The Hunger (album)
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{{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]]