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I Don't Speak the Language

I Don't Speak the Language is the debut studio album by American musician Matthew Wilder, released in 1983 on Private-I and Epic Records. It spawned Wilder's signature hit "Break My Stride".

Track listing
• "Break My Stride" (Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino) - 3:04 • "The Kid's American" (Wilder) - 4:36 • "I Don't Speak the Language" (Wilder, Barbara Hyde) - 4:45 • "Love Above the Ground Floor" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:13 • "World of the Rich and Famous" (Wilder, Roscoe Beck) - 4:43 • "Ladder of Lovers" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:04 • "I Was There" (Wilder) - 3:01 • "Dreams Keep Bringing You Back" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:36 • "I Don't Speak the Language" (Reprise) - 1:20 == Personnel ==
Personnel
Source: • Matthew Wilder – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8), Prophet-5 (1), Prophet-10 (2, 3, 5, 6, 9), acoustic piano, (4, 7, 8), horn arrangements (4), Rhodes Chroma (5) • Bill Elliott – Prophet-5 (1), acoustic piano (2), Prophet-10 (3, 4, 6, 7, 9), horn arrangements (4) • Bill Cuomo – Prophet-5 (3, 6, 8, 9), Rhodes Chroma (3, 5, 6, 8, 9) • Paul FoxE-mu Emulator (5, 7) • Dennis Herring – guitars (1, 2, 7) • Donald Griffin – guitars (4, 5) • Tim Weston – guitar solo (5) • John McFeemandolin (8) • Reggie McBride – bass (2, 5) • Rick Chudacoff – bass (4, 6, 7) • Alphonso Johnson – bass (8) • Peter Bunetta – drums, Oberheim DMX (1), percussion (1) • John Gilston – Simmons drum programming and sequencingPaulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 6, 8, 9) • Jerry Peterson – baritone saxophone (2) • Lon Price – tenor saxophone (2) • Bill Armstrong – trumpet (4) • Gary Grant – trumpet (4) • Greg Prestopino – backing vocals (1, 2, 8) • Joe Turano – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 8) • Arno Lucas – backing vocals (2, 5) • Leslie Smith – backing vocals (2, 5) • Dee Dee Bellson – backing vocals (3, 4, 9) • Mary Hylan – backing vocals (3, 4, 9) • Edie Lehmann – backing vocals (3, 4, 9) • Amy Weston – backing vocals (3, 4, 9) • Anna Pagan – backing vocals (5) • Anita Sherman – backing vocals (5) == Production ==
Production
• Producers – Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff and Bill Elliott. • Executive Producers – Al Bunetta and Shingo Take • Engineers – Csaba Pectoz (Track 1); Steve Zaretsky (All tracks). • Assistant Engineers – Britt Bacon and Michael Franke (Track 1); Paul Ericksen, Mitch Gibson and Csaba Pectoz (Tracks 2–9). • Mixed by Steve Zaretsky • Design – Tommy Steele and Art Hotel • Photography – William Warner ==Charts==
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