Toughening up his sound even more, Jude Cole seemed to find a home on the college radio circuit and even some alternative rock stations, and this fine disc shows great growth. Start the Car, whose title track was a minor hit, and other cuts such as "Just Another Night" and "First Your Money (Then Your Clothes)," show Cole still struggling to get out of Bryan Adams' shadow, but here he has made great strides in doing so. It is another solid effort. ~ James Chrispell, All Music Guide
Jude Cole (Dulcimer), Jude Cole (Guitar (Acoustic)), Jude Cole (Banjo), Jude Cole (Bass), Jude Cole (Guitar), Jude Cole (Harmonica), Jude Cole (Mandolin), Jude Cole (Guitar (Electric)), Jude Cole (Vocals), Jude Cole (Vocals (Background)), Jude Cole (Producer), Jude Cole (Slide Guitar), Jude Cole (Main Performer), Jude Cole (Mandocello), Jude Cole (Marxophone), James Newton Howard (Piano), James Newton Howard (Keyboards), James Newton Howard (Organ (Hammond)), James Newton Howard (Producer), Renee Geyer (Vocals), Richard Greene (Violin), Tommy Shaw (Vocals (Background)), Tommy Shaw (Harmony Vocals), Michael Thompson (Guitar), Sass Jordan (Vocals), Jim Keltner (Drums), Chris Lord-Alge (Engineer), Chris Lord-Alge (Mixing), Ron Aniello (Mandolin), Jack Blades (Vocals (Background)), Jack Blades (Harmony Vocals), Robbie Buchanan (Keyboards), Robbie Buchanan (Programming), Lenny Castro (Percussion), John Elefante (Vocals (Background)), Mike Finnegan (Organ), Erich Gobel (Engineer), Gary Grant (Horn), Marcellus Green (Engineer), Marc Greene (Keyboards), Marc Greene (Organ (Hammond)), Marc Greene (Engineer), Jerry Hey (Horn), Dan Higgins (Horn), Phillip Ingram (Vocals (Background)), Kenneth Kotwitz (Accordion), Samuel Llanas (Vocals), Samuel Llanas (Vocals (Background)), Michael Mason (Engineer), Michael Mason (Production Coordination), Pat Mastelotto (Drums), Michael Ostin (Executive Producer), Charles Paakkari (Assistant Engineer), David Paich (Piano), Jeff Porcaro (Drums), Robert Parlee (Vocals (Background)), Bill Payne (Piano), Tim Pierce (Guitar), Steve Porcaro (Keyboards), Jason Roberts (Engineer), John "J.R." Robinson (Drums), Chuck Sabatino (Vocals (Background)), Bob Schaper (Engineer), Talley Sherwood (Engineer), Neil Stubenhaus (Bass), Larry Williams (Horn), Leland Sklar (Bass), Jeri Heiden (Art Direction), Jeri Heiden (Photography), Michael Wilson (Photography), John Halpern (Photography), Julie Larson (Production Coordination), John Heiden (Photography), J.J. Jessel (Engineer), Kevin Allison (Production Coordination), Michael Gibson (Engineer)
Start the Car is the third solo album from the singer/songwriter Jude Cole. Released in 1992, five years after his self-titled debut solo album.
After A View from Third Street, Jude Cole shifted to a more heartland rock sound. Nowhere is that more evident than the disc's title song lead-off, a combination of Springsteen/Mellencamp that rocks more than his previous two albums. It features the polished heartbreak of "Tell the Truth", the sad sack story of "First Your Money" and the been-there, done-that weary world of "A Place in the Line".
