• Source: After Dark (Cruzados album)

After Dark is the second album by the American band Cruzados, released in 1987. "Bed of Lies" reached No. 4 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart; "Small Town Love" peaked at No. 39. The band supported the album with a North American tour that included a leg opening for Fleetwood Mac. They broke up the following year.




Production


The album was produced by Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel, Rodney Mills, Tom Kelly, and Billy Steinberg. Marshall Rohner replaced Steven Hufsteter on lead guitar. "Road of Truth" contains contributions from JD Souther on backing vocals and Paul Butterfield on harmonica; Souther was in the same studio as Cruzados and told the band that he wanted to sing on the track. It was Butterfield's final recording. Pat Benatar sang on "I Want Your World to Turn".
The songs were inspired by Tito Larriva's years living in El Paso and Mexico City. "Blue Sofa" was originally done by his band the Plugz. "Bed of Lies" was cowritten by Lynne Marie Stewart.




Critical reception



Trouser Press called the album "a plain but solid effort" aside from "Time for Waiting", opining that it "sounds nauseatingly like the Eagles." The Los Angeles Times noted the "Springsteen-Mellencamp-Petty territory," writing that "Larriva has developed into a good-enough singer and songwriter in the Little Steven/Southside Johnny vein that the record transcends its obvious reference points." The San Diego Union-Tribune stated that "Cruzados play with the fire of the young Rolling Stones, but the fervor is wasted on a collection of weak songs."
The St. Petersburg Times wrote that Larriva's "desperate vocals and yearning lyrics—coupled with the group's leftover punk instincts—gives After Dark a taut, emotional edge that California-rock always lacked." The Chicago Sun-Times concluded that Larriva "is making music with far greater focus and immediacy than last time through." The Omaha World-Herald determined that "despite the radio-friendly, slick production work ... several tunes here are membrane-thin in staying power." The Houston Chronicle labeled the album "honest, lyrically incisive music that hoists [the band] onto the cutting edge of contemporary American rock."




Track listing


All songs written by Tito Larriva, except where noted.

"Small Town Love" (Larriva, Tony Marsico) – 3:57
"Bed of Lies" (Larriva, L. Stewart) – 3:36
"Road of Truth" (Larriva, Marsico) – 3:08
"Last Ride" (Marshall Rohner, Larriva, Marsico) – 3:57
"Time for Waiting" – 3:57
"Young and on Fire" – 3:06
"Summer's Come, Summer's Gone" – 3:36
"I Want Your World to Turn" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 4:13
"Chains of Freedom" – 3:47
"Blue Sofa (Still a Fool)" – 4:58




Personnel


Marshall Rohner – lead guitar, backing vocals
Tito Larriva – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Tony Marsico – bass, backing vocals
Charlie Quintana – drums, percussion




= Additional personnel

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Don Henley – backing vocals on "Small Town Love"
Paul Butterfield – harmonica on "Road of Truth"
JD Souther – backing vocals on "Road of Truth"
E.G. Daily – backing vocals on "Time for Waiting"
Andy Williams – backing vocals on "Summer's Come, Summer's Gone"
David Williams – backing vocals on "Summer's Come, Summer's Gone"
Frank Marsico – marimba on "I Want Your World to Turn"
Pat Benatar – backing vocals on "I Want Your World to Turn"
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Paul Fox – keyboards
Charles Judge – keyboards
Tom Kelly – keyboards
Jim Lang – keyboards
Jai Winding – keyboards
Jerry Peterson – saxophone on "Blue Sofa (Still a Fool)"
Waddy Wachtel – guitar
Charlo Crossley – backing vocals
David Lasley – backing vocals




= Production

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Waddy Wachtel – mixing, producer
Rodney Mills – engineering, producer
Greg Ladanyi – engineering, mixing, producer
George Tutko – engineering
Tom Kelly – producer
Billy Steinberg – producer
Brendan O'Brien – additional engineering
Barry Conley – additional engineering
Shep Lonsdale – additional engineering
Dennis Kirk – additional engineering
Sharon Rice – additional engineering
Mark Ettel – additional engineering
Doug Sax – mastering




References

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