Steve Perry : For the Love of Strange Medicine (Expanded Edition)

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I MET HER IN A MAGAZINE

 For the Love of Strange Medicine

 is the second

 solo studio album

 by American singer 

and songwriter 

Steve Perry

 released on

 July 19, 1994 

through Columbia Records. 

The album came after

 a lengthy 

eight-year hiatus

 following the breakup 

of his band 

Journey. 

The first single 

from the album, 

"You Better Wait", 

received radio airplay,

 reaching the top 10 

on the Billboard 

Mainstream Rock chart

 and peaking at 

No. 29 on

 the Billboard

 Hot 100. 

The album was certified gold

 by the RIAA

 in September 1994 

and was followed by

 a tour from

1994–95.

The song 

"Young Hearts Forever" 

was written by Perry 

as a tribute to his

 late friend, 

Thin Lizzy

 frontman

 Phil Lynott,

 who died in 1986.

Background

Journey 

released their ninth 

studio album

 Raised on Radio in 1986, 

which was 

Perry's seventh album 

as lead singer.

 The band subsequently

 went on a hiatus

 in 1987.

 After the split, 

Perry

 "didn't feel the passion"

 for writing 

and recording music, 

but eventually began 

writing songs 

for the album

 with musicians

 Lincoln Brewster, 

Paul Taylor,

 and 

Moyes Lucas

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