Street Talk

Street Talk
Studio album by Steve Perry
Released	April 1984 (1984-04)
Studio	Record One (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	AOR
Length	39:20
Label	Columbia
Producer	Steve Perry
Steve Perry chronology
Street Talk (1984) For the Love of Strange Medicine (1994)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
The Village Voice	C[4]

Street Talk is Steve Perry's first solo studio album, released in April 1984.

Street Talk contains Perry's biggest hit as a solo artist, "Oh Sherrie", written for his then-girlfriend Sherrie Swafford.^[5] The song hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard's Rock chart, and the accompanying music video (also featuring Swafford) was a hit on MTV. Other singles included "Foolish Heart" (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 band Alien Project on this album—in fact, that band was originally going to be called Street Talk.^[6] In the liner notes, Perry dedicates the album to Richard Michaels (the bassist for Alien Project). Also, drummer 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, who met Perry during the album's recording sessions at a studio in Sherman Oaks.^[7]

Street Talk is certified as 2× Platinum (2,000,000) in sales by the RIAA.^[8]

All tracks written by Steve Perry with additional writers noted

• 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 – Rhodes (1-6, 9), drum programming (4), acoustic piano (15)
• Duane Hitchings – synthesizers (8)
• Steve Goldstein – keyboards (10)
• Sterling Smith – keyboards (10)
• Michael Landau – guitars (1-5, 7, 15), guitar solo (6, 9)
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar solo (1), rhythm guitar solo (5)
• Craig Hull – guitars (8, 10)
• Billy Steele – guitars (10)
• Bob Glaub – bass guitar (1-7, 9, 15)
• Chuck Domanico – string bass (3)
• Kevin McCormick – bass guitar (8)
• Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar (10)
• Larrie Londin – drums (1-3, 5-7, 9), percussion (1-3, 7)
• Craig Krampf – drums (8, 10)
• John Robinson – drums (15)
• Robert Greenidge – steel piano (5)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (15)
• Steve Douglas – saxophone solo (2), tenor saxophone (6)
• Joel Peskin – saxophone (15)

• Bruce Botnick – executive producer
• Steve Perry – producer, cover concept
• 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 – cover photography
• Herbie Herbert – personal management

• "Street Talk" (Liner Notes); Steve Perry CD, Columbia Records 1984.

• "Street Talk" at discogs