Wish (Feargal Sharkey album)

Wish
Studio album by Feargal Sharkey
Released	1988
Recorded	A&M Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Pop
Label	Virgin
Producer	Danny Kortchmar
Feargal Sharkey chronology
Feargal Sharkey (1985) Wish (1988) Songs From The Mardi Gras (1991) Alternative Cover American cover of "Wish".

Wish is the second solo album of former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey. Released in 1988, three years after his successful self-titled solo debut, the album was found to be somewhat disappointing and therefore became not as successful as its predecessor.

Track listing

1. "Cold, Cold Streets" (Danny Kortchmar, David Lasley, Feargal Sharkey)
2. "More Love" (Benmont Tench)
3. "Full Confession" (Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey, Tim Daly)
4. "Please Don't Believe in Me" (David A. Stewart, Feargal Sharkey, Tim Daly)
5. "Out of My System" (Eddie Chacon, Suzanne Valentine)
6. "If This is Love" (Feargal Sharkey, Maggie Lee, Tim Daly)
7. "Strangest Girl in Paradise" (Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey)
8. "Blue Days" (Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey, Waddy Wachtel)
9. "Let Me Be" (Feargal Sharkey, Mark Goldenberg)
10. "Safe to Touch" (Feargal Sharkey, Steve Jordan)

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1]	66
Swedish Albums Chart[2]	22

Personnel

• Beverly D'Angelo - Background Vocals (6)
• Charley Drayton - Guitar, Background Vocals (10)
• Mike Finnigan - Organ (2)
• Bob Glaub - Bass (2, 8)
• Mark Goldenberg - Organ, Synthesizer, Guitar (9)
• Steve Jordan - Drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
• Danny Kortchmar - Guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), Bass (1, 3, 7, 8)
• Russ Kunkel - Percussion (4)
• David Lasley - Background Vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
• Maggie Lee - Synthesizer, Background Vocals (6)
• Arnold McCuller - Background Vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
• David Paich - Synthesizer, Piano (4)
• Keith Richards - Guitar (2)
• Feargal Sharkey - Vocals
• Jack Sherman - Electric 12 String (6)
• Leland Sklar - Bass (4, 6)
• Myna Smith Schilling - Background Vocals (5)
• Benmont Tench - Organ (2, 5, 7)
• Waddy Wachtel - Guitar (2, 4, 6, 8)
• Jimmy “Z” Zavala - Saxophone (2), Harmonica (2)
• Anthony J. Davies - Background Vocals (all), Cello (4), Keyboard (7,9), Dube (3)
• Richard Haughton - Photography
• Gary Wathen - Art direction

Trivia

'More Love' features the core of the X-Pensive Winos, consisting of Steve Jordan, Waddy Wachtel and Keith Richards.

Sharkey also admitted when quizzed on the album's release that he had not changed his underpants for the entire length of the record's gestation. When the album was finally finished, Sharkey said the undergarment "practically walked to the washing basket by itself".

References

1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 270. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
2. Steffen Hung. "Feargal Sharkey - Wish". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-06-23.