1991 Planet 3 featuring Jay Graydon – Music From The Planet
Planet 3 gathered the talents of top guitarist/composer/producer Jay Graydon, stellar vocalist Clif Magness, and genius producer/songwriter Glen Ballard. Mainman however was Jay Graydon, who became famous as a session guitarist but during the ’80s started to write songs of his own. The #1 hit “After The Love Has Gone” – a track he co-wrote with David Foster for the band Earth, Wind & Fire – marked his breakthrough as a songwriter. He got his first Grammy for it and later would follow more. Another milestone is Graydon’s career was the self-titled album Airplay, the essential AOR project that he shared with the aforementioned David Foster and Tommy Funderburk. With Planet 3 he ended up in a real supergroup, flanked by the super talented writers/musicians Clif Magness and Glen Ballard. Quality was written in the stars and with highly commercial tracks like “From The Beginning”, “Insincere” and “The Day The Earth Stood Still”, this was exactly what we got. Even today, more than thirty years after its original release, this is one of those albums that hasn’t lost any of its initial impact. In fact, it’s one of the best sounding Westcoast/AOR albums ever recorded.
Tracks
1 Born To Love (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
2 From The Beginning (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
3 Insincere (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
4 Criminal (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
5 I Don’t Want To Say Goodnight (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
6 Welcome To Love (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
7 The Day The Earth Stood Still (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
8 Only Your Eyes (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
9 Modern Girl (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
10 Ever After Love (Jay Graydon, Bill Cantos, Valerie Hobel)
11 Dreamers (Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard)
Musicians
Guitar | Jay Graydon |
Guitar | Clif Magness |
Keyboards | Jay Graydon |
Keyboards | Clif Magness |
Keyboards | Glen Ballard |
Programming | Jay Graydon |
Programming | Clif Magness |
Programming | Glen Ballard |
Vocals | Clif Magness |
Other Musicians
10 – Ever After Love
Keyboards | Bill Cantos |
Vocals | Bill Cantos |
Liner Notes
Producer – Jay Graydon (Track 10)
Producer (Executive) – Steve Barri
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By – Jay Graydon, Clif Magness
Recorded By – Jay Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard
Recorded By (Additional) – Francis Buckley
Cover – Per Hökengren, Forma
Photography – Don Carrol
Phonographic Copyright Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright Sony Music Entertainment