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Winger is the debut studio album by American rock band Winger. The album was released through Atlantic Records in 1988 and was produced by Beau Hill.




Background


The music was radio-friendly, but with a progressive twist. The lyrics, however, were typical of the age and genre.
The name "Sahara" appears in the lower right hand section of the album cover. The band initially wanted to call themselves "Sahara", but that name was taken by another band at the time. Though they ultimately chose the name Winger, "Sahara" remained on the cover.
A number of radio and video hits were extracted from the album, including "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Seventeen", peaking at No. 19 and No. 26 at the Billboard's single chart. On February 11, 1989, the album peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200, and after that stayed on the chart for 63 weeks. It achieved platinum status in the United States and went gold in Canada and Japan.
In support of the album, Winger toured for over a year with Bad Company, Scorpions, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Poison, Skid Row and Tesla.
Promotional videos were shot for the four singles "Madalaine", "Seventeen", "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Hungry".




Track listing






Personnel


Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Winger
Kip Winger – bass, lead vocals, keyboards, string arrangements
Reb Beach – guitars, backing vocals
Paul Taylor – keyboards, backing vocals
Rod Morgenstein – drums, backing vocals
Additional personnel
Dweezil Zappa – left side guitar solo on "Purple Haze"
Beau Hill, Ira McLaughlin – additional vocals
Sandra Park, Rebecca Young, Hae Young Ham, Maria Kitsopoulos – strings
Production
Beau Hill – producer, engineer
Noah Baron, Jimmy Hoyson – assistant engineers
Bob Schwall, Bob Caputo – technicians
Stephen Benben – digital editing
Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
Brad Miskel, Ron Feddor – additional input
Dan Hubp – cover art and design
Steven Selikoff – photography




Charts






Certifications






See also


List of glam metal albums and songs




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