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San Francisco's Train hit the charts with a bang early in the 21st century with hits like "Calling All Angels" and "Drops of Jupiter." Save Me, San Francisco took four years to make, four studios in the United States and England, songwriting collaborators, and even a handful of producers, though Martin Terefe gets the final credit. Save Me, San Francisco is a focused record, centering around the theme of a wandering young rocker who falls in love and wants to settle down. The title track opens with an acoustic guitar playing a variation on the classic I-IV-V progression, a snare kicks in, and Pat Monahan's voice is in prime Bob Seger confessional style. A piano and electric guitars enter on "whooo-hooo-hooo" chorus, and it's near-perfect radio rock. That said, the single "Hey Soul Sister," a love song with the best anthemic Train chorus to date, is the album's most memorable cut, name-checking Mr. Mister and employing a Madonna metaphor -- crediting her in the process. Acoustic guitars, kick drums, tom-toms, mandolins, and a B-3 underscoring Monahan's emotive lyrics and melody make it literally unforgettable. "I Got You" samples the Doobie Brothers' "Black Water" as an intro, and then further uses its chorus with a faux-reggae backbeat. It's a high-gloss, big-production pop number. There are a couple of Monahan's signature ballads here, too: the conflict-laden "This Ain't Goodbye," arranged with strings, and "Words," with its undying profession of standing in the eye of the storm to protect the protagonist's beloved. "Brick by Brick," with its swelling choruses, has a lyric that promises the moon and tries hard to deliver it, in the processional 4/4 time that underscores all of Train's power ballads. The album concludes with in "Marry Me," in which Monahan sings prayerfully, accompanied only by an acoustic guitar, flute, and muted percussion. Save Me, San Francisco is a love song to the band's hometown. Their loyal fan base will no doubt celebrate it to be sure, but more than this, Save Me, San Francisco sounds like Train are swinging hard for the pop fences.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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S*A*M, Producer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Nathan Winter, 2nd Engineer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - The Ghost of Harlem, Keyboards - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Martin Terefe, Producer - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer - Nikita Germaine, Background Vocal - Sakai, Background Vocal - Sean Gould, 2nd Engineer - Sean Gould, Bass - Sean Gould, Guitar - Scott Underwood, Drums - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Jerry Becker, Piano - Claes Björklund, Keyboards - Sluggo, Producer - Sam Hollander, Composer - Sam Hollander, Lyricist - Dave Katz, Composer - Dave Katz, Lyricist - Train, Performer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
Francis Murray, 2nd Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Espionage, Producer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Espen Lind, Composer - Espen Lind, Lyricist - Espen Lind, Ukulele - Espen Lind, Recording Engineer - Espen Lind, Keyboards - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Amund Björklund, Lyricist - Amund Björklund, Composer - Amund Björklund, Recording Engineer - Martin Terefe, Bass - Martin Terefe, Producer - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer - Ross Peterson, Recording Engineer - Bryan Cook, Recording Engineer - Gregg Wattenberg, Producer - Scott Underwood, Drums - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Jerry Becker, Organ - Claes Björklund, Keyboards - Train, Performer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
Martin Terefe, Producer - Martin Terefe, Bass - Scott Underwood, Drums - P. Simmons, Composer - P. Simmons, Lyricist - Nathan Winter, 2nd Engineer - Sean Gould, 2nd Engineer - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Sluggo, Producer - Claes Björklund, Keyboards - Kevin Griffen, Composer - Kevin Griffen, Lyricist - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Train, Performer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer - S*A*M, Producer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
Scott Underwood, Drums - Gregg Wattenberg, Producer - Gregg Wattenberg, Composer - Gregg Wattenberg, Lyricist - Gregg Wattenberg, Bass - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Jerry Becker, Keyboards - Bryan Cook, Recording Engineer - Train, Performer - Ross Peterson, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
David Angell, Violin - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Kristin Wilkinson, Viola - Nathan Winter, 2nd Engineer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Andreas Olsson, Programmer - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Martin Terefe, Producer - Martin Terefe, Bass - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer - David Davidson, Performance Arranger - David Davidson, Violin - Ryan Tedder, Lyricist - Ryan Tedder, Producer - Ryan Tedder, Composer - Scott Underwood, Drums - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Jerry Becker, Piano - Claes Björklund, Synthesizer - Train, Performer - Sarighani Reist, Acoustic Cello
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
David Angell, Violin - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Kristin Wilkinson, Viola - Nathan Winter, 2nd Engineer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Martin Terefe, Assistant Producer - Martin Terefe, Producer - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer - David Davidson, Performance Arranger - David Davidson, Violin - Ross Peterson, Recording Engineer - Bryan Cook, Recording Engineer - Gregg Wattenberg, Producer - Gregg Wattenberg, Composer - Gregg Wattenberg, Lyricist - Scott Underwood, Drums - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Josh Berger, Bass - Jerry Becker, Keyboards - Train, Performer - Sarighani Reist, Acoustic Cello
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
Martin Terefe, Producer - Martin Terefe, Bass - Scott Underwood, Composer - Scott Underwood, Lyricist - Scott Underwood, Drums - Nathan Winter, 2nd Engineer - Gregg Wattenberg, Composer - Gregg Wattenberg, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Claes Björklund, Keyboards - Bart Hendrickson, Programmer - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Train, Performer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Jimmy Stafford, Lyricist - Jimmy Stafford, Composer - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
David Angell, Violin - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Kristin Wilkinson, Viola - Nathan Winter, 2nd Engineer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Martin Terefe, Producer - Martin Terefe, Bass - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer - David Davidson, Performance Arranger - David Davidson, Violin - Nikita Germaine, Background Vocal - Sakai, Background Vocal - Nikolaj Torp, Organ - Scott Underwood, Drums - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Jerry Becker, Lyricist - Jerry Becker, Composer - Claes Björklund, Keyboards - Train, Performer - Luis Maldonado, Lyricist - Luis Maldonado, Composer - Sarighani Reist, Acoustic Cello
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
David Angell, Violin - Francis Murray, 2nd Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Kristin Wilkinson, Viola - Nathan Winter, 2nd Engineer - Espionage, Co-Producer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Jon Marius Aareskjold, Recording Engineer - Espen Lind, Composer - Espen Lind, Lyricist - Espen Lind, Recording Engineer - Espen Lind, Piano - Espen Lind, Acoustic Bass - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Amund Björklund, Lyricist - Amund Björklund, Recording Engineer - Amund Björklund, Composer - Martin Terefe, Producer - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer - David Davidson, Performance Arranger - David Davidson, Violin - Scott Underwood, Drums - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Train, Performer - Sarighani Reist, Acoustic Cello
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
Martin Terefe, Producer - Martin Terefe, Bass - Scott Underwood, Composer - Scott Underwood, Lyricist - Scott Underwood, Drums - Nathan Winter, 2nd Engineer - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Claes Björklund, Keyboards - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Train, Performer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
Dave Katz, Composer - Dave Katz, Lyricist - Martin Terefe, Producer - Pat Monahan, Composer - Pat Monahan, Lyricist - Pat Monahan, Vocal - Claes Björklund, Piano - Claes Björklund, Other - Sam Hollander, Composer - Sam Hollander, Lyricist - Dyre Gormsen, Recording Engineer - Train, Performer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Mark Endert, Mixing Engineer - Jimmy Stafford, Guitar - Iain Hill, 2nd Engineer - Doug Johnson, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
San Francisco's Train hit the charts with a bang early in the 21st century with hits like "Calling All Angels" and "Drops of Jupiter." Save Me, San Francisco took four years to make, four studios in the United States and England, songwriting collaborators, and even a handful of producers, though Martin Terefe gets the final credit. Save Me, San Francisco is a focused record, centering around the theme of a wandering young rocker who falls in love and wants to settle down. The title track opens with an acoustic guitar playing a variation on the classic I-IV-V progression, a snare kicks in, and Pat Monahan's voice is in prime Bob Seger confessional style. A piano and electric guitars enter on "whooo-hooo-hooo" chorus, and it's near-perfect radio rock. That said, the single "Hey Soul Sister," a love song with the best anthemic Train chorus to date, is the album's most memorable cut, name-checking Mr. Mister and employing a Madonna metaphor -- crediting her in the process. Acoustic guitars, kick drums, tom-toms, mandolins, and a B-3 underscoring Monahan's emotive lyrics and melody make it literally unforgettable. "I Got You" samples the Doobie Brothers' "Black Water" as an intro, and then further uses its chorus with a faux-reggae backbeat. It's a high-gloss, big-production pop number. There are a couple of Monahan's signature ballads here, too: the conflict-laden "This Ain't Goodbye," arranged with strings, and "Words," with its undying profession of standing in the eye of the storm to protect the protagonist's beloved. "Brick by Brick," with its swelling choruses, has a lyric that promises the moon and tries hard to deliver it, in the processional 4/4 time that underscores all of Train's power ballads. The album concludes with in "Marry Me," in which Monahan sings prayerfully, accompanied only by an acoustic guitar, flute, and muted percussion. Save Me, San Francisco is a love song to the band's hometown. Their loyal fan base will no doubt celebrate it to be sure, but more than this, Save Me, San Francisco sounds like Train are swinging hard for the pop fences.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:16
- Main artists: Train
- Composer: Pat Monahan
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
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