Backlash (Bad English album)
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 27, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Conway Studios, Secret Sound L.A., Can-Am Recorders and Zoo Studios | |||
| Genre | Hard rock[1] | |||
| 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 supergroup Bad English, released in 1991.[1]
The album peaked at No. 72 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Critical reception
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
- "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
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
- Band members
- John Waite - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Neal Schon - lead guitar, background vocals
- Ricky Phillips - bass, background vocals
- Jonathan Cain - keyboards, background vocals
- Deen Castronovo - drums, background vocals
- Additional musicians
- Mark Spiro, Tommy Funderburk - background vocals
- Production
- Ron Nevison - producer, engineer
- Tony Phillips - vocal producer
- Rand & Rose - mixing
- Ted Jensen - mastering at Sterling Sound
- Dale Lavi - art direction and design
References
- ^ 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.
