Album
Tao
1985 · Rock, Pop
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Tao is an Electronic album by Rick Springfield, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 62 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
With Tao, Springfield decided to experiment with new wave and synthrock. Springfield noted in a 2012 interview, "Tao had a lot of European influences and I perhaps went a little bit too far in that direction. The production was more European orientated, with the massive synths and that stuff actually did it really well in Europe, especially in Germany, 'Celebrate Youth' was a hit." Springfield considers Tao to be his finest album to date. "We just had a lot of new idea. It is probably the one I experimented on the most. Whatever I thought of we tried it. It was just when sampling was just starting, we got really into the drum sampling. But we started on just a DMX. A little DMX drum machine, all the original drum tracks were laid down on that, and then we triggered other drum samples from that. It was built up track by track. That is still my favorite album." Springfield recall, "I had stopped listening to American rock by 1984. In fact, I was getting increasingly interested in what was going on in other types of music, especially with artists who were English." .
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Tracklist
- 1Dance This World Away4:35
- 2Celebrate Youth3:52
- 3Ride 'Em B Do Jr.0:31
- 4State of the Heart4:02
- 5Written In Rock4:35
- 6The Power of Love (The Tao of Love)5:00
- 7Walking On the Edge5:12
- 8Walk Like a Man4:09
- 9The Tao of Heaven1:29
- 10Stranger In the House4:03
- 11My Father's Chair3:28
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- synthetic
- driving
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Jeff SilvermanGUITAR SYNTHESIZER SYNTH SYNTHESIZER
- John Philip ShenaleSYNTH SYNTHESIZER
- Michael FisherPERCUSSION
- Mike BairdDRUMS
- Mike SeifritBACKING VOCALS
- Mitchell FroomKEYBOARDS SAMPLER , KEYBOARDS , SYNTHESIZER , EFFECTS SYNTHESIZER
- Nicky HopkinsSYNTH SYNTHESIZER
- Pino PalladinoBASS FRETLESS BASS
- Rick SpringfieldGUITAR, KEYBOARDS , PROGRAMMED BY , BASS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS GUITAR, SAMPLER , PROGRAMMED BY , BASS, SYNTHESIZER , PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER , BASS, PROGRAMMED BY , BACKING VOCALS, PERCUSSION
- Tim PierceGUITAR, GUITAR SYNTHESIZER GUITAR, SYNTH GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER
- Tom KellyBACKING VOCALS
- Tommy FunderburkBACKING VOCALS
- Edie LehmannBACKING VOCALS
- Richard PageBACKING VOCALS
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 62 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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