Shelter (Lone Justice album)

Shelter is the second album by American country rock band Lone Justice, released in November 1986.

Critical reception

Jon Pareles, music critic for The New York Times, gave high praise to McKee's singing and the band's musicianship, but described the album as something of a disappointment in that "the band's songwriting has grown weaker": whereas the songs of the debut album were filled with "down-to-earth details that make country music hit home", those of Shelter "are much vaguer – they're about abstracted emotions rather than recognizable people".

Track listing

Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

Lone Justice

Maria McKee – vocals, guitar, piano

Ryan Hedgecock – guitar

Shane Fontayne – guitar

Gregg Sutton – bass guitar, vocals

Bruce Brody – keyboards

Rudy Richman – drums

Additional personnel

Tommy Mandel – keyboards

Benmont Tench – keyboards

Charles Judge – keyboards

Little Steven – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar

Vesta Williams – background vocals [1]

Portia Griffin – background vocals [1]

Alexandra Brown – background vocals [1]

Audrey Wheeler – background vocals [4]

Brenda White-King – background vocals [4]

Kevin Dorsey – background vocals [5]

Debra Dobkin – percussion [7]

Production

Little Steven – producer

Jimmy Iovine – producer

Lone Justice – producer

Joe Chiccarelli – associate producer, engineer, mixing

Robert de la Garza – engineer

Don Smith – engineer

Steven Rinkoff – engineer

Niko Bolas – engineer

Bruce Lampcov – engineer

Joe Borja – engineer

Scott Litt – engineer

Greg Edward – engineer, mixing

Shelly Yakus – engineer, mixing

Rob Jacobs – assistant engineer

Michael Bowman – assistant engineer

Marc DeSisto – assistant engineer

Craig Engel – assistant engineer

Ross Stein – assistant engineer

Mike Shipley – mixing

Humberto Gatica – mixing

Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Janet Weber – production coordination

Paula Pavlik – production assistant

Cooper Edens – cover art

Melanie Nissen – photography

Kim Champagne – design

References

Lone Justice albums

1986 albums

Geffen Records albums

Albums produced by Jimmy Iovine

Albums produced by Steven Van Zandt

Albums recorded at Henson Recording Studios