No_Easy_Way_Out_(album)
No Easy Way Out (album)
1986 studio album by Robert Tepper
No Easy Way Out is the debut studio album from American singer-songwriter Robert Tepper, released by Scotti Brothers Records in 1986.[1] It reached No. 144 on the US Billboard 200 chart.[2]
Four singles were released from the album: "No Easy Way Out", "Don't Walk Away", "Angel of the City" and "If That's What You Call Lovin'".[3][4][5][6] "No Easy Way Out" reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7] "Don't Walk Away" reached No. 85 on the same chart.[8]
Having signed with Scotti Brothers Records in 1985,[9] Tepper's debut album was preceded by the title track, which Sylvester Stallone had heard and chose to feature on the soundtrack of his film Rocky IV.[10][11] "Angel of the City" was also featured on the soundtrack of Stallone's 1986 film Cobra.[12]
In a 1997 interview with Stefan Edström for aor.nu, Tepper said of the album: "As a piece of work it really was part of the times, and the style was kind of progressive, people really hooked into it. As a work for eighties rock 'n' roll it was really strong, there was a lot of great songs on it."[11]