The Ride Credits

CD:	2013	Line Level Music # LL 208	UPC# 8 - 84501 - 87269 - 0



01. Shiny Things  (MS) 

02. All I Want  (MS) 

03. Take That Ride  (MS) 

04. To Love Somebody  (Cover)

05. Uptown  (MS)

06. If Anybody Could  (MS)

07. A Fool In Love (Cover)

08. Justine  (MS)

09. Lucky Again  (MS)

10. Making Beds (In A Burning House)  (MS) 

11. Shining Thru  (MS)

12. Anything Goes  (MS)

13. I Can't Wait  (MS)

14. When The Smoke It Finally Clears  (MS)





(front inside cover)

Sometimes, just to try and clear your head,
it helps to take a little ride. Sometimes you
just have to take that unplanned turn
down a different road; and that's what
this album has been for me,
And as it turned out, it was a road where
the light far outweighed the darkness;
and that was what was needed...

Any search for some great overlying theme
or intertwining lyrical thread here
will prove futile. There was no attempt
to do anything more than to write some new
songs with a certain stylistic similarity,
get together with some dear friends,
the talented and generous players, singers,
and knob-twirlers who joined me
on this journey and who made it
all so much better,
and to try and make some music
that would raise our spirits and move our hips;
which is just what so many
of my favorite songs from the past
have always done for me...

Next time out I'll more than likely return
to somewhat more familiar territory...
or maybe not; the car goes
where the eyes and the heart go.
But for now I hope you'll just roll down the
windows, turn it up, and enjoy the ride...

(back )

Vocals: Michael Stanley & Jennifer Lee
Guitars: Michael Stanley, Danny Powers & Marc Lee Shannon
Piano & Organ: Bob Pelander
Drums: Tommy Dobeck
Bass: Michael Stanley & Eroc Sosinski
Percussion: Rodney Psyka
Saxophone: Paul Christensen

Special Guests:
Don Dixon: vocals
Frankie Starr: guitar
Gary Jones: piano & organ
Michael Gismondi: bass
Colin Dussault: harp

Produced by Michael Stanley
Mixed by Bill Szymczyk
Recorded at The Powerstrip, Cleveland, Ohio & Rancho Pelando, Las Vegas, Nevada
Mastered by Dave Harris at Studio B, Charlotte, NC
Album Design by Marty Lee Hoenes
Car pbotographs by Michael Stanley
Michael Stanley photo by Joe Kleon
Management & Booking by mikebelkin@livenation.com

All songs written by Michael Stanley except
"To Love Somebody" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb & M. Gibb) and
"A Fool In Love' (Frankie Miller & Andy Frazer)

Special thanks to Tommy Stazzone & Dan Montecalvo for herding all the cats
and to Crispy for being "the man'" and always making it better