Start the Car

Start the Car
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 1992
RecordedCherokee Studios, Westlake Audio, Ocean Way Studios, Capitol Studios, Track Record, Groove Masters, Image Recordings
Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
Length47:33
LabelReprise
ProducerJude Cole, James Newton Howard
Jude Cole chronology
A View from 3rd Street
(1990)
Start the Car
(1992)
I Don't Know Why I Act This Way
(1995)
Singles from Start the Car
  1. "Start the Car"
    Released: October 1992[1]
  2. "Tell the Truth"
    Released: January 1993[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

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 Billboard 200, number 46 on Australia's ARIA charts, and number 24 in Sweden. Its lead single of the same name peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 (on the issue dated October 10, 1992), and reached number six on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, number 24 in Canada, and number 59 in Australia. The album's second single, "Tell the Truth" peaked at number 57 on the former chart (on the issue dated March 13, 1993).[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Billborad Database".
  2. ^ "Billborad Database".
  3. ^ Start the Car at AllMusic
  4. ^ "Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. October 24, 1992. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. October 24, 1992. Retrieved October 18, 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.