I Don't Speak the Language

I Don't Speak the Language is the debut studio album by American musician Matthew Wilder, released in 1983 on Private-I/Epic. It spawned Wilder's signature hit "Break My Stride".

Track listing

 * 1) "Break My Stride" (Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino) - 3:04
 * 2) "The Kid's American" (1983) (Wilder) - 4:36
 * 3) "I Don't Speak the Language" (Wilder, Barbara Hyde) - 4:45
 * 4) "Love Above the Ground Floor" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:13
 * 5) "World of the Rich and Famous" (Wilder, Roscoe Beck) - 4:43
 * 6) "Ladder of Lovers" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:04
 * 7) "I Was There" (Wilder) - 3:01
 * 8) "Dreams Keep Bringing You Back" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:36
 * 9) "I Don't Speak the Language"  (Reprise) - 1:20

Personnel
Source:


 * Matthew Wilder – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8), Prophet-5 (1), Prophet-10 (2, 3, 5, 6, 9), acoustic piano, (4, 7, 8), horn arrangements (4), Rhodes Chroma (5)
 * Bill Elliott – Prophet-5 (1), acoustic piano (2), Prophet-10 (3, 4, 6, 7, 9), horn arrangements (4)
 * Bill Cuomo – Prophet-5 (3, 6, 8, 9), Rhodes Chroma (3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
 * Paul Fox – E-mu Emulator (5, 7)
 * Dennis Herring – guitars (1, 2, 7)
 * Donald Griffin – guitars (4, 5)
 * Tim Weston – guitar solo (5)
 * John McFee – mandolin (8)
 * Reggie McBride – bass (2, 5)
 * Rick Chudacoff – bass (4, 6, 7)
 * Alphonso Johnson – bass (8)
 * Peter Bunetta – drums, Oberheim DMX (1), percussion (1)
 * John Gilston – Simmons drum programming and sequencing
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 6, 8, 9)
 * Jerry Peterson – baritone saxophone (2)
 * Lon Price – tenor saxophone (2)
 * Bill Armstrong – trumpet (4)
 * Gary Grant – trumpet (4)
 * Greg Prestopino – backing vocals (1, 2, 8)
 * Joe Turano – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 8)
 * Arno Lucas – backing vocals (2, 5)
 * Leslie Smith – backing vocals (2, 5)
 * Dee Dee Bellson – backing vocals (3, 4, 9)
 * Mary Hylan – backing vocals (3, 4, 9)
 * Edie Lehmann – backing vocals (3, 4, 9)
 * Amy Weston – backing vocals (3, 4, 9)
 * Anna Pagan – backing vocals (5)
 * Anita Sherman – backing vocals (5)

Production

 * Producers – Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff and Bill Elliott.
 * Executive Producers – Al Bunetta and Shingo Take
 * Engineers – Csaba Pectoz (Track 1); Steve Zaretsky (All tracks).
 * Assistant Engineers – Britt Bacon and Michael Franke (Track 1); Paul Ericksen, Mitch Gibson and Csaba Pectoz (Tracks 2-9).
 * Mixed by Steve Zaretsky
 * Design – Tommy Steele and Art Hotel
 * Photography – William Warner