# In the Running

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{{Short description|Album by Howard Jones}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = In the Running
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Howard Jones](/source/Howard_Jones_(English_musician))
| cover      = HowardJonesInTheRunning.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 27 April 1992<ref>{{cite magazine |date=25 April 1992 |title=New Releases |magazine=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week) |page=12}}</ref>
| recorded   = September 1990 – September 1991
| venue      =
| studio     =
* The Shed (Maidenhead, England) 
* [A&M](/source/A%26M_Studios) (Hollywood, California, USA)
| genre      = [Pop rock](/source/Pop_rock)
| length     = 51:04
| label      = [Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records) (US)<ref name=BH/><br />[East West](/source/East_West_Records)
| producer   = 
* [Ross Cullum](/source/Ross_Cullum)
* Howard Jones
| prev_title = [Cross That Line](/source/Cross_That_Line)
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [The Best of Howard Jones](/source/The_Best_of_Howard_Jones)
| next_year  = 1993
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = In the Running
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [Lift Me Up](/source/Lift_Me_Up_(Howard_Jones_song))
 | single1date = 30 March 1992
 | single2     = Two Souls
 | single2date = 1992
 | single3     = Tears to Tell
 | single3date = 1992
}}}}
'''''In the Running''''' is the fifth studio album by the English pop musician [Howard Jones](/source/Howard_Jones_(English_musician)), released in 1992. It was his last original studio album recorded on the Warner/Elektra label. It contains the US Top 40 hit "[Lift Me Up](/source/Lift_Me_Up_(Howard_Jones_song))".<ref name="SS">{{cite news |last1=Lannert |first1=John |title=ACCENT IS ON THE SONGS IN HOWARD JONES' ACOUSTIC TOUR |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=26 June 1992 |department=Features Showtime |page=31}}</ref> An acoustic tour took place in 1992 with Howard on grand piano, accompanied by Carol Steele on percussion.<ref>{{cite news |last1=D'Agostino |first1=John |title=Synthesizer Artist Gets in Tune With Past Pop music |work=Los Angeles Times |date=27 Apr 1992 |page=F1}}</ref>

The album was remastered and released on CD (with a host of extra tracks) in 2012, with another reissue in 2021.

==Production==
[David Lindley](/source/David_Lindley_(musician)) and [Midge Ure](/source/Midge_Ure) were among the guitar players who played on ''In the Running''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Persall |first1=Steve |title=Jones 'goes natural' |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=26 June 1992 |department=Weekend |page=33}}</ref> Jones worked on the album for three years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Ira |title=Synthesized Simplicity |work=Newsday |date=22 Oct 1993 |department=Part II |page=91}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{music ratings
|rev1 = ''[Boston Herald](/source/Boston_Herald)''
|rev1score = B<ref name="BH">{{cite news |last1=Romandetta |first1=Julie |title=Discs |work=Boston Herald |date=April 10, 1992 |page=S14}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)''
|rev2score = {{rating|2|4}}<ref name="CT">{{cite news |last1=Webber |first1=Brad |title=Recordings |work=Chicago Tribune |date=16 Apr 1992 |department=Tempo |page=7}}</ref>
}}
''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' wrote: "If Jones once wrote catchy pop songs, he's now drifting into intricate orchestration, slick production and melodrama."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wright |first1=Christian |title=In the Running by Howard Jones |journal=Rolling Stone |date=May 14, 1992 |issue=630 |page=103}}</ref> The ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)'' noted that "Jones aims for social statements as a catharsis for change, but the lyrical territory is well-trodden."<ref name=CT/> ''[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)'' deemed the album "mainstream, mid-tempo pop-rock."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Jones Synthesizing Jacksonian Ideals |work=The Washington Post |date=17 Apr 1992 |page=N18}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Howard Jones; except where indicated.
#"[Lift Me Up](/source/Lift_Me_Up_(Howard_Jones_song))" (Jones, Ross Cullum) – 3:39
#"Fallin' Away" (Jones, Ross Cullum, Lala) – 6:53
#"Show Me" (Jones, Ross Cullum) – 4:32
#"The Voices Are Back" – 5:32
#"Exodus" – 4:32
#"Tears to Tell" – 5:23
#"Two Souls" (Jones, Andy Ross, Ross Cullum) – 4:23
#"Gun Turned On the World" – 4:38
#"One Last Try" – 4:11
#"City Song" – 7:17

=== 2021 Remaster ===
'''Bonus tracks:'''

11. I. G. Y. (What A Beautiful World) (Single Mix)

12. New Man

13. Takin’ The Time

14. You Say

15. One Last Try (Edit)*

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Previously Unreleased

'''CD Two'''

# Lift Me Up (Instrumental)*
# Fallin’ Away (Instrumental)*
# Show Me (Instrumental)*
# The Voices Are Back (Instrumental)*
# Exodus (Instrumental)*
# Tears To Tell (Instrumental)*
# Two Souls(Instrumental)*
# Gun Turned On The World (Instrumental) (Extended Version)*
# One Last Try (Instrumental) (Extended Version)*
# City Song (Instrumental)*
# I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) (Instrumental)*
# Road To Cairo (TV Mix)*
# Other People Are Us (TV Mix)*
# What Is Love? (’93 Remix) (Instrumental)*

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Previously Unreleased

'''CD Three'''

# What Is Love? (’93 12″ Remix Part 1)*
# What Is Love? (’93 12″ Remix Part 2)*
# Tears To Tell (7″ Edit)**
# Don’t Be Part Of It
# Road To Cairo (Andy Scarth Mix)**
# I. G. Y. (What A Beautiful World) (Special Dj Edit)**
# Other People Are Us
# What Is Love? (’93 Remix)*
# Two Souls (Early Extended Mix)*
# Don’t Be Part Of It (Moo Mix)**
# I. G. Y. (What A Beautiful World) (Live At The Spectrum Theatre, Philadelphia 1987)**
# Road To Cairo**
# Tears To Tell (Early Mix)*
# One Last Try (Extended Version)*
# Don’t Be Part Of It (Dance Mix Aka Dub Mix)**

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Previously Unreleased

<nowiki>**</nowiki> Previously Unreleased Remastered

'''DVD Four:'''

1. Interview With Howard Jones October 2020:

* Creating “In The Running”
* Track By Track Commentary

2.  I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) (Pebble Mill – 18/05/1993)

3. What Is Love? (Pebble Mill – 18/05/1993)

4. Tears To Tell (Promo Video)

5. Lift Me Up (Promo Video)

6.  I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) (Promo Video)

7. Tears To Tell (Blue Tint Version) (Promo Video)

== Personnel ==
* Howard Jones – vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards (1–4, 6–10), keyboard bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–10), keyboard guitar (1–4, 7, 8, 10), [vocoder](/source/vocoder) (5), [organ](/source/Electric_organ) (5, 6), backing vocals (5), bass (6), drums (10)
* Jai Winding – additional keyboards (3, 7), [Moog bass](/source/Moog_synthesizer) (3)
* Kevin Maloney – [Synclavier](/source/Synclavier) editing (7)
* [Ian Stanley](/source/Ian_Stanley) – additional keyboards (8)
* [Dean Parks](/source/Dean_Parks) – electric guitar (2), guitars (5), [soft wah wah guitar](/source/Wah-wah_pedal) (9)
* [David Lindley](/source/David_Lindley_(musician)) – [slide guitar](/source/slide_guitar) (2), acoustic guitar (2)
* [Steve Farris](/source/Mr._Mister) – guitars (3, 5, 7, 8)
* [Neil Taylor](/source/Neil_Taylor_(guitarist)) – guitar solo (3)
* [Robbie McIntosh](/source/Robbie_McIntosh) – guitars (6)
* [Midge Ure](/source/Midge_Ure) – "breakdown" guitar (7)
* [Andy Ross](/source/Immaculate_Fools) – [wah wah guitar](/source/wah_wah_guitar) (7), additional guitars (7), rhythm arrangements (7)
* [Ross Cullum](/source/Ross_Cullum) – drums (1–3, 10), guitar solo (9)
* [Mark Brzezicki](/source/Mark_Brzezicki) – additional percussion (2), additional drums (3)
* [Chris Hughes](/source/Chris_Hughes_(record_producer)) – drums (4, 6, 8)
* [Richie Hayward](/source/Richie_Hayward) – drums (5, 7)
* [Sam Clayton](/source/Sam_Clayton) – [tambourine](/source/tambourine) (5)
* [Luis Conte](/source/Luis_Conte) – percussion (7, 9)
* [Kevin Robinson](/source/Simply_Red) – trumpet (4)
* [Clare Fischer](/source/Clare_Fischer) – [clarinet](/source/clarinet), choir and brass arrangements (9)
* Sooty Bonnet – blues mordents (1)
* [Carol Kenyon](/source/Carol_Kenyon) – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–7), choir (10)
* [Tessa Niles](/source/Tessa_Niles) – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–7), choir (10)

'''Production'''
* [Rupert Hine](/source/Rupert_Hine) – executive producer 
* Howard Jones – producer 
* Ross Cullum – producer, recording 
* Chad Munsey – assistant engineer 
* Paul Corkett – additional engineer 
* Andy Strange – additional engineer 
* Steve Williams – additional engineer 
* Arne Frager– engineer for Claire Fischer arrangements
* [Bob Clearmountain](/source/Bob_Clearmountain) – mixing at [Mayfair Studios](/source/Mayfair_Studios) (London, England)
* Avril Mackintosh – mix assistant 
* [Bob Ludwig](/source/Bob_Ludwig) – mastering at [Masterdisk](/source/Masterdisk) (New York, NY)
* Janet Boye – art direction, design 
* Daniel Miller – photography

==References==
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