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Winger
Studio album by Winger
Released	August 10, 1988
Recorded	At Atlantic Studios, NYC in 1988
Genre	Glam metal
Length	43:50
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Beau Hill
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Winger chronology

Winger is the debut album of the American rock band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by Beau Hill.

The music was radio friendly, but with a progressive twist that also showcased the band's musical talent. The lyrics, however, were typical of the age and genre.

It produced a number of radio and video hits, including "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Seventeen", peaking at #19 and #26 at the Billboard's single chart. The album itself peaked at #21 at the album chart and achieved platinum status in the United States and went gold in Canada and Japan.

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.^[1]

In support of the album Winger toured for over a year with bands like Bad Company, Scorpions, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Poison, Skid Row and Tesla.

There are videos for the songs "Madalaine", "Hungry", "Seventeen", and "Headed For A Heartbreak".

[edit] Track listing

"Madalaine" (Kip Winger, Reb Beach) – 3:44
"Hungry" (Winger, Beach) – 3:58
"Seventeen" (Winger, Beach, Beau Hill) – 4:05
"Without the Night" (Winger, Paul Taylor, Beach) – 5:04
"Purple Haze" (Jimi Hendrix) – 3:39
"State of Emergency" - (Winger, Taylor) – 3:37
"Time to Surrender" (Winger, Beach) – 4:10
"Poison Angel" (Winger, Beach) – 3:24
"Hangin On" (Winger, Beach, Hill) – 3:35
"Headed for a Heartbreak" (Winger) – 5:13
"Higher and Higher" (Winger, Beach) – 3:18

Track 11, "Higher and Higher" was a CD bonus track. It wasn't on cassette copies of the album. It was also the B-Side of the Madalaine single.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band

Kip Winger – bass guitar, string arrangements, vocals
Reb Beach – guitars, vocals
Rod Morgenstein – drums, vocals
Paul Taylor – keyboards, vocals

[edit] Additional personnel

Dweezil Zappa – left side guitar solo on "Purple Haze"
Beau Hill – additional vocals
Ira McLaughlin – additional vocals
Sandra Park – strings
Rebecca Young – strings
Hae Young Ham – strings
Maria Kitsopoulos – strings
Brad Miskel - additional input
Ron Feddor - additional imput

[edit] Album credits

Produced and engineered by Beau Hill
Assistant Engineers: Noah Baron, Jimmy Hoyson
Technicians: Bob Schwall, Bob Caputo
Digital Editing: Stephen Benben
Recorded and mixed at Atlantic Studios, NYC
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC by Ted Jensen
Cover art and design: Dan Hubp
Photography: Steven Selikoff

[edit] Singles

"Madalaine" / "Higher and Higher"
"Seventeen" / "Hangin' On"
"Headed for a Heartbreak" / "State Of Emergency"
"Hungry" / "Poison Angel"

[edit] Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Peak position
1988	The Billboard 200	#21

Singles

Title	Date of Release	Chart Position
Madalaine	8/1988	didn't chart
Seventeen	11/1988	#26
Headed for a Heartbreak	5/1989	#19
Hungry	9/1989	#85

The chart positions are referring to Billboard's "Hot 100" chart for singles.

[edit] See also

Winger

[edit] References

^ "Winger (Band) Main Wikipedia Entry". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winger_(band).

[edit] External links

[0] "Winger (Band) Main Wikipedia Entry". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winger_(band).

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