The Hunger (album) 4071230 225577500 2008-07-14T11:45:13Z Pietaster 533049 release date {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = The Hunger | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Michael Bolton]] | Cover = Michael-bolton-album-cover-the-humger.jpg | Released = September 1987 | Recorded = 1986 | Genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]][[pop music|Pop]] | Length = 42:48 | Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | Producer = ? | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzamqj1bojja link] | Last album = '''''[[Everybody's Crazy (album)|Everybody's Crazy]]''''' <br /> (1985) | This album = ''The Hunger''<br /> (1987) | Next album = ''[[Soul Provider]]'' <br /> (1989) }} '''''The Hunger''''' is an album by [[Michael Bolton]], released in 1987 on the [[Columbia records|Columbia]] label. This was his breakthrough album, with the hits "That's What Love Is All About" and the [[Otis Redding]] [[cover version|cover]] "[[(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay]]." Several songs from this album feature [[Journey (band)|Journey]] members [[Jonathan Cain]] on keyboards, [[Neal Schon]] on guitar, and previous member from their [[Raised on Radio]] '86-'87 tour [[Randy Jackson]] (of [[American Idol]] fame) on bass. During this time, there were rumors that Bolton might have been in the running as Journey's new lead singer after [[Steve Perry (musician)|Steve Perry]]'s initial departure from the band in early '87. Also along for this album on certain tracks was then-current [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] guitarist [[Bruce Kulick]]. ==Track listing== #"Hot Love" #"Wait On Love" #"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" #"Gina" #"That's What Love Is All About" #"The Hunger" #"You're All That I Need" #"Take A Look At My Face" #"Walk Away" [[Category:Michael Bolton albums|Hunger, The]] [[Category:1987 albums|Hunger, The]]