Tour de Force (38 Special album)

Tour de Force
Studio album by 38 Special
Released	November 1983[1]
Recorded	1983, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Genre	Southern rock, rock, AOR, hard rock
Length	36:42
Label	A&M
Producer	Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi, Rodney Mills
38 Special chronology
Special Forces (1982) Tour de Force (1983) Strength in Numbers (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Tour de Force is the sixth studio album by the southern rock band 38 Special, released in 1983. Two music videos were made for the tracks "Back Where You Belong" and "One Time for Old Times", in which both featured the band portraying detectives who are, humorously, trying to find a missing woman in a light-hearted homage to the TV drama Hill Street Blues. A music video was also filmed for the album's lead single "If I'd Been the One".

Track listing[]

1. "If I'd Been the One" (Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi, Larry Steele, Donnie Van Zant) – 3:55
2. "Back Where You Belong" (Gary O'Connor) – 4:29
3. "One Time for Old Times" (O'Connor) – 4:32
4. "See Me in Your Eyes" (Barnes, Carlisi, Steele) – 3:54
5. "Twentieth Century Fox" (Barnes, Carlisi, Steele, Van Zant) – 3:45
6. "Long Distance Affair" (Barnes, Steele, Van Zant) – 3:56
7. "I Oughta Let Go" (Steve Diamond, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) – 3:59
8. "One of the Lonely Ones" (Barnes, Steele, Van Zant) – 4:01
9. "Undercover Lover" (Carlisi, Steele, Van Zant) – 4:11

Personnel[]

.38 Special[]

• Don Barnes – guitars, lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8), backing vocals
• Jeff Carlisi – guitars, steel guitar
• Larry Junstrom – bass
• Steve Brookins – drums
• Jack Grondin – drums
• Donnie Van Zant – lead vocals (3, 5, 7, 9), backing vocals

Additional musicians[]

• Steve McRay – keyboards
• Jimmy Markham – harmonica
• Carol Bristow – backing vocals
• Lu Moss – backing vocals

Production[]

• Don Barnes – co- producer
• Jeff Carlisi – co-producer
• Rodney Mills – producer, engineer
• Ric Saunders – engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• A&M Mastering Studios (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Mark Spector – management, direction
• Larry Steele – stage manager
• Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
• Norman Moore – art direction, design
• Harrison Funk – inner sleeve photography
• Steve Prezant – front cover photography

Charts[]

Album – Billboard (United States)

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Notes[]

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