Raspberries Tribute Album w/ Lou Gramm, Rick Springfield & Others Due

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Slated for release on September 12, 2025, Play On: A Raspberries Tribute (Think Like A Key) is a new tribute album celebrating the power pop icons Raspberries. The collection includes 37 tracks covering almost the entirety of the group’s four-album catalog. It’s available for pre-order in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.

Assembling chart-topping legends (four of whom scored # 1 records), indie favorites and rising stars, the two-CD set features Lou Gramm, Rick Springfield, John Waite, Vicki and Debbi Peterson (Bangles), the Lemon Twigs, Marshall Crenshaw, Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox (Utopia), Cherie Currie (the Runaways), the Chefs (featuring Stan Lynch from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Dan Baird of Georgia Satellites,) Shoes, Karla DeVito (Meat Loaf), and the Hudson Brothers among those paying homage to the ’70s band.

Raspberries (Uncredited and undated photo from Eric Carmen’s website)

The project has received the blessing of the surviving band members, with Raspberries founding member Jim Bonfanti providing drums on four tracks (“I Wanna Be With You,” “Tonight,” “If You Change Your Mind” and “I Don’t Know What I Want”) and the late Eric Carmen, who contributed the classic count-in on “Tonight.”

Ken Sharp and Fernando Perdomo produced the compilation, which is housed in a deluxe six-panel digipak with a 20-page booklet featuring liner notes by music journalist Howie Edelson.

Strictly limited to 200 copies, the Play On exclusive bundle—available only through the label’s Play On—includes:

· Two collectible Raspberries postcards signed by band members Dave Smalley and Scott McCarl

· An exclusive 45 RPM single in picture sleeve featuring “Go All The Way” by Rick Springfield b/w “Tonight” by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Lou Gramm (Foreigner)

All profits from the 7-inch will benefit the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation animal rescue.

Related: Remembering Eric Carmen

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
1. “Go All The Way” – Rick Springfield
2. “I Wanna Be With You” – Vicki and Debbi Peterson (The Bangles)
3. “Let’s Pretend” – The Lemon Twigs
4. “Come Around And See Me” – Katie Ferrara
5. “Goin’ Nowhere Tonight” – The Caulfields
6. “Don’t Want To Say Goodbye” – Robin Taylor Zander
7. “Might As Well” – Jesse Bryson feat. The Kennedys
8. “It Seemed So Easy” – The Spongetones
9. “I Saw The Light” – Adelaide Estep
10. “Ecstacy” – Eric Dover (Jellyfish/Imperial Drag) feat. Eric Singer of KISS on drums
11. “On The Beach” – Darian Sahanaja (Brian Wilson band)
12. “If You Change Your Mind” – Ken Sharp
13. “Nobody Knows” – Chris Price
14. “I Reach For The Light” – Bird Streets
15. “Drivin’ Around” – Popdudes
16. “Hard To Get Over A Heartbreak” – P-Hux
17. “Waiting” – Olivia Rubini
18. “I Can Remember” – Karla DeVito (Meatloaf)

DISC TWO
1. “Tonight” – Lou Gramm (Foreigner)
2. “Play On” – The Lemon Twigs
3. “I Don’t Know What I Want” – John Waite
4. “Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)” – Shoes
5. “All Through The Night” – The Hudson Brothers
6. “Should I Wait” – Marshall Crenshaw
7. “Cry” – Kasim Sulton (Utopia)
8. “Making It Easy” – Brasko
9. “Last Dance” – Evan Stanley
10. “I Can Hardly Believe You’re Mine” – John Powhida
11. “Rose Colored Glasses” – Rob Bonfiglio (Brian Wilson band)
12. “I’m A Rocker” – Ken Sharp (feat. Wally Stocker of The Babys)
13. “Party’s Over” – The Chefs (feat. Stan Lynch from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Dan Baird of Georgia Satellites)
14. “Cruisin’ Music” – Ronnie D’Addario
15. “Starting Over” – Tori Holub
16. “Hands On You” – Cherie Currie (The Runaways)
17. “Every Way I Can” – The Toms
18. “With You In My Life” – Willie Wilcox (Utopia)
19. “Please Let Me Come Back Home” – Bambi Kino (feat. members of Nada Surf and Guided by Voices)