Start the Car

Start the Car is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Jude Cole, released by Reprise Records on August 25, 1992. A follow-up to A View from 3rd Street, the album found Cole shifting from pop into a heartland rock sound.

The album peaked at number 177 on the US Billboard 200, number 46 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, and number 24 in Sweden. Its lead single of the same name peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100, number six on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, number 24 in Canada, and number 59 in Australia.^[2][3][4]

• Jude Cole – vocals, backing vocals (1–5, 7, 9, 11), all guitars (1–4, 6–8, 11), mandolin (1, 2, 7, 8), bass (2, 3, 8), mandocello (3, 6, 7), acoustic guitar (5, 9), electric guitar (5, 9, 10), guitar solo (5, 9, 10), dulcimer (6), marxophone (6), banjo (7), harmonica (8), slide guitar (10)
• Bill Payne – acoustic piano (1)
• Marc Greene – Hammond organ (1, 3), keyboards (8)
• James Newton Howard – keyboards (2–4, 6, 7, 9), acoustic piano (3, 5, 7, 9, 10), Hammond organ (9), acoustic piano solo (11)
• Mike Finnigan – organ (4)
• Robbie Buchanan – programming (5), keyboards (11)
• Kenny Kotwitz – accordion (8)
• Steve Porcaro – keyboards (10)
• David Paich – acoustic piano (11)
• Tim Pierce – additional guitars (5)
• Ron Aniello – mandolin (7), additional guitars (10)
• Michael Thompson – additional guitars (9)
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass (1, 4, 9, 10)
• Leland Sklar – bass (5, 7, 11)
• John Robinson – drums (1, 7, 9, 10)
• Pat Mastelotto – drums (2, 4, 11)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (3, 5)
• Jim Keltner – drums (8)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 5, 9)
• Dan Higgins – horns (1, 10)
• Larry Williams – horns (1, 10)
• Gary Grant – horns (1, 10)
• Jerry Hey – horns (1, 10)
• Richard Greene – violin (8)
• Sass Jordan – female vocals (1)
• Jack Blades – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (2)
• Tommy Shaw – backing vocals (2), harmony vocals (2)
• Sam Llanas – additional vocals (4)
• John Elefante – backing vocals (5, 10)
• Chuck Sabatino – backing vocals (5, 10)
• Renée Geyer – female vocals (9)
• Robert Parlee – backing vocals (9)
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (10)

• Michael Ostin – executive producer
• Jude Cole – producer
• James Newton Howard – producer
• Erich Gobel – recording
• Marc Greene – recording
• Chris Lord-Alge – recording, mixing
• Bob Schaper – recording
• Mike Gibson – additional engineer
• John Jessel – additional engineer
• Mike Mason – additional engineer, production coordinator
• Charlie Paakkari – additional engineer
• Talley Sherwood – additional engineer
• Kevin Allison – production coordinator
• Julie Larson – production coordinator
• Jeri Heiden – art direction, incidental photography
• John Halpern – cover photography
• Rick Cole – incidental photography
• John Heiden – incidental photography
• Michael Wilson – incidental photography
• Ed Leffler – management