10. OLLIE'S DOO-WOP

●  2:35

5, 6. PRODUCED BY : RUBEN BLADES & LOU REED

●  CARLOS RIOS - PROGRAMMED KEYBOARDS

●  MIKE RATHKE - GUITAR

11. SHAMED INTO LOVE

●  4:03  JOHN F. ROBINSON

RECORDED AT :

●  LARRY WILLIAMS - SYNTHESIZERS, SAXOPHONE

 9. CHAMELEONS

●  RICK BELL - SAXOPHONE

 6. THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

BILL SCHNEE RECORDING STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD

POWER STATION, NEW YORK CITY

WRITTEN BY : RUBEN BLADES & CARLOS RIOS

WRITTEN BY : RUBEN BLADES

WRITTEN BY : LOU REED & RUBEN BLADES

SORCERER SOUNDS, NEW YORK CITY

WRITTEN BY : RUBEN BLADES

OCEAN WAY, LOS ANGELES

PRODUCED BY : CARLOS RIOS

PRODUCED BY : TOMMY LIPUMA & CARLOS RIOS

PRODUCED BY : RUBEN BLADES & LOU REED

●  ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS

RPM STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY

PRODUCED BY : TOMMY LIPUMA

ARRANGED BY : CARLOS RIOS

●  JOHN F. ROBINSON - DRUMS

ARRANGED BY : CARLOS RIOS & RUBEN BLADES

●  JOHN F. ROBINSON - DRUMS

ARRANGED BY : LOU REED & RUBEN BLADES

●  J. T. LEWIS - DRUMS, BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  ELVIS COSTELLO - ACOUSTIC GUITAR

ARRANGED BY : CARLOS RIOS

SECRET SOUND, NEW YORK CITY

●  JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS

ARRANGED BY : CARLOS RIOS & RUBEN BLADES

●  ALAN PASQUA - KEYBOARDS, ACCORDION

WRITTEN BY : STING

LONG DAYS AND GIVING HIS BEST UNDER THE STRESS OF THE COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT; (ELVIS FLEW IN FROM LONDON FOR THIS);

TO T-BONE BURNETT FOR HIS INPUT BOTH ON "MIRANDA" AND "SHAMED"; TO JAMES, PHIL, HOWARD AND PHIL,

VOCAL ARRANGEMENT BY : LARRY WILLIAMS

●  JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS

MIXED AT : BILL SCHNEE RECORDING STUDIOS & SHAKEDOWN SOUND

●  YOSSIE FINE - BASS, BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION

RECORDED & MIXED BY : AL SCHMITT

●  JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  LOU REED - GUITAR, BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  CARLOS RIOS - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  ROBBY AMEEN - DRUMS

PRODUCED BY : TOMMY LIPUMA & CARLOS RIOS

ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY : RUSSELL SCHMITT, JAY MESSINA & JON FAUSTY

●  PHILIP INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  MIKE RATHKE - GUITAR, BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

FOR PROVIDING ME WITH SOME OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE MOMENTS DURING THE L.A. RECORDING PERIOD,

●  NEIL STUBENHAUS - BASS

ASSISTANT ENGINEERS :

●  PHILIP PERRY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  HOWARD KENNEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

 11. SHAMED INTO LOVE

●  RICK BELL - SAXOPHONE, BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  PHILIP INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

TO ALL THE MUSICIANS AND ENGINEERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE RECORDINGS, BOTH IN L.A. AND IN NEW YORK,

●  ALAN PASQUA - KEYBOARDS

●  CARLOS RIOS - GUITAR, BACKGROUND VOCALS

WADE JAYNES, DAVE O'DONNELL, BART STEVENS, BOB LOFTUS, JOE SCHIFF, MIKE ROSS, STACY BAIRD, MIKE KROWIAK,

●  RUBEN BLADES - BACKGROUND VOCALS

 7. IN SALVADOR

●  PHILIP PERRY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  RUBEN BLADES - ACOUSTIC GUITAR

●  LARRY WILLIAMS - ADDITIONAL KEYBOARDS, SAXOPHONE, BACKGROUND VOCALS

FOR TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I NEEDED FROM THEIR PLAYING; TO PAULINHO FOR LIGHTING UP THE ROOM WITH HIS SMILE;

(IS THIS SOUNDING LIKE ONE OF THOSE INSUFFERABLE ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES?); TO EVERYONE INVOLVED, MY THANKS.

●  ALAN PASQUA - KEYBOARDS

SHAWNA STOBIE, ERIC BEHREND

"THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM" & "LETTERS TO THE VATICAN" :

●  HOWARD KENNEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

 5. LETTERS TO THE VATICAN

●  OSCAR HERNANDEZ - KEYBOARDS

AND TO HOWARD THOMPSON FOR HIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT, AT ALL TIMES, WHO WENT BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY,

●  KATE MARKOWITZ - BACKGROUND VOCALS

 3. HOPES ON HOLD

RECORDED BY : WARREN BRULEIGH AT STREET SOUND, NEW YORK CITY

WRITTEN BY : ELVIS COSTELLO & RUBEN BLADES

WRITTEN BY : RUBEN BLADES

●  JASON MILES - SYNTHESIZERS

MIXED BY : RICHARD GOTTEHRER, JEFFREY LESSER & LOU REED AT SHAKEDOWN SOUND, NEW YORK CITY

PRODUCED BY : TOMMY LIPUMA & CARLOS RIOS

PRODUCED BY : TOMMY LIPUMA & CARLOS RIOS

WRITTEN BY : LOU REED & RUBEN BLADES

●  BOBBY ALLENDE - PERCUSSION, CONGAS

OUR EARLY DISCUSSIONS HELPED ME TO SET MY WRITING STRAIGHT. P.S. BOB, I THINK WE STILL GOTTA FINISH THAT SONG SOMEDAY.

MASTERED BY : STEVE MARCUSSEN AT PRECISION LACQUER, HOLLYWOOD

ARRANGED BY : CARLOS RIOS & RUBEN BLADES

●  JOHN F. ROBINSON - DRUMS

ARRANGED BY : CARLOS RIOS & RUBEN BLADES

●  JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS

PRODUCED BY : RUBEN BLADES & LOU REED

●  JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  RALPH IRIZARRY - TIMBALES

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WE GOT 3 CHAIRS NOW AND A SOFA.

"IN SALVADOR" IS DEDICATED TO THE LATE HERBERT ANAYA, PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.

SALES DATE : 1988.

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR : ROSEMARY DIMINNO

●  CARLOS RIOS - BACKGROUND VOCALS

ARRANGED BY : LOU REED & RUBEN BLADES

●  J. T. LEWIS - DRUMS

●  PHILIP INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

ART DIRECTION : JANET PERR

●  ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS

●  HADLEY HOCKENSMITH - GUITAR

●  ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS

●  HADLEY HOCKENSMITH - GUITAR

●  PHILIP PERRY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  HOWARD KENNEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

 4. THE MIRANDA SYNDROME

DESIGN : JANET PERR & MICHELLE PIZA

●  DEAN PARKS - ACOUSTIC GUITAR

●  CARLOS RIOS - GUITAR OVER DUBS, PROGRAMMED KEYBOARDS, BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  ALAN PASQUA - KEYBOARDS

 SONG TRACKS :

PHOTOGRAPHY : CAROLINE GREYSHOCK

●  ALAN PASQUA - KEYBOARDS

ON DRUMS

MANAGEMENT : FOR RUBEN BLADES : DAVID MALDONADO MANAGEMENT

●  LARRY WILLIAMS - SAXOPHONE

●  PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION

●  JAMES INGRAM - OWL, BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  RALPH IRIZARRY - TIMBALES

 8. THE LETTER

I WISH TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THIS RECORD, STARTING WITH BOB KRASNOW;

●  BUELL NIEDLINGER - CELLO

●  JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  PHILIP INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

TO GRAY CASSON FOR SIGNING THE CHECKS; TO TOMMY AND CARLOS FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND EFFORTS;

TO AL AND WADE FOR THEIR SKILLS AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE LONG RECORDING PROCESS;

●  PHILIP INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  KATE MARKOWITZ - BACKGROUND VOCALS

TO BRUCE LUNCVALL WHO SIGNED ME TO ELEKTRA BACK IN 1984;

●  RALPH IRIZARRY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

TO LOU REED FOR HIS CO-PRODUCTION AND CONTRIBUTION AS A WRITER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR HIS FAITH AND FRIENDSHIP;

●  MARC QUINONES - BACKGROUND VOCALS

 10. OLLIE'S DOO-WOP

TO ELVIS COSTELLO, FOR FOLLOWING UP ON A CONVERSATION WE'D HAD A YEAR BEFORE AND PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR FIVE

●  HADLEY HOCKENSMITH - GUITAR

●  NEIL STUBENHAUS - BASS

ARRANGED BY : CARLOS RIOS

8. THE LETTER

●  3:26  JOHN F. ROBINSON

9. CHAMELEONS

●  5:51  JOHN F. ROBINSON

●  PHILIP PERRY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  HOWARD KENNEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  BOBBY ALLENDE - BACKGROUND VOCALS

PRODUCED BY : TOMMY LIPUMA & CARLOS RIOS

WRITTEN BY : ELVIS COSTELLO & RUBEN BLADES

●  DEAN PARKS - ACOUSTIC GUITAR

●  ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS OVERDUBS

●  YOSSIE FINE - BASS

3, 10. PRODUCED BY : TOMMY LIPUMA

●  ALAN PASQUA - KEYBOARDS

●  CARLOS RIOS - GUITAR

●  LOU REED - GUITAR

ARRANGED BY : CARLOS RIOS

●  ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS

 CREDITS :

●  MIKE VINAS - BASS

1, 9. PRODUCED BY : CARLOS RIOS

2, 4, 7, 8, 11. PRODUCED BY : TOMMY LIPUMA & CARLOS RIOS

●  MICHAEL LANDAU - GUITAR

●  ALAN PASQUA - KEYBOARDS

●  LARRY WILLIAMS - ADDITIONAL KEYBOARDS

AND ALWAYS OFFERED A WAY OUT WHEN I WAS PISSED BEYOND WORDS.

I'M PROUD IT'S DONE. I THINK IT'S ALRIGHT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY THANKS TO PETER JAY PHILBIN,

●  CARLOS RIOS - GUITAR

WRITTEN BY : LOU REED & RUBEN BLADES

PRODUCED BY : TOMMY LIPUMA

ARRANGED BY : CARLOS RIOS

●  BOBBY ALLENDE - CONGAS

●  JOHN F. ROBINSON - DRUMS

●  CARLOS RIOS - PROGRAMMED KEYBOARDS, BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION

●  JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  PHILIP INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  PHILIP PERRY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

●  HOWARD KENNEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS

 2. I CAN'T SAY

1. THE HIT

●  5:51  JOHN F. ROBINSON

2. I CAN'T SAY

●  3:46  JEFF

3. HOPES ON HOLD

●  5:20  ROBBY AMEEN

4. THE MIRANDA SYNDROME

●  4:52  JEFF

5. LETTERS TO THE VATICAN

●  5:01  J. T. LEWIS

6. THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

●  4:38  J. T. LEWIS

7. IN SALVADOR

●  4:42  JEFF

 1. THE HIT

WRITTEN BY : RUBEN BLADES

PRODUCED BY : CARLOS RIOS