Start the Car

Start the Car is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Jude Cole. Released in 1992, five years after his self-titled debut solo album. After A View from Third Street, Cole shifted into a heartland rock sound. The album peaked at number 177 on the Billboard 200, number 46 on Australia's ARIA charts, and number 24 in Sweden. Its lead single of the same name peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 (on the issue dated October 10, 1992), and reached number six on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, number 24 in Canada, and number 59 in Australia. The album's second single, "Tell the Truth" peaked at number 57 on the former chart (on the issue dated March 13, 1993)

Track listing
All songs written and composed by Jude Cole, with additional contributors noted.


 * 1) "Start the Car" – 5:07
 * 2) "Worlds Apart" (Ron Aniello) – 3:54
 * 3) "Open Road" – 5:19
 * 4) "Just Another Night" (James Newton Howard) – 3:47
 * 5) "Tell the Truth" – 5:27
 * 6) "Intro" – 0:43
 * 7) "Right There Now" – 5:05
 * 8) "First Your Money (Then Your Clothes)" (George Green) – 4:12
 * 9) "It Comes Around" – 4:38
 * 10) "Blame It on Fate" – 4:50
 * 11) "A Place in the Line" – 4:31

Personnel

 * John Robinson, Jim Keltner, Jeff Porcaro, Pat Mastelotto – drums
 * Robbie Buchanan – drum programming
 * Lenny Castro – percussion
 * James Newton Howard, Steve Porcaro, Marc Greene, Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
 * David Paich, James Newton Howard, Bill Payne – piano
 * Mike Finnegan, Marc Greene – organ
 * Jude Cole, Tim Pierce, Michael Landau, Michael Thompson, Ron Aniello – guitar
 * Lee Sklar, Neil Stubenhaus, Jude Cole – bass
 * Richard Green – violin
 * Jude Cole, Ron Aniello – mandolin
 * Jude Cole – hammered dulcimer
 * Jerry Hey, Larry Williams, Gary Grant, Daniel Higgins – horns
 * Jude Cole, Sass Jordan, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Sam Llanas, John Elefante, Chuck Sabatino, Robert Parlee, Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
 * Technical
 * Marc Greene, Chris Lord-Alge, Bob Schaper, Erich Gobel – recording engineer
 * Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
 * Michael Ostin – executive producer
 * John Halpern, Rick Cole, John Heiden, Jeri Heiden, Michael Wilson – photography
 * Jeri Heiden – art direction