The Vanishing Race

The Vanishing Race
Studio album by Air Supply
Released	September 29, 1993
Recorded	Trax Recorders, Ground Control Studios, Sunset Sound Studios, Chartmakers, Capitol Records. 1993.
Genre	Soft rock
Label	Giant Records
Producer	Humberto Gatica
Air Supply chronology
The Earth Is... (1991) The Vanishing Race (1993) News From Nowhere (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Vanishing Race is the 12th album by Australian soft rock band Air Supply released in 1993. The album didn't reach US charts, except the single "Goodbye", which peaked at #35 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. The album became especially relevant in Asia, where singles "Goodbye", which got to be #1 in several Asian countries, and "It's Never Too Late" made the album reach platinum certification.^[2] The album sold over 4 millions copies around the world.

Track listing

1. "It's Never Too Late" (Graham Russell, Michael Sherwood) - 6:01
2. "Faith" (Rick Hahn, George Thatcher) - 4:53
3. "Kiss Me Like You Mean It" (Graham Russell, Guy Allison, Clifford Rehrig) - 4:27
4. "Evidence of Love" (Steve Diamond, Chris Farron) - 4:40
5. "Goodbye" (David Foster, Linda Thompson) - 4:05
6. "The Vanishing Race" (Graham Russell, Larry Antonino, Michael Sherwood) - 5:39
7. "Don't Tell Me" (Graham Russell, Jimmy Haun, Michael Sherwood) - 4:51
8. "Too Sentimental" (Brad Buxer, Graham Russell) - 3:54
9. "I Remember Love" (Graham Russell, Michael Sherwood) - 4:27
10. "I'll Be Thinking of You" (Graham Russell) - 4:26

Personnel

• Guy Allison: piano, keyboards, programming
• Dean Armstrong: photography
• Michael Baird: drums
• Robbie Buchanan: keyboards
• Brad Buxer: keyboards, percussion programming
• Vinnie Colaiuta: drums
• Paulinho Da Costa: percussion
• Tony DeFranco: production coordination
• Felipe Elgueta: production assistant, assistant engineer
• Simon Franglen: Synclavier
• Humberto Gatica: producer, mixing
• Claude Gaudette: synthesizer, bass, drums, keyboards, drum programming, Moog bass
• Rick Hahn: synthesizer, drums, keyboards, drum programming, keyboard programming
• Russell Hitchcock: lead and background vocals
• George Marino: mastering
• Rafael Padilla: percussion
• Dean Parks: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Tim Pierce: electric guitar
• Quiltman: background vocals, chant
• Clifford Rehrig: stick bass, bass guitar
• Alejandro Rodriguez: engineer, mixing, mixing assistant
• Hum Rodriguez: engineer
• Graham Russell: acoustic guitar, piano, arranger, electric guitar, lead and background vocals, executive producer
• Anita Sherman: background vocals
• Billy Sherwood: bass guitar, 8-string bass, 5-string bass
• Michael Sherwood: background vocals
• Leland Sklar: bass guitar
• Neil Stubenhaus: bass guitar
• Steve Tavaglione: saxophone
• Michael Thompson: electric guitar
• Warren Wiebe: background vocals
• Jessica Williams: background vocals

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Biographies: Air Supply 8-12-08