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Backlash is the second and final studio album by British/American rock supergroup Bad English, released in 1991.[1]

Backlash
Studio album by Bad English
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
Bad English (1989) Backlash (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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]

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

1. "So This Is Eden" (John Waite, Jonathan Cain, Russ Ballard) - 5:09
2. "Straight to Your Heart" (Waite, Neal Schon, Cain, Mark Spiro) - 4:09
3. "Time Stood Still" (Waite, Ricky Phillips, Jesse Harms) - 5:23
4. "The Time Alone with You" (Waite, Diane Warren, Cain) - 4:41
5. "Dancing Off the Edge of the World" (Waite, Cain, Schon) - 4:54
6. "Rebel Say a Prayer" (Waite, Cain, Ballard) - 4:23
7. "Savage Blue" (Waite, Cain, Schon) - 4:33
8. "Pray for Rain" (Waite, Spiro, Cain) - 5:03
9. "Make Love Last" (Waite, Cain) - 5:19
10. "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

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