jeff Porcaro - Drums (4, 11)
John Keane - Drums (6, 10), Background Vocals (5, 9)
Lenny Castro - Percussion (1, 3, 5, 10)
Warren "Mr. Fabulous" Ham - Vocal adlibs on fade (1), Background Vocals (1)
Richard Marx - Background Vocals (2, 7)
Cindy Mizelle - Background Vocals and adlibs (3)
Stan Lynch - Background Vocals (4, 11)
Tom Kelly - Background Vocals (5, 10)
Tommy Funderburk - Background vocals (7)
Ivan Neville - Background Vocals (11)
Produced by Steve Lukather
Lead Vocal Produced by Randy Goodrum (5)
Assistant Engineers: Charlie Brocco, Paul Dieter, Clark Germain, Mike Kloster, Jay Lean, Bob Loftus, Danny Mormando, Rail Rogut, Duane Seykora, Brett Swain, Mike Tacci, Rick Clifford, Mike Bosley and Ken Felton
Production Coordinator and Contractor Shari Sutcliffe
Management: The FITZGERALD / HARTLEY COMPANY
Creative Direction / Design: Doug Brown / IMAGEWORKS
Art Direction: An Rafferty
Photography: Jeff Katz
Larry & Mark - to the two people who believed in me when nobody else did.
* find your face on the sleeve.
Track 1: Recorded at ONE ON ONE STUDIOS and CHEROKEE RECORDING STUDIOS
Track 2: Recorded at OCEANWAY RECORDING and SUNSET SOUND RECORDERS
Tracks 3 & 6: Recorded at RIGHT TRACK RECORDING, NY and CHEROKEE RECORDING STUDIOS
Tracks 4 & 11: Recorded at The COMPLEX AND STUDIO 55
Track 5: Recorded at RECORD ONE and CHEROKEE RECORDING STUDIOS
Track 7: Recorded at The VILLAGE RECORDER, CHEROKEE RECORDING STUDIOS, DEVONSHIRE STUDIOS and STUDIO 55
Tracks 8 & 9: Recorded at CALIFORNIA PHASE
Track 10: Recorded at RECORD ONE, DEVONSHIRE STUDIOS and CHEROKEE RECORDING STUDIOS
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Larry Fitzgerald, Mark Hart, Ellen Lynch, Susan Heard, Dave Dillon, Michelle McKee at FITZGERALD / HARTLEY, Shari Sutclilfe, David Cohen, Mason Munozj, Bob Campbell, John Keane; John (You're so thick) Pierce, Joey‚ rosier, Jeff Doniel, Jeff Porcaro, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Joseph Williams, Bobby Kimball, James (Rubliubdub) Newton Howard, Jay Graydon, Suzanne Edgren, Ivy Skoff, Katie Parks, Mary Weber, Paul Jomieson, Darrell Floras,
Don Bolas, Chuck (Bulge) Kavooras, Bobby DeLuca, Neil Atkinson, Miriam Posada, Armando Gallo, Scott Carlson, John Jessel, Mike (Hey, nice bulge) Landau, Shelly and everyone at The BALED POTATO, Joe Ness, Brad Gilderman, Lenny Castro & Paulette Brown, Lionel Richie for the good advice, Roger Davies, El Leflet, Allen Kovac,
Tim Lamb, Martin (Martee) Cole*, Bob "The Sonic thrill seeker" Brodshow, Peter Hallat from CUSTOM AUDIO ELECTRONICS, Mark Drole, Paul Medelros, Greg Stevenson, Jon Ostrin, Katy Jennings, Andy Brauer, Don Cohen, Walter Rice III, Matthew Bruck, David Friedman at BRAUER RENTALS, Mike McGuire, Al Carness, Martin Miranda, and all the boysond girls at VALLEY ARTS Guitar, Todd McKammon, Copyist extraordinaire Mark Vogel, Shep Lonsdale & Tracy Walsh, Greg & Laura Ladaryi, Los LOBOTOMYS, Jimmy Wyble, Nigel Dick, George Massenburg and Billy Payne, Jeff Baxter, Boz Scaggs, Arlene Katz and Gary Haber and everybody at HABER Corp.,
Michael Jensen and Kevin Kennedy and everyone at JENSEN COMMUNICATIONS, Alec Leslie and Family, Ossie Hoppe and Fomily, Mike Soldana, Dirk Schubert and Family, Ed Simeone, Mr. Udo & all my friends at UDO ARTISTS, Sach & all our friends at CBS / SONY, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, David Gilmore, Jimi Hendrix, Edward Van Halen and Family, Randy Goodrum ond Family, Richard (Get the butter) Marx & Cynthie Rhodes, Steve Stevens & Marlene Fosaro, Zeke, Richie lltO & Fomily, Danny Kortchmar & Family, Steve & Patty Crane, Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg, Diane Warren, Larry Carlton, Doug Brown, Jamie Young, Gary Stifflemon, Greg and Barbara Mathieson, Cy Cumin and anyone else I may
your loyalty and support especially to Betsy Alexander far going above,' below and beyond the call of duty.
I'd like to Thank the following studios and their staffs for their hospitality: The COMPLEX, STUDIO 55, SUNSET SOUND, RIGHT TRACK, RECORD ONE, Devonshire, Cherokee, ONE ON ONE, VILLAGE RECORDER, CALIFORNIA PHASE, OCEANWOY RECORDERS.
VALLEY ARTS Guitar, SOLDANO Amplification, S.I.T. Strings, Akai, TC ELECTRONICS, YAMAHA Acoustic Guitars & Keyboards, B.A.S.E. Special Expanders.
A Very Special Thanks To Bill, Kathy & Lora Lukather, Jean Johnson and the rest of my family, the Currie Family, you
In Memory Of Mia & Cherie Crane
1. Twist The Knife
A razor's edge
The speed of your thoughts
A heart as black as coal
A sudden change
A painted-on smile
A woman with no soul
Dancin' on the edge of my dreams
Dealin' with your mixed up scenes
Darlin' don't you know what I mean
Save me from this pain
Chorus:
Twist the knife
Turn it around
Twistin' my life away
Twist the knife
Turn it around
Oh-oh
A liar's dream
A piece of your heart
Don't really mean a thing
Scream right out loud
You're feelin' my pain
See what your fantasy brings
Dancin' on the edge of my dreams
Dealin' with your mixed up scenes
Darlin' don't you know what I mean
Save me from this pain
(Repeat Chorus 4x)
Twist the knife
Twist the knife
Twist the knife
Keep on twistin'
2. Swear Your Love
I'm holding on
It's all that I can do
I can't imagine
Me without you
All alone
I close my eyes
And wake up screaming in the middle of the night
This heart
Don't need it anymore
Chorus:
Swear your love
Say that you remember
Share your love
Hear me callin' out your name
I swear my love
Wait a little longer
How will it feel to be left
Standin' there all alone
You're on your own
If you walk through that door
I'm just a man
I can't give anymore
Somewhere, deep inside
There's a memory that makes you run and hide
You gotta know
You got a place to go
Chorus
Somewhere, deep inside
There's a memory that makes you run and hide
You gotta know
You got a place to go
(Repeat Chorus, fade)
3. Fall Into Velvet
I was born as me alone
Isolation far from home
I was nurtured in the light
Mother's milk pure and white
I was told of a secret
To close my eyes
Fall into velvet
What I fear
This childhood dream
Must be real
I can feel it
Now I understand
This comfort of man
Take my hand
Fall into velvet
(Cindy)
You can touch where you've never been touched
See further than you've ever seen
Fall into velvet
I was touched by those who know
Of this power to fly alone
As the path will twist and wind
Leave for others, as we find
So the future may collect
Close their eyes
Fall into velvet
What I fear
Of this childhood dream
Must be real
I can feel it
Now I understand
This comfort of man
Take my hand
Fall into velvet
Fall into velvet
(Cindy)
Fall into the spiral circle
Life supplies the mind's survival
(Repeat 2x)
4. Drive A Crooked Road
Cruisin' down the street
Got the glaze in my eyes
Lookin' for a thousand reasons why
I don't want to be here
I don't want to die
What was I thinking we should have known
All the lights are on
But there's nobody home
Drive a crooked road
Stop inside a liquor store
Just to grab a taste
Man behind the counter
Don't recognize my face
Give me all your money
Got no time to waste
What was I thinking
We should have known
All the lights are on
But there's nobody home
Chorus:
Drive a crooked road
Drive a crooked road
Satisfy your soul
Drive a crooked road
I just ran out of time
I just ran out of luck
I've never been busted
And this ain't even my truck
Everybody's laughin'
Nobody cares
It seems like there's red
Flashin' lights everywhere.
Yeah,yeah, yeah, yeah
Sittin' in the darkness
I'm staring at the bars
Couldn't drive too fast
I couldn't drive too far
I could have been somebody
I could have been a star
Should have stayed at home
Should have stayed in bed
Thought I heard this crazy
Screaming, screaming in my head, said
Chorus
What was I thinking
We should have known
All the lights are on
But there's nobody home
Chorus
5. Got My Way
I can't take no more
I'm so tired of running in somebody else's shoes
What's it all been for
What's the use of paying for somebody else's dues
I've been on the road for someone else's dreams
Now I'm trying to find my way back again
It's time to break some rules
And stop before the fire in me cools
Chorus:
I got my way
Of getting through to you
I got my way
And I'm going back where no one's been before Some day
I'll show you something new
I've got my way
To try and wipe the tears from my eyes
I'm half scared to death Think I'm right but what if I'm wrong
I've got one shot left The door is open now but not long
The room's full of faces that I've never seen
Like a million pair of eyes looking down
The smoke is blinding me But
I can still see my destiny
Chorus:
I got my way
Of getting through to you
I got my way
And I'm going now where no one's been before
Some day
I'll show you something new
I've got my way
Of trying to wipe the tears from my eyes
(Repeat Chorus and fade)
6. Darkest Night Of The Year
I feel a change coming over me
It seems I felt this way before
I sense the sound your eyes won't let you see
I can't take it anymore
Crashing windows, crash
Laughing voices, keep on laughing,
Oh, Oh, Oh
Stop for a minute
Chorus:
I chase the shadows and light
To a place no one knows
I hear the screams of the wind
And I know it's the
Darkest night of the year
Can't tell the dreams from reality
My fears are one and the same
So who made me part of destiny
Who made me part of their game
Can't you feel it hurt
Too much pain to endure
Stop for a minute
Chorus
Cold wind on my skin
Is the pain I feel when you're near
It's a midnight street
Where we'll meet
And we'll run from the
Darkest night of the year
Crashing windows, crash
Laughing voices, keep on laughing
Oh, Oh, Oh
Stop for a minute
Chorus
7. Lonely Beat Of My Heart
Cold night I
You're gone
I can't remember who was right
Or who was wrong
Warm days
With you
Girl we had everything
Nothing to lose
Used to own the world
When you were near me
Used to have it all
Now you're not here
Now all I'm hearin' is the
Chorus:
Lonely beat of my heart
I'm lost in loneliness
I can't hear nothin' but
The lonely beat of my heart
That's how it's gonna be
Till you're beside me again
Night fades
Day breaks
Another morning baby calling out your name
Walk down
These streets, yeah
I see your face in everybody's face I see
I can't stand the pain
I need you near me
Baby don't you know,
Until you're here
All I'll be hearin' is the
Chorus:
Lonely beat of my heart
I'm lost in loneliness
I can't hear nothin' but
The lonely beat of my heart
That's how it's gonna be
Till you're inside me again
Don't you know I'd give anything
To have you back in my life
Well you know baby
I would sell my soul
Just to hold you one more time
Chorus:
It's just the lonely beat of my heart
I'm lost in loneliness
I can't hear nothin' but the
Lonely beat of my heart
That's how it's gonna be
Cause all I'm hearing is the
Lonely beat of my heart
(Repeat Chorus and fade)
8. With A Second Chance
This town has got me running scared
We're running out of time girl
Slogans painted everywhere
Messin' up my dream world
I'm trying to make it on my own
Find it all by myself
I can take the overflow,
Just like somebody else
I ain't going anywhere
Without you by my side girl
Someone like you comes around just one time
Even the weakest of hearts survive
Chorus:
With a second chance
I know we can make it girl
With a second chance
Love will last forever
Breathing in this filthy air
Is tearing me in two girl
I hear the sirens every night
Like echoes in a cruel world
Nothing that I say or do
Seems to matter at all
Everything seems so confused
That's why I had to call
Just hearing you across the line
Is good enough for me girl
Someone like you comes around just one time
Even the weakest of hearts will survive
Chorus:
With a second chance
I know we can make it girl
With a second chance
Our love will go on forever
Someone like you comes around just one time
Even the weakest of hearts will survive
With a second chance
I know we can make it girl
With a second chance
Our love will last forever
(Repeat Chorus and fade}
9. Turns To Stone
A thousand miles underneath my emotions
Hidden from the eyes of everyone
No one must know
All the secrets of my soul anymore
No never again
Girl you've got the only key
To open up the door only you
Eventually, even that could change
Chorus:
I will wait for you
But I don't want to wait forever
Cause I'm on my own
I'm trying to keep the fire from getting cold
I will wait for you
But I don't want to wait
Until our love turns to stone
I don't want to turn to stone
I don't want to spend another night without you
I'm afraid my mind will start to wander
Time between us,
Hours turning into days, into years
Oh, oh, oh
Looking back at what went wrong
Some things we must let go
Eventually, something's got to give
Chorus
I don't want to turn to stone
(Repeat Chorus and fade)
10. Looks Like Rain
I stand at the window
Looking out, looking out at the grey
After getting up and reading the paper today
Sometimes I just want to crawl back in bed
Pull the covers over my eyes
This world is so full of trouble
All the war planes in the sky
Chorus:
And it looks like rain
Can't you hear the thunder
And it looks like rain
Don't it make you wonder
Killers make the front page
Good deeds go unnoticed
Seems like, like there's no change
No matter what the vote is
It used to be we were
All looking out for everybody else
But now it seems the only law is
Every man for himself
Chorus
And it looks like rain
Can't you hear the thunder
It looks like rain
Don't it make you
And it looks like rain
Falling down my eyes
It looks like rain
Don't you wonder why
I hear, hear it pounding
In the courtrooms and halls
I hear, hear it sounding
Through these paper-thin walls
I can hear people lying urjder oath
Lovers breaking their vows
I don't want to give up hope
Is it too late now.
Chorus:
And it looks like rain
Can't you hear the thunder
And it looks like rain
Don't it make you
And it looks like rain
Fallin' down my eyes
And it looks like rain
Don't you wonder why
And it looks like rain
Can't you hear the thunder
Don't it make you
It looks like rain
(Repeat and fade)
11. Steppin' On Top Of Your World
I've seen that look
A look I know well
I can't decide
If this is heaven or this is hell
Inside your mind
That twisted device
Made up of fire
But it comes across like ice
I need to know what you're thinkin'
And why you are here
If you had power
Who would you make disappear
Laughing without smiling
I can't take no more
Dancin' in the madness
With the rope you twist that's around my neck
You know you're making me feel
Like a cancelled check
Chorus:
I said hey, you
I'm steppin' on top of your world
(I'm steppin' on top)
(I'm steppin' on top)
Hey you
I'm steppin' on top of your world
Warped by the curse
You're puttin' on me
I lay awake at night
And revenge is all I see
Time's runnin' out
But what should I do
It seems like the worst
Just ain't good enough for you
There's talkin', there's doin'
There's writing
Of things you don't know
The story's the same
But the answer is always unknown
Trying to remember
What I've done to you
You don't even know me
With the rope that you twist
That's around my neck
You know you're making me feel
Like a cancelled check
(Repeat Chorus 2x)
(Solo)
Chorus and fade
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