Bernie Taupin "He Who Rides The Tiger" (1980) -Westcoast Rock-

 Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Monkey On My Back (The Last Run) (Bernie Taupin & Dennis Tufano)
02 - Born On The Fourth Of July (Bernie Taupin & Dennis Tufano)
03 - Venezuela (Bernie Taupin & Dennis Tufano)
04 - Approaching Armageddon (Bernie Taupin & Dennis Tufano)
05 - Lover's Cross (Bernie Taupin & Dennis Tufano)

Side Two

01 - Blitz Babies (Bernie Taupin & Dennis Tufano)
02 - Valley Nights (Bernie Taupin & Dennis Tufano)
03 - Love (The Barren Desert) (Bernie Taupin & Dennis Tufano)
04 - The Whores Of Paris (Bernie Taupin & Dennis Tufano)


The Altar Boy Band is :
Bernie Taupin : Lead vocals
Dennis Tufano : Rhythm Guitar & Vocals
Kenny Passarelli : Bass Guitar & Vocals
Richie Zito : Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Joey Carbone : Keyboards
Carlos Vega : Drums

Guest Musicians were :

Electric Guitars : Steve Lukather / Jay Graydon
Bass Guitar : Dee Murray / David Hungate
Keyboards : David Foster / Jaï Winding / Marty Grebb / Michael Boddicker
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Saxophones, Lyricon & Flute : Tom Scott
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa / Paul Lani
Charango, Ocarina, Flute & Acosutic Guitar : Eric Bulling
Synthesizer Programmed by Ralph Dyke & Michael Boddicker
Arranged & Played by David Foster

Guest Singers were : Elton John, Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Bill Champlin, Venette Gloud, Paulette Brown, Tommy Funderburk, Tom Kelly

This Album was Recorded at Sunset Sound Recording Studio, between October 1979 & February 1980
With Additional Recording at Crimson Sound
Engineered by Terry Becker

It was Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Humberto Gatica
Second Engineers were Steve McManus & Peggy McCreary
Basic Track Arrangement by Dennis Tufano
Mastered at A&M by Bernie Grundman