A View from 3rd Street

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Music ratings A View from 3rd Street is the second solo album by American singer-songwriter Jude Cole. Released on March 27, 1990 by Reprise Records, three years after his self-titled debut, the album spawned Cole's biggest single, "Baby, It's Tonight", which peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's follow-up single, "Time for Letting Go" peaked within the top 40 of the chart, while its third, "House Full of Reasons", entered the top 70.

A View from 3rd Street was met with largely positive critical reception, although its commercial response was lukewarm, only peaking at number 138 on the Billboard 200 (on the issue dated June 5, 1990). It became Cole's first and highest-charting entry on the chart.

Production was handled by Canadian record producer David Tyson, who won the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award at the 1991 Juno Awards for his work on the album. Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus released a cover of "Time for Letting Go" in 1998, which entered BillboardTemplate:'s Hot Country Songs chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Jude Cole except as noted.

1. "Hallowed Ground" (Cole, George M. Green) – 5:19
2. "Baby, It's Tonight" – 3:40
3. "House Full of Reasons" – 3:56
4. "Get Me Through the Night" – 4:16
5. "Time for Letting Go" – 4:18
6. "Stranger to Myself" (Cole, David Tyson) – 3:58
7. "This Time It's Us" – 4:35
8. "Heart of Blues" – 4:59
9. "Compared to Nothing" – 4:10
10. "Prove Me Wrong" – 4:49

Personnel

Cole handles all vocals as well as lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars. He performs the bass sections of "House Full of Reasons", "Baby, It's Tonight" and "Prove Me Wrong", as well the piano on "Compared to Nothing".

• Jude Cole - vocals, backing vocals, all electric, acoustic, slide and lead guitars, bass on tracks 2, 3, & 10
• Tim Pierce - rhythm guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, & 7
• David Tyson - keyboards, piano, organ, harmonium, drum programming
• Leland Sklar - bass
• Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion on tracks 1-8, & 10
• Jeff Porcaro - drums and percussion on track 9
• Larry Williams - saxophone on track 8
• E.G. Daily - backing vocals on tracks 4 & 8

Technical

• Michael Ostin - executive producer
• Greg Droman - recording engineerTemplate:Circular reference
• Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1990)	Peak position

References

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