The Hunger

The Hunger is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton. It was released in 1987 by Columbia Records, his third for the label. It became Bolton's breakthrough album, producing his first two Top 40 hits in the United States, the ballad "That's What Love Is All About" and the Otis Redding cover " The Dock of the Bay". Zelma Redding, the widow of Otis Redding, said Bolton's performance of " The Dock of the Bay" moved her so much "that it brought tears to my eyes. It reminded me so much of my husband that I know if he heard it, he would feel the same." In a framed letter that hangs on the wall of Bolton's office, she called the record "my all-time favorite version of my husband's classic." The album marks a slight transition from the hard rock and arena rock stylings of his previous work into a softer more pop oriented direction, a transition which would be continued and furthered on his subsequent studio albums. Several songs from this album feature Journey members Jonathan Cain on keyboards, Neal Schon on guitar, and previous member from their Raised on Radio 1986-87 tour Randy Jackson on bass, with Cain also producing several tracks. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hun...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)