2015 CWF (Champlin Williams Friestedt) – CWF

CWF is the self-titled first album by American soft rock/AOR (Album-Oriented Rock) supergroup formed by Champlin, Williams, and Friestedt: Bill Champlin (ex-Chicago), Joseph Williams (Toto), and Peter Friestedt (Swedish guitarist/producer).

 

Tracks

1  Runaway (Peter Friestedt; Robert Säll; Bill Champlin) 03:56
2  Nightfly (Stefan Gunnarsson; Johan Lindberg; Bill Champlin; Anna Alestredt; Peter Friestedt) 03:52
3  Aria (Peter Friestedt; Randy Goodrum; Jon-Willy Rydningen) 04:38
4  Two Hearts At War (Will Champlin; Marc Beeson) 04:09
5  Still Around (Peter Friestedt; Ingemar Åberg; Randy Goodrum) 03:37
6  Rivers Of Fear (Bill Champlin; Will Champlin) 04:31
7  All That I Want (Peter Friestedt; Jon-Willy Rydningen; Stian Joneid) 03:22
8  After The Love Has Gone (David Foster; Jay Graydon; Bill Champlin) 04:25
9  Carry On (Peter Friestedt; Janne Peltoniemi) 04:18
10  Evermore (Bill Champlin; Randy Goodrum) 03:14
11  Aria (2021) (Bonus Track) (Peter Friestedt; Randy Goodrum; Jon-Willy Rydningen) 04:40
12  Runaway (Live) (Bonus Track) (Peter Friestedt; Robert Säll; Bill Champlin) 04:21
13  NightFly (Live) (Bonus Track) (Stefan Gunnarsson; Johan Lindberg; Bill Champlin; Anna Alestredt; Peter Friestedt) 04:25

CWF

Guitar Peter Friestedt 
Acoustic Guitar Peter Friestedt 
Hammond Organ Bill Champlin
Piano Bill Champlin
Background Vocals Bill Champlin
Background Vocals Joseph Williams 
Vocals Bill Champlin
Vocals Joseph Williams 

Rhythm Section & Horns

Bass Johan Granström
Drums Per Lindvall 
Keyboards Ingemar Åberg 
Piano Ingemar Åberg 
Programming Ingemar Åberg 
Sax Jonas Wall
Sax Andreas Andersson
Trumpet Jonas Lindeborg
Percussion Per Lindvall 

Other Musicians

1 Runaway

Keyboards Alessandro Del Vecchio 
Background Vocals Lars Säfsund 


2 Nightfly

Keyboards Stefan Gunnarsson 
Piano Stefan Gunnarsson 
Background Vocals Tamara Champlin 


3 Aria

Drums Erik-André Rydningen
Keyboards (Solo) Steve Porcaro
Keyboards Jon-Willy Rydningen
Piano Jon-Willy Rydningen


4 Two Hearts At War

Vocals Will Champlin 


6 Rivers Of Fear

Vocals Will Champlin 


8 After The Love Has Gone (Live)

Drums Herman Matthews
Keyboards Stefan Gunnarsson 
Piano Stefan Gunnarsson 
Background Vocals Tamara Champlin 


9 Carry On

Bass Lars-Erik Dahle
Piano Janne Peltoniemi
Trumpet Jonas Lindeborg


10 Evermore

Keyboards Jonathan Fritzen 
Piano Randy Goodrum 


12 Runaway (Live)

Bass Ove Andersson 
Drums Johan Franzon
Keyboards Stefan Gunnarsson 
Background Vocals Tamara Champlin 
Background Vocals Stefan Gunnarsson 


13 Nightfly (Live)

Bass Ove Andersson 
Drums Johan Franzon
Keyboards Stefan Gunnarsson 
Background Vocals Tamara Champlin 
Background Vocals Stefan Gunnarsson 

Liner Notes

Producer – Peter Friestedt, Bill Champlin, Ingemar Åberg, Joseph Williams
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Bill Champlin, Joseph Williams
Arranged By (Horns) – Ingmar Åberg, Peter Friestedt
Recorded By – Kenji Nakai, Robert Robert Wellerfors
Mastered By – Björn Engelmann
Mixed By – Ronny Lahti
Mixed By – Bo Savik (Tracks 6, 10)

Front Cover – Mikael Silkeberg
Logotype – Arnaud Leger

Mastered At Cutting Room
Mastered At Jacob’s Well Studio
Mixed At Rlp Studio
Recorded At Goldmine Studio
Recorded At Soundhabits Studios
Phonographic Copyright AOR Heaven
Copyright AOR Heaven