# Street Talk
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{{Infobox album
| name = Street Talk
| type = studio
| artist = [Steve Perry](/source/Steve_Perry)
| cover = Steve_Perry_Street_Talk.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 5, 1984
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
* [Record One](/source/Record_One) (Los Angeles, California)
| genre = [AOR](/source/Album-oriented_rock)
| length = 39:20
| label = [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records)
| producer =
* [Steve Perry](/source/Steve_Perry_(musician))
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [For the Love of Strange Medicine](/source/For_the_Love_of_Strange_Medicine)
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15085|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]]
|rev2 = ''[Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
|rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2006|page=494|title=[Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)|isbn=0195313739|edition=4th}}]
|rev3 = ''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)''
|rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{cite book|editor1-last=DeCurtis|editor1-first=Anthony|editor1-link=Anthony DeCurtis|editor2-last=Henke|editor2-first=James|editor3-last=George-Warren|editor3-first=Holly|year=1992|title=[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)|publisher=[Random House](/source/Random_House)|isbn=0679737294|edition=3rd|page=541}}]
|rev4 = ''[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)''
|rev4Score = C[{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=May 28, 1985|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv5-85.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)|location=New York|accessdate=April 20, 2016}}]
}}
'''''Street Talk''''' is [Steve Perry](/source/Steve_Perry)'s first solo studio album, released on April 5, 1984.[{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1984/|title=Upcoming Releases|work=CMJ New Music Report|page=10|date=March 26, 1984}}]
''Street Talk'' contains Perry's biggest hit as a solo artist, "[Oh Sherrie](/source/Oh_Sherrie)", written for his then-girlfriend Sherrie Swafford.[Steve Perry talks about the recording of [http://www.journey-tribute.com/journey/resources/articles/dick_clark.html "Oh Sherrie"] and Street Talk singles.] The song hit #3 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) and #1 on Billboard's Rock chart, and the accompanying music video (also featuring Swafford) was a hit on [MTV](/source/MTV). Other singles included "[Foolish Heart](/source/Foolish_Heart_(Steve_Perry_song))" (peaked at #18), "She's Mine" (peaked at #21), and "Strung Out" (peaked at #40).
There were a number of nods to Perry's pre-[Journey](/source/Journey_(band)) band Alien Project on this album—in fact, that band was originally going to be called Street Talk.[Steve Perry discusses [http://www.steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/StevePerryAnswersYourQuestions.html the Alien Project story and Street Talk].] In the [liner notes](/source/liner_notes), Perry dedicates the album to Richard Michaels (the bassist for Alien Project). Also, drummer [Craig Krampf](/source/Craig_Krampf) was a member of Alien Project later in the 1970s.
In addition to launching Perry's solo career, the cover photo for ''Street Talk'' served as a career launchpad for music photographer [John Scarpati](/source/John_Scarpati), who met Perry during the album's recording sessions at a studio in Sherman Oaks.[{{cite news |last1=Platania |first1=Mike |title=Back in the spotlight: Retired rock photographer adds some shine to Short Pump side gig |url=https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/09/30/back-in-the-spotlight-retired-rock-photographer-adds-some-shine-to-short-pump-side-gig/ |accessdate=30 September 2019 |publisher=Richmond BizSense |date=30 September 2019}}]
''Street Talk'' is certified as 2× Platinum (2,000,000) in sales by the [RIAA](/source/RIAA).[{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |date= |access-date=2012-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |archive-date=2007-06-26 |df= }}]
==Track listing==
All tracks written by Steve Perry with additional writers noted
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = [Oh Sherrie](/source/Oh_Sherrie)
| writer1 = Bill Cuomo, [Randy Goodrum](/source/Randy_Goodrum), [Craig Krampf](/source/Craig_Krampf)
| length1 = 3:48
| title2 = I Believe
| writer2 = Goodrum, Duane Hitchings, Krampf
| length2 = 4:12
| title3 = Go Away
| writer3 = Cuomo, Goodrum
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = [Foolish Heart](/source/Foolish_Heart_(Steve_Perry_song))
| writer4 = Goodrum
| length4 = 3:39
| title5 = It's Only Love
| writer5 = Goodrum
| length5 = 3:47
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = She's Mine
| writer1 = Goodrum
| length1 = 4:26
| title2 = You Should Be Happy
| writer2 = Goodrum
| length2 = 3:20
| title3 = Running Alone
| writer3 = John Bettis, Hitchings, Krampf
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = Captured by the Moment
| writer4 = Cuomo, Goodrum
| length4 = 3:47
| title5 = Strung Out
| writer5 = Krampf, Billy Steele
| length5 = 3:51
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2006 CD reissue bonus tracks
| title11 = My My My
| note11 = 'Alien Project' demo
| writer11 = Krampf, Richard Michaels Haddad, Steve DeLacey
| length11 = 2:24
| title12 = Harmony
| note12 = 'Alien Project' demo
| writer12 =
| length12 = 3:58
| title13 = Makes No Difference
| note13 = 'Alien Project' demo
| writer13 = Krampf, Haddad, DeLacey
| length13 = 4:53
| title14 = Don't Tell Me Why You're Leaving
| note14 = B-side to ''Oh Sherrie''
| writer14 = [Danny Kortchmar](/source/Danny_Kortchmar), Krampf
| length14 = 3:13
| title15 = If Only for the Moment, Girl
| note15 = Originally released on ''We Are the World'' (1985)
| writer15 = Goodrum
| length15 = 4:09
}}
== Personnel ==
* Steve Perry – vocals, backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
* Bill Cuomo – synthesizers (1, 4, 5, 7–9), acoustic piano (2), synth bells (2), keyboards (3, 6), synth solo (3)
* [Randy Goodrum](/source/Randy_Goodrum) – [Rhodes electric piano](/source/Rhodes_electric_piano) (1–6, 9), drum programming (4), acoustic piano (15)
* Duane Hitchings – synthesizers (8)
* Steve Goldstein – keyboards (10)
* Sterling Smith – keyboards (10)
* [Michael Landau](/source/Michael_Landau) – guitars (1–5, 7, 15), guitar solo (6, 9)
* [Waddy Wachtel](/source/Waddy_Wachtel) – guitar solo (1), rhythm guitar solo (5)
* Craig Hull – guitars (8, 10)
* Billy Steele – guitars (10)
* [Bob Glaub](/source/Bob_Glaub) – bass guitar (1–7, 9, 15)
* [Chuck Domanico](/source/Chuck_Domanico) – string bass (3)
* Kevin McCormick – bass guitar (8)
* Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar (10)
* [Larrie Londin](/source/Larrie_Londin) – drums (1–3, 5–7, 9), percussion (1–3, 7)
* [Craig Krampf](/source/Craig_Krampf) – drums (8, 10)
* [John Robinson](/source/John_Robinson_(drummer)) – drums (15)
* [Robert Greenidge](/source/Robert_Greenidge) – [steelpan](/source/steelpan) (5)
* [Paulinho da Costa](/source/Paulinho_da_Costa) – percussion (15)
* [Steve Douglas](/source/Steve_Douglas_(saxophonist)) – saxophone solo (2), tenor saxophone (6)
* Joel Peskin – saxophone (15)
== Production ==
* Bruce Botnick – executive producer
* Steve Perry – producer, cover concept
* [Niko Bolas](/source/Niko_Bolas) – recording, mixing
* Richard Bosworth – recording assistant, additional engineer
* Denny Densmore – recording assistant (10)
* Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
* Jim Welch – art direction
* [John Scarpati](/source/John_Scarpati) – cover photography
* Herbie Herbert – personal management
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1984)
! scope="col"| Peak
position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report))[{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=232}}]
| style="text-align:center"| 79
|-
{{album chart|Canada|11|artist=Steve Perry|album=Street Talk|chartid=6785a|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany|63|artist=Steve Perry|album=Street Talk|id=33233|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|59|date=19840708|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=Steve Perry|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}}
|}
== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Steve Perry|title=Street Talk|award=Platinum|relyear=1984|certyear=1984}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Steve Perry|title=Street Talk|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1984|certyear=1990}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true }}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*"Street Talk" (Liner Notes); Steve Perry CD, Columbia Records 1984.
==External links==
*[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1792452 "Street Talk" at discogs]
{{Steve Perry}}
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Category:1984 debut albums
Category:Steve Perry albums
Category:Columbia Records albums
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