Artist: RICHIE SAMBORA
Album: STRANGER IN THIS TOWN (CD)

Release date: 1991
Media type: CD

Stranger in this Town is a rock/blues solo album by Richie Sambora, the guitarist from New Jersey band Bon Jovi.

Sambora experiments with a more blues-oriented sound in this album. He sings lead vocals and plays guitar on the album, backed by Bon Jovi bandmates Tico Torres on drums and David Bryan on keyboards, joined by Tony Levin on bass. Eric Clapton guest stars with a guitar solo on the track "Mr. Bluesman".

"Ballad of Youth", "One Light Burning" and "The Answer" were co-written with colleagues from his former club band Shark Frenzy. "Rosie" was originally intended to be a Bon Jovi song; versions of this song with the full Bon Jovi line-up have surfaced as bootlegs.

"Stranger in this Town" was released in 1991, while Bon Jovi was on a 17 month hiatus. Jon Bon Jovi also put out a solo album in 1990 during this period.

TRACKLIST:

01 "Rest in Peace" (Richie Sambora/David Bryan) – 3:47
02 "Church of Desire" (Sambora) – 6:08
03 "Stranger in This Town" (Sambora/Bryan) – 6:15
04 "Ballad of Youth" (Sambora/Tom Marolda) – 3:52
05 "One Light Burning" (Sambora/Bruce Foster/Marolda) – 5:48
06 "Mr. Bluesman" (Sambora) – 5:14
07 "Rosie" (Sambora/Jon Bon Jovi/Desmond Child/Diane Warren) – 4:49
08 "River of Love" (Sambora) – 5:06
09 "Father Time" (Sambora/Child) – 6:05
10 "The Answer" (Sambora/Foster) – 5:07

LINE-UP:

Richie Sambora - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, producer, string arrangements
David Bryan - keyboards, string arrangements
Tico Torres - drums, percussion
Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman stick

Eric Clapton - guitar solo on "Mr. Bluesman"
Randy "The Emperor" Jackson - bass guitar
Jeff Bova, Jimmy Bralower, Robbie Buchanan, Larry Fast, Chris Palmaro, Eric Persing - keyboards, programming
Rafael Padilla, Carol Steele - percussion
Tawatha Agee, Bekka Bramlett, Curtis King, Brenda White-King, Franke Previte, Dean Fasano - background vocals

Neil Dorfsman - producer
JD Dworkow - production coordination
Jeff Hendrickson, Lance Phillips, Frank Wolf - engineering
Bob Ludwig - mastering
Tim White, Darryl Estrine - photography
Margery Greenspan - art direction
Katie Agresta - vocal coach
Umi Kenyon - design