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Knee Deep in the Hoopla is the debut studio album by American AOR band Starship, the succeeding musical project to Jefferson Starship. It was released on September 10, 1985, through record label Grunt.

Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Studio album by Starship
Released	September 10, 1985
Recorded	1984−1985
Studio	Record Plant, Sausalito Music Grinder, Los Angeles
Genre	AOR, pop rock
Length	40:28
Label	Grunt/RCA
Producer	Peter Wolf Jeremy Smith Dennis Lambert (executive producer)
Starship chronology
Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985) No Protection (1987)
Singles from Knee Deep in the Hoopla
"We Built This City" Released: 1 August 1985 [1] "Sara" Released: December 1985 "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" Released: 24 March 1986 [2] "Before I Go" Released: 1986

Four singles were released from the album: the No. 1 hits "We Built This City" and "Sara", "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" (No. 26 US Hot 100) and "Before I Go" (No. 68 US Hot 100).

Content

AllMusic retrospectively described Knee Deep in the Hoopla as the Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship project's "most overtly commercial effort to date".[3]

The track "Desperate Heart", written by Michael Bolton and Randy Goodrum, also appears on Bolton's album Everybody's Crazy, released the same year. Two songs sung by Grace Slick were recorded for but left off the album: Slick's own "Do You Remember Me?" (released on The Best of Grace Slick) and the Peter Wolf–Jeremy Smith composition "Casualty" (included as a bonus track on the 1999 remaster). Jeannette and Pete Sears wrote a song for the album called "One More Innocent", but it was rejected for its political lyrics.[4]

Cash Box said of the track "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" that "Mickey Thomas’ sensational lead vocal keeps this cut aloft with exhilerating sonic flight" and that "It slices like a double bladed sword, and backed by searing rock guitars and a churning rhythm."[5] Billboard called that song "exemplary American AOR of the '80s, interrupted only by an ethereal bridge."[6]

Release

Knee Deep in the Hoopla was released on September 10, 1985, through record label Grunt.

Four singles were released from the album: the No. 1 hits "We Built This City" and "Sara", "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" and "Before I Go".

The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Reception

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
People	negative[7]

Knee Deep in the Hoopla received a negative response from professional music critics.

Track listing

Personnel

• Mickey Thomas – lead (1-3, 5-7, 9) and backing (1, 4, 8, 9) vocals
• Grace Slick – lead (1, 4, 8, 9) and backing (1-3, 5-7, 9) vocals
• Craig Chaquico – guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (2, 7, 9)
• Pete Sears – bass guitar (1, 4-7, 9) synth bass (2, 3, 8), backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 9)
• Donny Baldwin – electronic drums (1-3, 6, 8, 9), drums (4, 5, 7), backing vocals (1-3, 5, 7, 9)

Additional personnel

• Peter Wolf – keyboards, synthesizers (all tracks)
• Les Garland – DJ voice (1)
• Peter Beckett, J. C. Crowley, Siedah Garrett and Ina Wolf – backing vocals (3)
• Simon Climie, Lorraine Devon, Phillip Ingram, Martin Page, Chris Sutton and Oren Waters – backing vocals (9)
• Kevin DuBrow – backing vocals on (4)
• Dave Jenkins – backing vocals (5)

Production

• Peter Wolf – producer, arrangements
• Jeremy Smith – producer, engineer
• Dennis Lambert – executive producer
• Skip Johnson – production coordinator
• Bill Thompson – manager
• Bill Bottrell – mixing engineer (1)
• Tom Size – additional engineering
• Paul Ericksen, Dana Chappelle, David Luke, Maureen Droney – assistant engineers.
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering engineer
• Raess Design (Ted Raess) – art, design
• Bill Robbins – photography
• Recorded at The Plant Studios (Sausalito, CA); The Music Grinder (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixed at Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, CA).
• "We Built This City" re-mixed at The Soundcastle, L. A.
• Mastered at Precision Lacquer (Los Angeles).

Singles

• "We Built This City" (1985)
• "Sara" (1986)
• "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" (1986)
• "Before I Go" (1986)

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[16]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[17]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Knee Deep in the Hoopla at Discogs (list of releases)
• Starship: Too Old to Rock?, Los Angeles Times

На других языках

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Knee Deep in the Hoopla es el título del álbum debut de estudio grabado por la banda de AOR estadounidense Starship, Fue lanzado al mercado por las compañías discográficas Grunt Records y RCA Records el 10 de septiembre de 1985. Fue certificado como disco de platino y produjo dos exitosos sencillos: "We Built This City" y "Sara".[2]

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