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