Start the Car

Start the Car is the third solo album from the singer/songwriter Jude Cole. Released in 1992, five years after his self-titled debut solo album.

Start the Car
Studio album by Jude Cole
Released	August 25, 1992
Recorded	Cherokee Studios, Westlake Audio, Ocean Way Studios, Capitol Studios, Track Record, Groove Masters, Image Recordings Los Angeles, California
Genre	Rock
Length	47:33
Label	Reprise
Producer	Jude Cole, James Newton Howard
Jude Cole chronology
A View from 3rd Street (1990) Start the Car (1992) I Don't Know Why I Act This Way (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

After A View from Third Street, Jude Cole shifted to a more heartland rock sound. Nowhere is that more evident than the disc's title song first track, a combination of Springsteen/Mellencamp that rocks more than his previous two albums. It features the polished heartbreak of "Tell the Truth", the sad sack story of "First Your Money" and the been-there, done-that weary world of "A Place in the Line".

Start the Car peaked at number 46 in Australia.[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jude Cole except where noted.

1. "Start the Car" — 5:07
2. "Worlds Apart" (Cole, Ron Aniello) — 3:54
3. "Open Road" — 5:19
4. "Just Another Night" (Cole, James Newton Howard) — 3:47
5. "Tell the Truth" — 5:27
6. "Intro" — 0:43
7. "Right There Now" — 5:05
8. "First Your Money (Then Your Clothes)" (Cole, George Green) — 4:12
9. "It Comes Around" — 4:38
10. "Blame It on Fate" — 4:50
11. "A Place in the Line" — 4:31

Personnel

• Drums: John Robinson, Jim Keltner, Jeff Porcaro, Pat Mastelotto
• Programming: Robbie Buchanan
• Percussion: Lenny Castro
• Keyboards: James Newton Howard, Steve Porcaro, Marc Greene, Robbie Buchanan
• Piano: David Paich, James Newton Howard, Bill Payne
• Organ: Mike Finnegan, Marc Greene
• Guitar: Jude Cole, Tim Pierce, Michael Landau, Michael Thompson, Ron Aniello
• Bass: Lee Sklar, Neil Stubenhaus, Jude Cole
• Violin: Richard Green
• Mandolin: Jude Cole, Ron Aniello
• Hammered Dulcimer: Jude Cole
• Horns: Jerry Hey, Larry Williams, Gary Grant, Daniel Higgins
• Background vocals: Jude Cole, Sass Jordan, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Sam Llanas, John Elefante, Chuck Sabatino, Robert Parlee, Philip Ingram
• Recording engineer: Marc Greene, Chris Lord-Alge, Bob Schaper, Erich Gobel
• Mixing: Chris Lord-Alge
• Executive producer: Michael Ostin
• Photography: John Halpern, Rick Cole, John Heiden, Jeri Heiden, Michael Wilson
• Art Direction: Jeri Heiden

References

1. Start the Car at AllMusic
2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.