Paid Vacation (album)

Paid Vacation
Studio album by Richard Marx
Released	February 8, 1994
Recorded	June 1993 - January 1994
Genre	Rock, Pop
Length	49:38
Label	Capitol
Producer	Richard Marx, Terry Thomas, Fee Waybill
Richard Marx chronology
Greatest Hits (1991) Paid Vacation (1994) Ballads (1994) Singles from Paid Vacation "Now And Forever" "Silent Scream" "The Way She Loves Me" "Nothing Left Behind Us"

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Paid Vacation is the fourth studio album by singer/songwriter Richard Marx. The album's first single "Now And Forever" hit #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. This song also spent eleven consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. The follow-up single, "The Way She Loves Me" hit #3 in the United States.

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

Track listing

1. "The Way She Loves Me" (Marx) - 4:15
2. "One More Try" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) - 4:25
3. "Silent Scream" (Marx) - 3:52
4. "Nothing to Hide" (Marx, Thomas) - 5:33
5. "Soul Motion" (Marx, Gaitsch) - 5:22
6. "Now and Forever" (Marx) - 3:32
7. "Goodbye Hollywood" (Marx) - 4:56
8. "Heaven's Waiting" (Marx) - 3:48
9. "Nothing Left Behind Us" (Marx, Fee Waybill) - 5:22
10. "What You Want" (Marx) - 3:49
11. "One Man" (Marx) - 5:12
12. "Baby Blues" (Marx, Gaitsch) - 0:53

Bonus Tracks on European release
• "Whole World To Save" - 5:31
• "Miami 2017" - 4:32

Bonus Tracks on Japanese release
• "Whole World To Save" - 5:31
• "Miami 2017" - 4:32
• "Another Heaven" - 4:31

Album credits

Personnel

• Guitars: Bruce Gaitsch, Terry Thomas, Paul Warren, Richard Marx
• Organ: Bill Champlin, David Innis
• Keyboards: Bill Payne, Greg Phillanganes, Mike Egizi, Richard Marx
• Bass: 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
• Horns: Steve Grove, 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

Guest Artists

• Vince Gill
• Lionel Richie
• Timothy B. Schmidt
• Luther Vandross