Backlash (Bad English album)
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| Backlash | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 27, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Conway Studios and Secret Sound L.A. (Hollywood, California); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California); Zoo Studios (Encino, California). | |||
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| Length | 48:22 | |||
| Label | Epic[2] | |||
| Producer | Ron Nevison[3] | |||
| Bad English chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[5] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [7] |
Backlash is the second and final studio album by British/American rock band Bad English, released in 1991.[1]
The album peaked at No. 72 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Critical reception[edit]
Entertainment Weekly wrote that "taken together, the album — with its unceasing references to rain and rivers — inevitably bogs down, but heard one at a time over the FM in the Ford, even its platitudes, given [John] Waite’s delivery, add up to a hack-rock miracle or two."[5] The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed Backlash "more spirited" than the debut.[7]
Track listing[edit]
- "So This Is Eden" (John Waite, Jonathan Cain, Russ Ballard) - 5:09
- "Straight to Your Heart" (Waite, Neal Schon, Cain, Mark Spiro) - 4:09
- "Time Stood Still" (Waite, Ricky Phillips, Jesse Harms) - 5:23
- "The Time Alone with You" (Waite, Diane Warren, Cain) - 4:41
- "Dancing Off the Edge of the World" (Waite, Cain, Schon) - 4:54
- "Rebel Say a Prayer" (Waite, Cain, Ballard) - 4:23
- "Savage Blue" (Waite, Cain, Schon) - 4:33
- "Pray for Rain" (Waite, Spiro, Cain) - 5:03
- "Make Love Last" (Waite, Cain) - 5:19
- "Life at the Top" (Waite, Cain, Spiro, Tim Pierce) - 4:51
Singles[edit]
The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.
| # | Title | Release Date | Hot 100 | CAN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Straight to Your Heart" | 1991 | 42[9] |
Personnel[edit]
Bad English
- John Waite – lead vocals
- Jonathan Cain – keyboards, backing vocals
- Neal Schon – guitars, backing vocals
- Ricky Phillips – bass, backing vocals
- Deen Castronovo – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
- Mark Spiro – backing vocals
Production[edit]
- Ron Nevison – producer, engineer
- Tony Phillips – vocal producer, vocal engineer
- Gil Morales – assistant engineer
- Jeff Poe – assistant engineer
- Dave Lopez – assistant vocal engineer
- Rand & Rose – mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
- Deandra Miller – production assistant
- Hugh Syme – art direction, design
- Brian Aris – photography
- HK Management and Trudy Green – management
- Lynda Lou Beach – management assistant
- Ged Malone – management assistant
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Bad English | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 354.
- ^ "Waite's Songwriting Shines On Latest Bad English Set". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 12 October 1991 – via Google Books.
- ^ Backlash at AllMusic
- ^ a b "Backlash". EW.com.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1204.
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 30.
- ^ "Bad English". Billboard.
- ^ "Bad English". Billboard.
