Wake Up Call (album)

Wake Up Call is a Gary Hoey studio album released in 2003.
== Overview ==
Wake Up Call marks a series of changes for Hoey. Along with a new band, featuring Jamie Carter on bass and Bobby Rock on drums, the album is a step-up in vocals by the guitarist. Almost half the album consists of vocal songs, with the track listing beginning with an instrumental, then switching to a vocal track, and back and forth throughout.
After flirting with vocals with covers songs on Bug Alley and Hocus Pocus Live, Wake Up Call displays Hoey's first attempt at original vocal songs. The musician has cited several reasons for an increase in vocals songs on this and subsequent albums, including a need to break up the monotony of all-instrumental recordings, a desire to vary the live show, and an attempt to widen his audience.
Initial pressings of Wake Up Call included four bonus tracks, each taken from earlier releases. The general idea was to serve cross-promotional purposes.
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== Track listing ==
# "Frankenstein" 2:43
# "It Don't Mean Nuthin'" 3:20
# "Electric Karma" 2:45
# "Wake Up Call" 3:41
# "Surf Alert" 3:12
# "Last Good Nerve" 4:21
# "Magic Ride" 2:54
# "Big Step Back" 3:37
# "Train Wreck" 3:19
# "Devil's On The Phone" 2:45
# "Filmore Blues" 6:31
=== Bonus tracks on initial pressings ===
* "Low Rider" 4:21
* "Linus And Lucy" 3:35
* "Drive" 4:02
* "Hocus Pocus" 4:05
Total time: 55:30
Writing credits:
* "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter
* "It Don't Mean Nuthin'" and "Last Good Nerve" by Hoey/Carter/Ziff
* "Electric Karma", "Surf Alert", "Train Wreck", "Magic Ride", and "Fillmore Blues" by Hoey/Carter/Rock
* "Wake Up Call" and "Big Step Back" by Hoey/Ziff
* "Devil's On The Phone" is uncredited, but presumed to be Hoey/Carter/Ziff
== Personnel ==
* Gary Hoey - guitars
* Jamie Carter - bass
* Bobby Rock - drums
* Stuart Ziff - rhythm guitar and backing vocals on "Big Step Back"
* Jesus Florido - violin on "Magic Ride"
* Jean-Marie Horvat - producer, backing vocals on "Big Step Back"
* Dave Kaplan - executive producer, co-producer on "Frankenstein"
== See also ==
* Gary Hoey's Discography