Winger "Better Days Comin' (Japan, Avalon, MICP-11146)"

Better Days Comin' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Winger. It was released on April 23, 2014, debuting at #21 on the Top Current Rock Albums Chart and #85 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kip Winger and Reb Beach except as noted

1. "Midnight Driver of a Love Machine" Winger, Beach, Donnie Purnell 4:14
2. "Queen Babylon" Winger, Beach, Purnell 4:31
3. "Rat Race" Winger, Beach, Purnell 3:36
4. "Better Days Comin'" 3:31
5. "Tin Soldier" Winger, Beach, Purnell 3:49
6. "Ever Wonder" Winger 6:52
7. "So Long China" Beach, John Roth, Winger, Stephanie Rachel Lewis 4:17
8. "Storm in Me" Beach, Roth, Winger 4:42
9. "Be Who You Are Now" Roth, Winger, Mark Hudson 5:11
10. "Another Beautiful Day" (bonus track on deluxe edition with DVD) Beach, John Goodwin, Winger 3:14
11. "Out of This World" Winger, Beach, Paula Winger 6:37
12. "Better Days Comin' - (Stoner Re-Mix)"  Japan bonus track

Recording information:

Production

Kip Winger – producer & mixing

Paul Blakemore – mastering

Jason Green – video production

Dave Hoffis – assistant engineer

Dan Hubp – video production

Pride Smith – artwork

Deeandra Swabb – administration

Andres Martinez – photograph

Denise Truscello – band photographer

Chris Corey – band photographer

Winger "Karma (Digipak, Enhanced CD, Italy, Frontiers Records, FR CD 429)"

Karma is the fifth studio album by American rock band Winger. It was released on October 16, 2009, in Europe and October 27, 2009, in the United States.

The inspiration for a new Winger came about at the end of 2008, when frontman Kip Winger had the vision to meld the more commercial, heavier and song-oriented approach of the first two albums with the more "thinking-man" approach of the last two studio records. Kip Winger said of the title that "We were discussing the very interesting path the band has had and we have all been through so much together. So we went for Karma as this is a word that truly sums up the experience of being in the band."

When questioned about the album, Kip Winger stated: "When the chance came up to do a new Winger record, I envisioned an upbeat totally rocking record that was a cross between the first Winger album and Pull. So Reb and I sat down and wrote all the music in a month or so. I worked for six months to finish it in the classic Winger style."

In August 2009, Reb Beach wrote on his website that "Anyway, Kip and I have started the fifth Winger record, and I think you all are going to be so happy with it. I fly to Nashville next week to finish the guitars. It's very up-tempo, Mötley Crüe-ish stuff. The tunes are, you know, party, good time, bang your head stuff. It has the elements of being the best Winger record yet, so we'll see. I did the best solo of my career on the outro of a 'Headed for a Heartbreak' type song, that I know! It's two minutes long!!".

Track listing

1. "Deal with the Devil" Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Donnie Purnell 3:00
2. "Stone Cold Killer" K. Winger, Beach 2:45
3. "Big World Away" K. Winger, Beach 3:50
4. "Come a Little Closer" K. Winger, Beach 2:50
5. "Pull Me Under" K. Winger, Beach, Dann Huff 3:20
6. "Supernova" K. Winger, Beach, Paula Jane Winger 6:17
7. "Always Within Me" K. Winger 4:15
8. "Feeding Frenzy" K. Winger, Beach, P. J. Winger 3:00
9. "After All This Time" K. Winger, Beach, John Roth 6:24
10. "Witness" K. Winger, Beach 6:59

European release bonus track

1. "First Ending" (instrumental) Rod Morgenstein 2:07
2. "Making Of Karma" (Video documentary)   8:38

Recording information: 

Producer – C.F. Kip Winger

Recorded By – C.F. Kip Winger

Studio: Rising Sun Studio.

Mastered By: Rising Sun Mastering.

Pete Cotutsca, Arthur Sloatman – additional engineering

Winger "IV (Japan, Nexus, KICP-1201)"

IV is the fourth studio album by American rock band Winger, and the first since their 1993 album Pull.

According to frontman Kip Winger, one morning he "just woke up and heard the new Winger record" in his head, knowing just what he wanted to do with it. It was released in October 2006 on Frontiers Records. The album is the most musically progressive album of Winger's career. Lyrically, much of the album is sung from the perspective of U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. Kip Winger was inspired to do this after performing solo shows at U.S. military bases, and being touched by the stories of the soldiers he met.

The album cover, showing a U.S. soldier being watched over by angels, was drawn by comic book artist Ethan Van Sciver, known for his work at DC and Marvel Comics. Kip Winger was introduced to Van Sciver by a mutual friend in Florida.

In 2009 Kip Winger was presented by U.S. General Harold Cross with an honorary plaque and U.S. flag that had flown in Iraq for the song "Blue Suede Shoes", which honors the service and sacrifice of the United States armed forces and their families.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kip Winger and Reb Beach (except where noted)

1. "Right Up Ahead" 5:07
2. "Blue Suede Shoes" 3:46
3. "Four-Leaf Clover" 4:18
4. "M16" Kip Winger 3:57
5. "Your Great Escape" Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Paula Winger 3:55
6. "Disappear" 3:49
7. "On a Day Like Today" Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Paula Winger 6:24
8. "Livin' Just to Die" 3:40
9. "Short Flight to Mexico" Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Paula Winger 4:18
10. "Generica" 6:33
11. "Can't Take It Back" 4:05

Japanese edition bonus track

1. "Blue Suede Shoes" (Acoustic) 3:32

Recording information:

Production credits

Produced, engineered and mixed by Kip Winger

Additional engineers: Tony Green, Matt Abbott and John Roth

Pro-Tools engineers: Buckley Miller and Steve Warren

Recorded at The Funky White House, Nashville, TN and Quad Studios, Nashville, TN

Mastered by Richard Dodd

Cover art design: Ethan Van Sciver

Color artist: Moose Baumann

Layout design: Pete Cotutsca

Photos by Mark Delong

Winger "The Very Best Of Winger (Germany, Atlantic Records, 8122-78396-2)"

The Very Best of Winger is a compilation album of material from the American rock band Winger, released by the label Atlantic Records and the company Rhino Entertainment in October 2001.

Most of the songs on the album were collected from the first three Winger studio albums: Winger (1988), In the Heart of the Young (1990) and Pull (1993). However, one new recording called "On the Inside" was featured, and a Japanese bonus track from the Pull album called "Hell to Pay" also was included. According to Kip Winger, "On the Inside" was a leftover riff from the Pull sessions that he and Reb Beach worked into a complete song for the release of this compilation.

Paradoxically, the album has a track listing essentially in reverse chronological order, with the more recently finished the song the earlier it appears.

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine lauded the release for the publication Allmusic, stating that it proved that the group has had "some good hooks, a good guitarist in Reb Beach, nice chemistry within the band, and a knack for a power ballad". He additionally praised the album's detailed liner notes. The critic noted that among heavy-sounding "bands of the late '80s/early '90s... they were the brunt of more jokes than any of their peers", most notably on the subversive program Beavis and Butt-Head. However, in Erlewine's view, that didn't change Winger's ability to generate multiple "classics", which the album collects.

Tracklisting:

1. "On the Inside" (Kip Winger, Reb Beach) – 4:24
2. "Blind Revolution Mad" (Winger, Beach) – 5:26
3. "Down Incognito" (Winger, Beach) – 3:48
4. "Spell I'm Under" (Winger) – 3:56
5. "Who's the One" (Winger, Beach) – 5:46
6. "Junkyard Dog (Tears on Stone)" (Winger, Beach) – 6:55
7. "Hell to Pay" (Winger, Beach) – 3:24
8. "Can't Get Enuff" (Winger, Beach) – 4:24
9. "Under One Condition" (Winger, Beach) – 4:30
10. "Easy Come Easy Go" (Winger) – 4:06
11. "Rainbow in the Rose" (Winger, Beach) – 5:34
12. "Miles Away" (Paul Taylor) – 4:15
13. "Seventeen" (Winger, Beach, Beau Hill) – 4:12
14. "Madalaine" (Winger, Beach) – 3:47
15. "Hungry" (Winger, Beach) – 4:01
16. "Headed for a Heartbreak" (Winger) – 5:15

This compilation ℗ & © 2001 Atlantic Recording Corp. & Rhino Entertainment Company.