{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Start the Car | type = studio | artist = Jude Cole | cover = Start_the_Car.jpg | alt = | released = August 25, 1992 | recorded = | venue = | studio = * Cherokee Studios, Capitol Studios and Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) * Track Record (North Hollywood, California) * Westlake Audio and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) * Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California) | genre = | length = 47:33 | label = Reprise | producer = * Jude Cole * James Newton Howard | prev_title = A View from 3rd Street | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = I Don't Know Why I Act This Way | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{Singles | name = Start the Car | type = studio | single1 = Start the Car | single1date = 1992 | single2 = Tell the Truth | single2date = 1992 | single3 = Worlds Apart | single3date = 1993 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r59717}}</ref> }} '''''Start the Car''''' is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Jude Cole, released by Reprise Records on August 25, 1992. A follow-up to ''A View from 3rd Street'', the album found Cole shifting from pop into a heartland rock sound.

The album peaked at number 177 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, number 46 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, and number 24 in Sweden. Its lead single of the same name peaked at number 71 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number six on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart, number 24 in Canada, and number 59 in Australia.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/1992-10-24/|title=Mainstream Rock Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=October 24, 1992|url-access=subscription|access-date=October 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1918&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1918.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1918|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|date=October 24, 1992|access-date=October 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Jude Cole, with additional contributors noted. | title1 = Start the Car | writer1 = | length1 = 5:01 | title2 = Worlds Apart | writer2 = {{hlist|Ron Aniello}} | length2 = 3:54 | title3 = Open Road | length3 = 5:19 | title4 = Just Another Night | length4 = 3:47 | title5 = Tell the Truth | length5 = 5:27 | writer5 = {{hlist|James Newton Howard}} | title6 = Intro | length6 = 0:43 | title7 = Right There Now | length7 = 5:05 | title8 = First Your Money (Then Your Clothes) | length8 = 4:12 | writer8 = {{hlist|George Green}} | title9 = It Comes Around | length9 = 4:38 | title10 = Blame It on Fate | length10 = 4:50 | title11 = A Place in the Line | length11 = 4:31 | total_length = 47:33 }}

== Personnel == * Jude Cole – vocals, backing vocals (1–5, 7, 9, 11), all guitars (1–4, 6–8, 11), mandolin (1, 2, 7, 8), bass (2, 3, 8), mandocello (3, 6, 7), acoustic guitar (5, 9), electric guitar (5, 9, 10), guitar solo (5, 9, 10), dulcimer (6), marxophone (6), banjo (7), harmonica (8), slide guitar (10) * Bill Payne – acoustic piano (1) * Marc Greene – Hammond organ (1, 3), keyboards (8) * James Newton Howard – keyboards (2–4, 6, 7, 9), acoustic piano (3, 5, 7, 9, 10), Hammond organ (9), acoustic piano solo (11) * Mike Finnigan – organ (4) * Robbie Buchanan – programming (5), keyboards (11) * Kenny Kotwitz – accordion (8) * Steve Porcaro – keyboards (10) * David Paich – acoustic piano (11) * Tim Pierce – additional guitars (5) * Ron Aniello – mandolin (7), additional guitars (10) * Michael Thompson – additional guitars (9) * Neil Stubenhaus – bass (1, 4, 9, 10) * Leland Sklar – bass (5, 7, 11) * John Robinson – drums (1, 7, 9, 10) * Pat Mastelotto – drums (2, 4, 11) * Jeff Porcaro – drums (3, 5) * Jim Keltner – drums (8) * Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 5, 9) * Dan Higgins – horns (1, 10) * Larry Williams – horns (1, 10) * Gary Grant – horns (1, 10) * Jerry Hey – horns (1, 10) * Richard Greene – violin (8) * Sass Jordan – female vocals (1) * Jack Blades – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (2) * Tommy Shaw – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (2) * Sam Llanas – additional vocals (4) * John Elefante – backing vocals (5, 10) * Chuck Sabatino – backing vocals (5, 10) * Renée Geyer – female vocals (9) * Robert Parlee – backing vocals (9) * Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (10)

=== Production === * Michael Ostin – executive producer * Jude Cole – producer * James Newton Howard – producer * Erich Gobel – recording * Marc Greene – recording * Chris Lord-Alge – recording, mixing * Bob Schaper – recording * Mike Gibson – additional engineer * John Jessel – additional engineer * Mike Mason – additional engineer, production coordinator * Charlie Paakkari – additional engineer * Talley Sherwood – additional engineer * Kevin Allison – production coordinator * Julie Larson – production coordinator * Jeri Heiden – art direction, incidental photography * John Halpern – cover photography * Rick Cole – incidental photography * John Heiden – incidental photography * Michael Wilson – incidental photography * Ed Leffler – management

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1992) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|42|artist=Jude Cole|album=Start the Car|rowheader=true|access-date=October 18, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|177|M|title=Album / Jude Cole / Start the Car|url=https://elpee.jp/album/Start%20The%20Car/Jude%20Cole/|rowheader=true|access-date=April 30, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|24|artist=Jude Cole|album=Start the Car|rowheader=true|access-date=October 18, 2023}} |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Jude Cole}} {{Authority control}}

Category:1992 albums Category:Albums produced by James Newton Howard Category:Jude Cole albums Category:Reprise Records albums

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