KBC Band is KBC Band's only album, featuring Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, and Jack Casady from Jefferson Airplane. The single "It's Not You, It's Not Me" was released shortly before the album's release.

KBC Band
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 1986
Recorded1986 at The Plant, Sausalito and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
GenreNew wave, pop rock, hard rock
Length41:11
LabelArista
ProducerKBC Band
Jim Gaines
John Boylan
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

When originally released, the album cover was printed on both the outside and inside. In one vinyl release, the inside jacket of the album had a picture of a road with a car traveling on it with sign in the distance that said: "Life is a test. Had this been a real life, you would have been told where to go and what to do" — a satire of the message broadcast by the Emergency Broadcast System.

Outtakes were included on the Marty Balin albums Balince and Nothin' 2 Lose: The Lost Studio Recordings.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mariel"4:30
2."It's Not You, It's Not Me"
3:33
3."Hold Me"
  • David Evan
  • Gene Heart
6:30
4."America"
  • Kantner
  • Balin
6:18
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."No More Heartaches"Cary Sharaf3:30
2."Wrecking Crew"3:42
3."When Love Comes"
  • Heart
  • Evan
4:22
4."Dream Motorcycle"
  • Kantner
  • Balin
3:47
5."Sayonara"Kazumasa Oda4:59
Total length:41:11

Personnel

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KBC Band
Additional personnel

Production

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  • KBC Band – producer on all tracks
  • Jim Gaines – producer and engineer on all tracks except "Sayonara"
  • John Boylan – producer on "It's Not You, It's Not Me" and "Sayonara", additional production on "When Love Comes" and "No More Heartaches"
  • Paul Grupp – engineer on "Sayonara"
  • Stephen Hart, Rick Sanchez, Robert Missbach, Maureen Droney – assistant engineers
  • Stephen Hart – additional engineering
  • Frank Filipetti – mixing engineer
  • Moira Marquis – assistant mixing engineer
  • Steven Shmerler – art direction
  • Leon Leach – inner sleeve photography
  • Dyer/Kahn, Inc. – design
  • Milton Sincoff – art production
  • Vincent Lynch, Lynchpin Productions – management
  • Cynthia Bowman – public relations
  • Recorded at the Plant, Sausalito and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
  • Mixed at Right Track Recording, New York

Charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
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The Billboard 200[2] 75

Singles

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Year Single Chart Position[3]
1986 "It's Not You, It's Not Me" The Billboard Hot 100 89
Billboard Album Rock Tracks 6
1987 "America" Billboard Album Rock Tracks 8

References

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  1. ^ Viglione, Joe. "KBC - KBC Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ "KBC - KBC Band | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ^ "KBC - KBC Band | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.