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Paid Vacation (album)

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Paid Vacation (1994)
  
Ballads (1994)

Release date
  
2 February 1994

Producers
  
Richard Marx, Fee Waybill

Artist
  
Richard Marx

Label
  
Capitol Records


Released
  
January 31, 1994 December 2, 1999 (re-release)

Recorded
  
July 1992 - December 1993

Length
  
49:38 (North America) 60:00 (International)

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music, Pop rock

Similar
  
Richard Marx albums, Rock music albums

Richard marx the way she loves me


Paid Vacation is the fourth studio album by American singer/songwriter Richard Marx, released in 1994.

Contents

The album features "Now And Forever", Marx's 9th and final top-10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and most successful single on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was issued as a lead single for the album and stayed atop the Billboard AC chart for 11 consecutive weeks. The follow-up single "The Way She Loves Me" also achieved modest success on Billboard, reaching the top 20 on the Hot 100 and peaking at #3 on the AC chart.

However, the album itself was less successful than his previous efforts. During a total of 23 week-long chart run on the U.S. Billboard 200, Paid Vacation only reached #37 and failed to climb higher than its predecessor Rush Street. Nevertheless, it managed to receive a Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in late 1994. The album sold moderately well in Japan, providing Marx with his first Gold record in that country.

The album was dedicated to Marx's wife Cynthia Rhodes and sons Brandon, Lucas, and Jesse Marx.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Richard Marx, except where noted.

International release
  1. "The Way She Loves Me" – 4:15
  2. "One More Try" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) – 4:25
  3. "Silent Scream" – 3:52
  4. "Nothing to Hide" (Marx, Terry Thomas) – 5:33
  5. "Whole World to Save" (Marx, Fee Waybill) – 5:31
  6. "Soul Motion" (Marx, Gaitsch) – 5:22
  7. "Now and Forever" – 3:32
  8. "Goodbye Hollywood" – 4:56
  9. "Heaven's Waiting" – 3:48
  10. "Nothing Left Behind Us" (Marx, Waybill) – 5:22
  11. "What You Want" – 3:49
  12. "One Man" – 5:12
  13. "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" (Billy Joel) – 4:32
  14. "Baby Blues" (Marx, Gaitsch) – 0:53

denotes additional tracks not included on North American releases. Aside from above bonus tracks, "Another Heaven" (4:31, located in track 15) was exclusively featured on the Japanese edition.

Personnel

  • Guitars - Bruce Gaitsch, Terry Thomas, Paul Warren, Richard Marx
  • Organ - Bill Champlin, David Innis
  • Keyboards - Bill Payne, Greg Phillinganes, Mike Egizi, Richard Marx
  • Bass guitar - Leland Sklar, Randy Jackson, Felix Krish, Nathan East
  • Drums - Jonathan Moffett, Russ Kunkel, Tony Beard, Jeff Porcaro, Myron Grombacher
  • Percussion - Chris Trujillo, Luis Conte
  • Harmonica - Juke Logan
  • Saxophone - Steve Grove
  • Trumpet - Lee Thornburg
  • Strings - Jerry Goodman, Pavel Farkas, Israel Baker, Farhad Behroozi, Sid Page, Charlie Bisharat, Gailt Curz, James Getzoff, Henry Corbett
  • Background vocals - Lionel Richie, Luther Vandross, Marilyn Martin, Cheryl Lynn, Terry Thomas, Bill Champlin, Max Carl, Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill

    • Engineers

  • Bill Drescher
  • Bruce Gaitsch
  • Rob Jacobs
  • Richard Marx
  • Terry Thomas

    • Songs

    1The Way She Loves Me4:15
    2One More Try4:25
    3Silent Scream3:53

    References

    Paid Vacation (album) Wikipedia
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