No Lookin' Back studio album by American musician Michael McDonald . It was released on July 30, 1985 by Warner Bros. Records , three years after his debut studio album, If That's What It Takes [ 5] Joe Walsh (Eagles , James Gang ), Robben Ford and David Pack from Ambrosia , Jeff Porcaro on drums (Toto , Steely Dan ), plus the former Doobie Brothers member Willie Weeks on bass, and Cornelius Bumpus providing horns.
No Lookin' Back Released July 30, 1985 (1985-07-30 ) Studio Dilling Street Studio U.S.A. and The Villa Studio (North Hollywood) Genre
Length 37 :09 Label Warner Bros. Producer
"No Lookin' Back " "Bad Times" "Lost in the Parade"
On release, the album was received favorably by the majority of music critics and peaked at No. 45 on the US Billboard 200 No Lookin' Back : "No Lookin' Back ", "Bad Times" and "Lost in the Parade". The album's first and leading single, "No Lookin' Back", was co-written by Kenny Loggins and was a commercial success, peaking at No. 4 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 34 on Billboard Hot 100.
The album was re-released one year later in 1986. The re-released version changed around the track order and featured different album cover artwork, along with the inclusion of the hit single "Sweet Freedom " from the soundtrack of the Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines film Running Scared
All tracks are written by Michael McDonald , with additional writers noted
Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "No Lookin' Back " 3:55 2. "Bad Times" 4:21 3. "(I'll Be Your) Angel" Chuck Sabatino 3:57 4. "By Heart" 4:35
Side two Title Writer(s) 5. "Any Foolish Thing" Sabatino 4:23 6. "Our Love" Pack 4:32 7. "(I Hang) On Your Every Word" Amy Holland 3:37 8. "Lost in the Parade" Grady Walker 3:48 9. "Don't Let Me Down" 4:01 Total length: 37:09
Musicians
Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, keyboards (1) , synthesizers (2-9) , Hammond B3 organ (5, 7) Mike Hanna – synthesizers (2)
Chuck Sabatino – synthesizers (3, 5) , backing vocals (3, 5)
Chris Pelonis – programming (3, 4, 7)
Scott Plunkett – synthesizer horns (4) , sequencing (7)
Brian Mann – synthesizers (6, 8)
Randy Goodrum – synthesizers (9) David Pack – guitars (1, 2, 4, 7) , synthesizers (4) , rhythm guitar (9) Joe Walsh – slide guitar (2) Robben Ford – guitars (3) , lead guitar solo (9) Willie Weeks – bass (1, 3–5, 8, 9) Nathan East – bass (2) Jeff Porcaro – drums (1-5, 7–9) , cymbals (6) George Perilli – drums (1) , programming (4)
Staff Fieldhouse – electronic drums (4, 8)
Roger Nichols – drums (6) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (6, 9) Cornelius Bumpus – tenor saxophone (3, 5)
Producers – Michael McDonald and Ted Templeman
Production coordination – Joan Parker and Kathy Walker
Engineer and Mixing – Ross Pallone
Second engineer – Mike Wuellner
Additional engineers – Lee Herschberg, Jim Pace and Grady Walker.
Mixed at Hollywood Sound Recorders (Hollywood, CA).
Originally mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
CD mastering by Lee Herschberg at Amigo Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
Art direction – Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff
Design – Jeri McManus
Front photography – Joel Levinson
Back photography – Brian Aris
Album Singles
Year
Single
Chart
Position
1985
"No Lookin' Back "
The Billboard Hot 100[ 7]
34
Billboard Adult Contemporary
9
Billboard Mainstream Rock
4
"Bad Times"
Billboard Mainstream Rock
38
"Lost in the Parade"
Billboard Adult Contemporary
40
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