A View from 3rd Street

A View from 3rd Street is the second solo album by American singer-songwriter Jude Cole. Released on March 27, 1990 by Reprise Records, three years after his self-titled debut, the album spawned Cole's biggest single, "Baby, It's Tonight", which peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's follow-up single, "Time for Letting Go" peaked within the top 40 of the chart, while its third, "House Full of Reasons", entered the top 70.

A View from 3rd Street
Studio album by Jude Cole
Released	March 27, 1990
Recorded	1989–90
Studio	Westlake Audio The Village Recorders Phase II Recording Take One Studios Ocean Way Recording Clearlake Audio Los Angeles, California
Genre	Pop
Length	43:59
Label	Reprise
Producer	David Tyson
Jude Cole chronology
Jude Cole (1987) A View from 3rd Street (1990) Start the Car (1992)
Singles from A View from 3rd Street
"Baby, It's Tonight" Released: April 1990[1] "Time for Letting Go" Released: July 1990[2] "House Full of Reasons" Released: November 1990[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

A View from 3rd Street was met with largely positive critical reception, although its commercial response was mediocre, only peaking at number 138 on the Billboard 200 (on the issue dated June 5, 1990). It became Cole's first and highest entry on the chart.^[4]

Production was handled by Canadian record producer David Tyson, who won the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award at the 1991 Juno Awards for his work on the album. Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus released a cover of "Time for Letting Go" in 1998, which entered Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jude Cole, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hallowed Ground"	Jude Cole, George Green	5:19
2.	"Baby, It's Tonight"		3:40
3.	"House Full of Reasons"		3:56
4.	"Get Me Through the Night"		4:16
5.	"Time for Letting Go"		4:18

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Stranger to Myself"	Cole, David Tyson	3:58
7.	"This Time It's Us"		4:35
8.	"Heart of Blues"		4:59
9.	"Compared to Nothing"		4:10
10.	"Prove Me Wrong"		4:49
Total length:			43:59

Personnel

• Jude Cole - vocals, backing vocals, all electric, acoustic, slide and lead guitars, bass on tracks 2, 3, & 10, piano on track 9
• Tim Pierce - rhythm guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, & 7
• David Tyson - keyboards, piano, organ, harmonium, drum programming
• Leland Sklar - bass
• Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion on tracks 1-8, & 10
• Jeff Porcaro - drums and percussion on track 9
• Larry Williams - saxophone on track 8
• E.G. Daily - backing vocals on tracks 4 & 8

Technical

• Michael Ostin - executive producer
• Greg Droman - recording engineer^{[5][circular reference]}
• Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	138