Lost Brotherhood is the fourth studio album by Canadian musician Lawrence Gowan, originally released in 1990. The album follows a more hard rock oriented sound, with some tracks[which?] bearing a resemblance to past material. The album reached multi-platinum status in Canada[2] and spawned the singles, "All the Lovers in the World," "Lost Brotherhood," and "Out of a Deeper Hunger". Alex Lifeson of Rush, Steve Shelski of Coney Hatch, and Ken Greer of Red Rider contributed guitar work for the album.[3]

Lost Brotherhood
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 17, 1990
Recorded1989
StudioMetalworks Studios and McClear Place, Toronto, Ontario
GenreProgressive rock, hard rock, Pop rock
Length45:08
LabelAnthem
Columbia (Canada)
Atlantic (outside Canada)
ProducerMike Howlett, Eddie Schwartz, Lawrence Gowan
Gowan chronology
Great Dirty World
(1987)
Lost Brotherhood
(1990)
...But You Can Call Me Larry
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listings edit

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."All the Lovers in the World"
  • Schwartz
  • Gowan
4:16
2."Lost Brotherhood"GowanMike Howlett4:13
3."Call it a Mission"GowanHowlett5:14
4."The Dragon"
  • Gowan
  • Schwartz
  • Schwartz
  • Gowan
5:51
5."Love Makes You Believe"Gowan
  • Howlett
  • Schwartz
  • Gowan
3:37
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Fire it Up"GowanHowlett3:56
2."Out of a Deeper Hunger"Gowan
  • Howlett
  • Schwartz
  • Gowan
3:44
3."Tender Young Hero"GowanHowlett4:29
4."Message from Heaven"GowanHowlett4:47
5."Holding this Rage"GowanHowlett5:21

Personnel edit

  • Lawrence Gowan – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • John Webster – additional keyboards
  • Alex Lifeson – guitar (except on "All The Lovers In The World")
  • Ken Greer – guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Steve Shelski – additional guitars
  • Mladon Zarron – additional guitars
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar
  • Jerry Marotta – drums, backing vocals
  • Greg Critchley – drums on "All The Lovers In The World"
  • Steve Kendry – additional drums
  • Eddie Schwartz – backing vocals
  • Terry Gowan – backing vocals
  • Gary Kulesha – string arrangements
  • Noel Golden – engineer (all tracks); mixing (tracks 5, 7, 8, 9)
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (tracks 1, 4)
  • Stephen Chase – mixing (tracks 2, 3, 6, 10)

Singles edit

Name Chart (1990) Peak position
"All the Lovers in the World" Canada 6
"Lost Brotherhood" 44
"Out of a Deeper Hunger" 36

References edit

  1. ^ "Lost Brotherhood – Gowan | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "Lawrence Gowan". October 17, 2000. Archived from the original on October 17, 2000. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Many Minds of Gowan". Cashbox Magazine Canada. Retrieved December 23, 2015.

External links edit

Interview edit