Complete List Of Joe Lynn Turner Albums And Songs

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Joe Lynn Turner is an American singer, songwriter, and musician born on August 2, 1951, in Hackensack, New Jersey. He is best known for his work with bands such as Rainbow, Deep Purple, and Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force. Turner began his music career in the early 1970s with the band Fandango before joining Rainbow in 1980. During his time with Rainbow, he contributed to three studio albums and several hit singles, including “Stone Cold” and “Street of Dreams.”

As a solo artist, Joe Lynn Turner has released eleven studio albums: Rescue You (1985), Nothing’s Changed (1995), Under Cover (1997), Hurry Up and Wait (1998), Under Cover 2 (1999), Holy Man (2000), Slam (2001), JLT (2003), The Usual Suspects (2005), Second Hand Life (2007), and Belly of the Beast (2022). His solo work showcases his versatile vocal style and strong songwriting abilities, blending hard rock and melodic rock elements. Turner has also released live albums and other projects, including the collaborative album Imagination with Aleks De Carvalho in 2024.

JOE LYNN TURNER STUDIO ALBUMS

Rescue You (1985)

Released: October 14, 1985

Rescue You is Joe Lynn Turner’s debut solo album. The album features a blend of rock and AOR (album-oriented rock) styles, showcasing Turner’s powerful vocals and songwriting abilities. The album peaked at number one hundred and forty-three on the Billboard 200 chart.

The album features Joe Lynn Turner on vocals, Alan Greenwood on keyboards, Chuck Burgi on drums, and Bobby Messano on guitar, bass, and backing vocals. It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and recorded and mixed at BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Losing You” – 4:25
2. “Young Hearts” – 3:52
3. “Prelude” – 0:56
4. “Endlessly” – 3:40
5. “Rescue You” – 4:31
6. “Feel the Fire” – 3:28
7. “Get Tough” – 4:33
8. “Eyes of Love” – 3:49
9. “On the Run” – 3:53
10. “Soul Searcher” – 4:08
11. “The Race Is On” – 3:23

Nothing’s Changed (1995)

Released: 1995

Nothing’s Changed is Joe Lynn Turner’s second solo album. The album features a mix of hard rock and melodic rock, with Turner’s distinctive vocals front and center.

The album features Joe Lynn Turner on vocals, Al Pitrelli on guitars and keyboards, Greg Smith on bass, John O’Reilly on drums, and Derek Sherinian and Gary Corbett on keyboards. It was produced by Joe Lynn Turner and Al Pitrelli.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Promise of Love” – 4:37 (Joe Lynn Turner/Tyler/Keys)
2. “I Believe” – 4:46 (Swersky/Midnight/Cross/Gian)
3. “Bad Blood” – 5:38 (Turner/de Carvalho/Borrelli/Kowal)
4. “Imagination” – 5:09 (de Carvalho/Borrell/Lafalce)
5. “Baby’s Got a Habit” – 3:59 (Turner/Byrd/Mohawk)
6. “Satisfy Me” – 5:23 (Swersky/Cross)
7. “All or Nothing at All” – 4:22 (Turner/Al Pitrelli/Cross)
8. “Save a Place” – 4:13 (Turner/Sabu/House)
9. “Nothing’s Changed” – 4:49 (Turner/Pitrelli/Held)
10. “Liviana’s Intro” (Instrumental) – 0:15 (Turner)
11. “The Last Thing” – 3:31 (Turner/Swersky/Cross)
12. “Let Me Love You Again” – 4:24 (Turner/Pitrelli/Held/Brown)
13. “Knock Knock” – 3:51 (Turner/Pitrelli/Held)

Under Cover (1997)

Released: 1997

Under Cover features Joe Lynn Turner on lead vocals and backing vocals. Tony Bruno plays guitar, performs the second solo on “Sunshine of Your Love,” and provides backing vocals. Greg Smith handles bass duties, while John O’Reilly plays drums. Gary Corbett contributes on keyboards.

Guest musicians include Al Pitrelli, who plays guitar solos on “We’re an American Band” and “Deal With the Preacher,” and Karl Cochran, who performs the guitar solo on “Sunshine of Your Love” and provides backing vocals. Sandi Saraya offers backing vocals, Peter Baron provides backing vocals, and Nancy Bender contributes backing vocals. Kaz Kojima adds backing vocals, Katie Mac provides backing vocals, Dina Miller contributes backing vocals, Steve Murphy provides backing vocals, and Janet Raines adds backing vocals.

The horn section features Don Harris on trumpet, Bill Harris on saxophone, and John Fumalosi on trombone. Mark Wexler plays percussion, Bob Held adds percussion, and Louie Appel contributes percussion.

CD Track Listings:

1. “We’re an American Band” – 3:32
2. “Freedom” – 4:04
3. “Fire and Water” – 4:57
4. “Street of Dreams” – 5:14
5. “Fortunate Son” – 3:34
6. “Vehicle” – 2:56
7. “Hush” – 4:11
8. “Unchained Melody” – 3:49
9. “Chained” – 3:40
10. “Gimme Some Lovin’/I’m a Man” – 6:44
11. “Thief in the Night” – 3:49
12. “Deal With the Preacher” – 4:51
13. “Sunshine of Your Love” – 4:16

Hurry Up and Wait (1998)

Released: 1998

Hurry Up and Wait is Joe Lynn Turner’s fourth solo album. The album features a mix of hard rock and AOR, with Turner’s signature melodic style.

Joe Lynn Turner performs vocals and backing vocals. Al Pitrelli plays guitars and provides backing vocals, including guitar solos. Tony Bruno plays guitar. Greg Smith handles bass duties and provides backing vocals. Kenny Kramme plays drums, and Paul Morris contributes keyboards.

Guest musicians include Chris Caffery, who performs a guitar solo and provides backing vocals. Bob Held plays a guitar solo. Al Greenwood contributes additional keyboards. Tom Teeley plays keyboards and provides backing vocals. Doogie White offers backing vocals. Nancy Bender provides backing vocals. Dina Miller contributes backing vocals. Kyle Gordon provides backing vocals. Steve Bello offers backing vocals. Jeb Guthrie provides backing vocals. Jock Guthrie plays additional guitar and provides backing vocals. Godfrey Townsend offers backing vocals. Benny Harrison provides backing vocals. Swan contributes backing vocals.

CD Track Listings:

1. “We Will Survive” (Greenwood/Held/Pitrelli/Turner) – 3:58
2. “Sex and Money” (Held/Teeley) – 4:00
3. “Guilty Heart” (Greenwood/Held/Pitrelli/Turner/West) – 4:01
4. “Days of Rage” (Held/Pitrelli/Turner) – 4:36
5. “Game of Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Napoli/Turner) – 4:17
6. “No Room for Love” (Held/Pitrelli/Turner) – 5:06
7. “Sentimental” (Doddy/Guthrie/Guthrie) – 4:14
8. “Too Much Is Not Enough” (Greenwood/Held/Turner) – 4:18
9. “Blueprint for the Blues” (Peterik/Turner) – 4:29
10. “Can’t Face Another Night” (Greenwood/Held/Pitrelli/Turner) – 5:07
11. “Someday” (Greenwood/Held/Turner) – 4:15

Under Cover 2 (1999)

Released: 1999

Under Cover 2 is the fifth solo album by Joe Lynn Turner. Like its predecessor, the album consists mainly of covers of songs by artists who influenced Turner.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Lady Double Dealer” (Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale) – 4:02
2. “Wishing Well” (Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi, John Bundrick, Paul Kossoff) – 3:43
3. “Helter Skelter” (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:04
4. “Rock Bottom” (Phil Mogg, Michael Schenker) – 3:33
5. “Waiting for a Girl Like You” (Mick Jones, Lou Gramm) – 4:41
6. “Movin’ On” (Mick Ralphs) – 3:19
7. “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” (Rick Derringer) – 3:46
8. “The Boys Are Back in Town” (Phil Lynott) – 4:23
9. “Born to Be Wild” (Mars Bonfire) – 4:03
10. “The Race Is On” (Al Greenwood, Joe Lynn Turner) – 3:31
11. “Fool for Your Loving” (David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody) – 4:02
12. “Mississippi Queen” (Leslie West, Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, David Rea) – 2:28
13. “Lost in Hollywood” (Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Cozy Powell) – 4:29

Holy Man (2000)

Released: 2000

Holy Man is Joe Lynn Turner’s sixth solo album.

CD Track Listings:

1. “No Salvation” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 4:40
2. “Holy Man” (Held/Kajiyama/Turner) – 4:38
3. “Anything” (Held/Kajiyama/Turner) – 4:57
4. “Honest Crime” (Bonamassa/Held/Turner) – 4:10
5. “Wolves at the Door” (Bonamassa/Held/Turner) – 3:38
6. “Angel” (Bonamassa/Held/Turner) – 4:27
7. “Something New” (Cochran/Turner) – 4:41
8. “Love Is Blind” (Held/Teeley) – 3:40
9. “Breaking Away” (Cochran/Young) – 2:50
10. “Midnight in Tokyo” (Held/Kajiyama/Turner) – 5:05
11. “Babylon” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 3:44
12. “Closer” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 4:53
13. “Too Blue to Sing the Blues” (Kajiyama/Pitrelli/Held/Brown) – 4:31

Slam (2001)

Released: 2001

Slam is Joe Lynn Turner’s seventh solo album. The album features Joe Lynn Turner on lead vocals, Akira Kajiyama on guitars, Eric Czar on bass, Kenny Kramme on drums, and Paul Morris on keyboards.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Bloodsucker” (Held/Kajiyama/Turner) – 4:17
2. “Eye for an Eye” (Held/Kajiyama/Turner) – 5:17
3. “Deliver Me” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 3:38
4. “Heart of the Night” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 5:03
5. “Slam” (Held/Kajiyama/Turner) – 5:22
6. “Dark Days” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 3:58
7. “Possession” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 4:50
8. “Show Yourself” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 4:52
9. “Cover Up” (Held/Kajiyama/Turner) – 3:40
10. “Hard Time” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 3:58
11. “Evil” (Held/Kajiyama/Turner) – 4:26
12. “Always Tomorrow” (Kajiyama/Turner) – 4:29

2006 Reissue: “Challenge Them All” was included as a bonus track and replaced “Cover Up” on that edition.

JLT (2003)

Released: 2003

JLT is Joe Lynn Turner’s eighth solo album.

CD Track Listings:

1. “In Cold Blood” – 4:18 (Joe Lynn Turner)
2. “Jump Start” – 3:29 (Turner/Bob Held/Chris Marksbury)
3. “Dirty Deal” – 4:09 (Turner/Marksbury)
4. “Love Don’t Live Here” – 5:35 (Turner/Held/Al Pitrelli)
5. “Excess” – 5:30 (Turner/Marksbury)
6. “Let’s Go” – 3:22 (Turner/Marksbury)
7. “Cryin’ Out Loud” – 5:48 (Turner/Held/Pitrelli)
8. “Lie” – 4:13 (Turner/Held/Marksbury)
9. “Fantasize” – 4:46 (Turner/Marksbury)
10. “Blood Fire” – 4:53 (Turner)
11. “Drivin’ With My Eyes Closed” – 3:25 (Turner/Held)
12. “Hit the Switch” – 3:47 (Turner/Held)
13. “Reprise” (Instrumental) – 1:39 (Turner)

The Usual Suspects (2005)

Released: 2005

The Usual Suspects is Joe Lynn Turner’s ninth solo album.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Power of Love” (Cochran/Held/Turner) – 5:04
2. “Devil’s Door” (Cochran/Held/Turner) – 3:29
3. “Jacknife” (Held/Lecar/Turner) – 3:23
4. “Really Loved” (Marksbury/Turner) – 4:30
5. “Rest of My Life” (Held/Lecar/Turner) – 4:38
6. “Into the Fire” (Marksbury/Turner) – 5:10
7. “Blood Money” (Cochran/Held/Turner) – 4:27
8. “All Alone” (Marksbury/Turner) – 5:01
9. “Ball and Chain” (Lecar/Turner) – 3:50
10. “Live and Love Again” (Lecar/Turner) – 5:23
11. “What Can I Do” (Turner/Byrd) – 3:48

Second Hand Life (2007)

Released: 2007

Second Hand Life is Joe Lynn Turner’s tenth solo album. The track listing below reflects the expanded deluxe edition represented by the album link in this article.

Deluxe Edition CD Track Listings:

1. “Your Love Is Life” – 4:39
2. “Got Me Where You Want Me” – 3:19
3. “Second Hand Life” – 4:34
4. “In Your Eyes” – 4:55
5. “Blood Red Sky” – 5:57
6. “Stroke of Midnight” – 4:48
7. “Off the Hook” – 4:10
8. “Over the Top” – 4:25
9. “Cruel” – 3:48
10. “Sweet Obsession” – 3:45
11. “Love Is on Our Side” – 4:45
12. “Two Lights” – 5:04
13. “Freedom’s Wings” – 4:39

Belly of the Beast (2022)

Released: October 28, 2022

Belly of the Beast is Joe Lynn Turner’s eleventh solo album and remains his most recent released solo studio album.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Belly of the Beast” – 5:11
2. “Black Sun” – 4:47
3. “Tortured Soul” – 5:10
4. “Rise Up” – 4:29
5. “Dark Night of the Soul” – 4:03
6. “Tears of Blood” – 4:27
7. “Desire” – 4:57
8. “Don’t Fear the Dark” – 3:53
9. “Fallen World” – 4:19
10. “Living the Dream” – 4:43
11. “Requiem” – 4:06

JOE LYNN TURNER LIVE ALBUMS

Live in Germany (2008)

Released: October 10, 2008

Live in Germany is Joe Lynn Turner’s first live album. It was recorded on September 30, 2007, at the United Forces of Rock Festival at Rock Fabrik in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Death Alley Driver” – 5:17
2. “I Surrender” – 4:47
3. “Power” – 4:58
4. “Street of Dreams” – 5:23
5. “Power of Love” – 4:44
6. “Can’t Let You Go” – 6:02
7. “Jealous Lover” – 3:52
8. “Your Love Is Life” – 5:50
9. “Blood Red Sky” – 7:16
10. “Stone Cold” – 7:04
11. “Can’t Happen Here” – 5:30
12. “Spotlight Kid” – 5:19
13. “Burn” – 6:59

Street of Dreams – Boston 1985 (2016)

Released: March 4, 2016

Street of Dreams – Boston 1985 captures Joe Lynn Turner and his touring band at the Paradise in Boston during the tour supporting Rescue You.

CD Track Listings:

1. “I Found Love” – 5:00
2. “Losing You” – 5:07
3. “Soul Searcher” – 6:02
4. “Young Hearts” – 5:35
5. “Endlessly” – 4:37
6. “Rescue You” – 6:02
7. “Stone Cold” – 4:16
8. “Street of Dreams” – 5:44
9. “Feel the Fire” – 4:02
10. “Guitar Solo / Good Girls Gone Bad” – 8:31
11. “Get Tough” – 7:02
12. “On the Run” – 4:07
13. “Them Changes” – 6:54

JOE LYNN TURNER COMPILATION ALBUMS

The Sessions (2016)

Released: September 21, 2016

The Sessions collects Joe Lynn Turner’s studio work on rock classics with a wide range of guest musicians.

CD Track Listings:

1. “Stone Cold” – 4:58
2. “Lunatic Fringe” – 4:23
3. “Let the Music Do the Talking” – 4:26
4. “Mirror, Mirror” – 4:11
5. “Hellraiser” – 5:37
6. “14 Years” – 4:17
7. “Dance the Night Away” – 3:21
8. “Back in Black” – 4:32
9. “All Shook Up” – 4:21
10. “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” – 6:34
11. “All Day and All of the Night” – 3:11
12. “Bloody Well Right” – 5:10
13. “The Seeker” – 3:21
14. “Jungle Love” – 3:28
15. “Two Minutes to Midnight” – 6:22
16. “Fat Bottomed Girls” – 4:25
17. “Riders on the Storm” – 6:23

JOE LYNN TURNER COLLABORATIVE ALBUMS

Imagination (2024)

Released: August 9, 2024

Imagination is a collaborative album credited to Aleks De Carvalho and Joe Lynn Turner. It is not counted among Turner’s eleven solo studio albums.

Track Listings:

1. “Imagination” – 4:34
2. “Love Is on Your Side” – 5:07
3. “Bad Blood” – 6:34
4. “Heart Full of Rain” – 4:43
5. “Heaven” – 3:53
6. “Is It Love or Is It War” – 4:16
7. “Two Lights Burning” – 5:06

Updated August 23, 2026.

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