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The Warmer Side of Cool

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Track listing
CD Cassette/LP
Chart performance
Personnel
References

{{Infobox album
| name = The Warmer Side of Cool
| type = studio
| artist = Wang Chung
| cover = The Warmer Side of Cool album art.JPG
| alt =
| released = 23 May 1989
| recorded = 41B Studios, Westlake Village, CA from 1988-1989
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock/Pop
| length = 52:04
| label = Geffen
24222
| producer = Peter Wolf
| prev_title = Mosaic
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Wang Chung's Greatest Hits
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Warmer Side of Cool
| type = studio
| single1 = Praying to a New God
| single1date = April 1989
}}
}}{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}^[1]

}}

The Warmer Side of Cool is Wang Chung's fifth studio album and fourth on Geffen Records. Released in May 1989, the album was a commercial disappointment, peaking at #123 on the Billboard 200 in its final week on the chart.^[2] Despite poor sales, the album managed to provide a minor hit with "Praying to a New God", which peaked at #63 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 27, 1989.^[3]

Track listing

CD

{{tracklist
| total_length= 52:04
| title1 = Praying to a New God
| writer1 = Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, David Chandler
| length1 = 3:58
| title2 = What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?
| writer2 = Hues, Feldman, Chandler
| length2 = 4:11
| title3 = Snakedance
| writer3 = Hues
| length3 = 4:58
| title4 = Swing
| writer4 = Feldman
| length4 = 4:29
| title5 = When Love Looks Back at You
| writer5 = Hues
| length5 = 4:50
| title6 = Games of Power
| writer6 = Feldman
| length6 = 4:53
| title7 = At the Speed of Life
| writer7 = Hues
| length7 = 5:26
| title8 = The Warmer Side of Cool
| writer8 = Hues
| length8 = 4:42
| title9 = Logic and Love
| writer9 = Feldman, Chandler
| length9 = 4:04
| title10 = Tall Trees in a Blue Sky
| writer10 = Hues
| length10 = 4:21
| title11 = Big World
| writer11 = Hues
| length11 = 6:12
}}

Cassette/LP

Side One{{tracklist
| total_length= 27:19
| title1 = Praying to a New God
| writer1 = Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, David Chandler
| length1 = 3:58
| title2 = What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?
| writer2 = Hues, Feldman, Chandler
| length2 = 4:11
| title3 = Snakedance
| writer3 = Hues
| length3 = 4:58
| title4 = Swing
| writer4 = Feldman
| length4 = 4:29
| title5 = When Love Looks Back at You
| writer5 = Hues
| length5 = 4:50
| title6 = Games of Power
| writer6 = Feldman
| length6 = 4:53
}}Side Two{{tracklist
| total_length= 24:45
| title1 = At the Speed of Life
| writer1 = Hues
| length1 = 5:26
| title2 = The Warmer Side of Cool
| writer2 = Hues
| length2 = 4:42
| title3 = Logic and Love
| writer3 = Feldman, Chandler
| length3 = 4:04
| title4 = Tall Trees in a Blue Sky
| writer4 = Hues
| length4 = 4:21
| title5 = Big World
| writer5 = Hues
| length5 = 6:12
}}

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	123

Personnel

Lead Vocals: Jack Hues
Additional Vocals: Bill Clift, Darren Costin, Gary Falcone, Nick Feldman, Roger Freeland, Jeff Pescetto, Joe Pizzulo, Ina Wolf and Peter Wolf
Tribal Vocals: Bill Clift, Allan Ryder and Peter Wolf
Guitars: Jack Hues, Pete McCray and Mikal Reid
Bass Guitar: Nick Feldman
Drums: Michael Baird, Vinnie Colaiuta and Bryan Hitt
Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa
Vocal Percussion: Jeremy Smith
Trombone: Bill Reichenbach Jr.
Keyboards: Peter Wolf
Mixed by Jeremy Smith
Engineers: Jeremy Smith and Gonzalo "Bino" Espinoza
Assistant Engineers: Gonzalo "Bino" Espinoza and Carlos Golliher
Management: David Massey
Art Direction/Design: Lynn Robb
Collage by Ron Chadwick
Wang Chung photos: Victoria Pearson-Cameron
Photo of Asian boy: Reed Davis
Photo of Kangaroo: Vitamvas/Camera Agency
Photo of Interior: used by kind permission of Atlantic Antique Centres with thanks to Soho Design
Photo of Dolphin: Julia Whitty
Album mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer
Cassette and CD mastered by Dan Hersch at DigiPrep, Los Angeles, CA
John Kalodner
Special Thanks to: David Massey, John Kalodner, David Geffen, Ed Rosenblatt and everyone at Geffen Records (especially Al Coury, Marko Babineau, Peter Napoliello, Jonas Livingston, Norman Beil, Eddie Gilreath, Peter Baron, and Robin Rothman). Robin Godfrey-Cass, Ronny Vance, Ken Kraus, Nick Ben-Meir, Sandy Campbell, Lynn Robb, Rob Kline, and Bruce Jackson at 41B. Elaine Black, Debra Shallman, Cathy Woller, Lyn Fey, Roz Schrank, Sigrine Vally, David Chandler, Mikal Reid, Martin Winning (especially for help on "Swing"), Darren Costin, Brian Hitt, Debra Dobkin, and Jeff Naideau.
- Thanks too, to: Toru Nittono at L.A. Guitar Works, all at Norm's Rare Guitars, Bill Reim and Chuck Fukagawa at Ibanez Guitars, Chris and Allen at the Bass Centre, L.A., Beverly Lund, Francis and Rick at Bull Hitt Productions, the inventor of 'Asteroids', New England Digital, AKG, Monster Cables, Zildjian Cymbals, and D.W. Drums

References

1. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r21469|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
2. ^[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=wang chung|chart=all}} Discography for The Warmer Side of Cool on Billboard.com]
3. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r21469/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}} Praying for a New God Charts on AllMusic.com]

3 : 1989 albums|Geffen Records albums|Wang Chung (band) albums

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