"I Love You... And Other Stories"

(This album is currently out of print, but available in its entirety on the CD, "CARUSO: The 80s Remastered.")

EP / Album:

"I Love You... And Other Stories"

Track Listing    

Artist:

Caruso

1.

One of These Days    

Released:

1989 2. Stay With Me    

Single:

"One of These Days" 3. One Lonely Heart    
4. Every Little Thing    

"One of These Days," "Stay With Me" (c) 1988, 2003 by Rob Caruso
"One Lonely Heart" (c) 1988, 2003 by Rob Caruso, Lee Thomas and Dave Caruso
"Every Little Thing" (c) 1988, 1989, 2003 by Rob and Dave Caruso
Produced by Kevin Holevar and Caruso at Underground Studios in Sterling Heights, MI, 1989

The Musicians:
Rob Caruso: Lead Vocals, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Dave Caruso: Keyboards and Backing Vocals on "Every Little Thing"
Kevin Holevar: Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Backing Vocals on "Every Little Thing"
Arnie Newman: Guitar
Bill Francke: Keyboards

One of these Days  Rob Caruso: "A 'na na' song written in one sitting.  'I always want the things that I can never have.'  So true about me."

Stay with Me  Rob Caruso: "Guitar solo influenced by Glenn (Squeeze) Tilbrook."

One Lonely Heart  Rob Caruso: "Here’s the recipe for this one: A Flesh For Lulu verse,  a U2 chorus and a Caruso middle eight.  Good 80’s pop."  Dave Caruso: "I wrote the closing line to the chorus -- 'Can you hear the thunder.'  I always thought that that line should've been sung in the intro, too, at the end of the third measure.  It just wasn't meant to be.  My other big contribution of the song was in the bridge to the chorus.  Rob sang 'Laughter was the hardest thing to find.'  I echoed his line, and added the round -- 'now it's the last thing, last thing, last thing on my mind."

Every Little Thing  Rob Caruso: "A love song?  I had quite a cold the day I laid this vocal down, but the studio time was booked, so we let it rip!"  Dave Caruso: "Rob and I laid down the demo for this song in my home studio.  The guys actually used our original MIDI tracks for the keyboard parts.  I never liked the keyboard patch they used, though -- it was too thin.  Most of my contributions were to parts of the arrangement and some additional lyrics.  The second verse was mine.  I also had the line 'You're under my skin but it's starting to crawl' for a long time before I finally used it in this song.  I don't remember anymore who wrote 'I'm gonna make a few repairs,' but I always liked that line because it reminded me of McCartney's 'Fixing a Hole.'  We later sang this live with the Allen Park Symphony, and it was a blast to hear the string parts played by a real string section."