7 Wishes (Night Ranger album)

7 Wishes is the third studio album by the band Night Ranger, released in 1985 and produced by Pat Glasser. The album features three Billboard Hot 100 chart hits "Sentimental Street" (#8), "Four In The Morning" (#19) and "Goodbye" (#17).[4]

7 Wishes
Studio album by Night Ranger
Released	May 20, 1985 [1]
Genre	Hard rock
Length	38:56
Label	MCA
Producer	Pat Glasser
Night Ranger chronology
Midnight Madness (1983) 7 Wishes (1985) Big Life (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Record Collector	[3]

The title of "Four in the Morning (I Can't Take Anymore)" describes the time of day Jack Blades wrote the song. In an interview with the Songfacts website, he explained, "Literally, I wrote that song at 4 in the morning. I mean, I woke up, and I had an idea, (singing) 'I can't take anymore, I can't fake anymore, it's such a hard time loving you.'"[5]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Seven Wishes"† (Blades) — 4:53
2. "Faces" (Keagy, Blades, Fitzgerald) — 4:12
3. "Four in the Morning"‡ (Blades) — 3:54
4. "I Need a Woman" (Blades) — 4:40
5. "Sentimental Street" (Blades) — 4:13

Side B

1. "This Boy Needs to Rock" (Blades, Gillis) — 3:59
2. "I Will Follow You" (Fitzgerald, Blades) — 4:15
3. "Interstate Love Affair" (Blades) — 3:15
4. "Night Machine" (Blades, Keagy, Gillis) — 4:35
5. "Goodbye" (Watson, Blades) — 4:19

†Although the album title is rendered 7 Wishes on the label, the song is "Seven Wishes"
‡Single release title: "Four in the Morning (I Can't Take Anymore)"

Personnel

Night Ranger

• Jack Blades - bass, lead vocals
• Jeff Watson - lead and rhythm guitars
• Brad Gillis - lead and rhythm guitars
• Alan Fitzgerald - keyboards, synthesizers, piano, vocal
• Kelly Keagy - drums, percussion, lead vocals

Additional musicians

• Vince Neil - backing vocals on "Night Machine"
• Tommy Lee - backing vocals on "Night Machine"
• Kevin Charles - backing vocals on "Night Machine"
• David Sykes - backing vocals on "Night Machine"
• Fishdog - backing vocals on "Night Machine"

Production

• Pat Glasser - producer
• John VanNest - engineer, associate producer
• Duane Aslaksen - assistant engineer
• Steve Krause - assistant engineer
• David Luke - assistant engineer
• Brian Gardner - mastering

Charts

Album

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	10

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	"Sentimental Street"	Billboard Hot 100[4]	8
		Mainstream Rock[7]	3
	"Four In The Morning"	Billboard Hot 100[4]	19
		Mainstream Rock[7]	13
1986	"Goodbye"	Billboard Hot 100[4]	17
		Mainstream Rock[7]	16

References

1. Robinson, Alan (2006). [Liner notes]. 7 Wishes (Re-Mastered) [CD]. Catalog: BGOCD732. Beat Goes On Records.
2. Allmusic review
3. Jones, Tim (February 2007). "Night Ranger - Seven Wishes". Record Collector. No. 333. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
4. "Night Ranger Chart History". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
5. Ortega, Shawna. "Jack Blades of Night Ranger and Damn Yankees". Songfacts. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
6. "Night Ranger Billboard 200 Chart History". Retrieved October 10, 2020.
7. "Night Ranger Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs Chart History". Retrieved October 10, 2020.