Episode 97 is here, it’s more hairspray! Winger is the platinum debut studio album by rock band Winger. Can you smell the AquaNet? Stay tuned for the review!
The music was radio-friendly, but with a progressive twist. The lyrics, however, were typical of the age and genre.
The name “Sahara” appears in the lower right hand section of the album cover. The band initially wanted to call themselves “Sahara“, but that name was taken by another band at the time. Though they ultimately chose the name Winger, “Sahara” remained on the cover.
A number of radio and video hits were extracted from the album, including “Headed for a Heartbreak” and “Seventeen“, peaking at No. 19 and No. 26 at the Billboard’s single chart. On February 11, 1989, the album peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200, and after that stayed on the chart for 63 weeks. It achieved platinum status in the United States and went gold in Canada and Japan.
Winger
Kip Winger – bass, lead vocals, keyboards, string arrangements
Reb Beach – guitars, backing vocals
Paul Taylor – keyboards, backing vocals
Rod Morgenstein – drums, backing vocals
Additional Musicians
Dweezil Zappa – left side guitar solo on “Purple Haze”
Beau Hill, Ira McLaughlin – additional vocals
Sandra Park, Rebecca Young, Hae Young Ham, Maria Kitsopoulos – strings
Production
Beau Hill – producer, engineer
Noah Baron, Jimmy Hoyson – assistant engineers
Bob Schwall, Bob Caputo – technicians
Stephen Benben – digital editing
Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
Art/Photography/Etc.
Brad Miskel, Ron Feddor – additional input
Dan Hubp – cover art and design
Steven Selikoff – photography
Intro Music/Wheel Spin Music by LiteSaturation from Pixabay
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