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Beautiful Goodbye is the 11th studio album by singer/songwriter and record producer Richard Marx. It was released on July 8, 2014. It is his first new studio album since his 2008 albums Emotional Remains and Sundown, although a seasonal album Christmas Spirit was issued in 2012. The album was preceded by the singles "Turn Off The Night"[2] in the UK on May 20 and "Whatever We Started" in the US on May 22. The title track was released as a single on September 13, 2014. "Just Go", a bonus track, had been previously released as a single on February 14, 2013.

Beautiful Goodbye
Studio album by Richard Marx
Released	July 8, 2014
Recorded	Renegade Studio (Chicago), Area 44 (Chicago), Ocean Way (Westlake), Ocean Way (St. Barth)
Length	47:01
Label	Zanzibar Records, Kobalt Label Services
Producer	Richard Marx, Walter Afanasieff
Richard Marx chronology
Now and Forever: The Ballads (2014) Beautiful Goodbye (2014) The Ultimate Collection (2016)
Singles from Richard Marx
"Just Go" Released: February 14, 2013 "Turn Off The Night" Released: May 20, 2014 "Whatever We Started" Released: May 22, 2014 "Beautiful Goodbye" Released: September 13, 2014

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

According to Nielsen SoundScan, this disc had sold a total of 25,165 American copies as of January, 2018.

Track listing

1. "Whatever We Started" (Marx) - 3:55
2. "Suddenly" (Marx) - 4:45
3. "Inside" (Marx) - 5:29
4. "Beautiful Goodbye" (Marx, Daisy Fuentes) - 4:55
5. "Forgot To Remember" (Marx, Matt Scannell, Chris Mann) - 3:49
6. "Turn Off The Night" (Marx, David Hodges, Steven Miller) - 3:28
7. "Have A Little Faith" (Marx) - 4:43
8. "Like The World Is Ending" (Marx) - 4:15
9. "To My Senses" (Marx) - 4:56
10. "Getaway" (Marx, Walter Afanasieff) - 3:41
11. "Eyes On Me" (Marx) - 3:04

Bonus tracks

1. "Just Go" (Marx)
2. "Moscow Calling" (Marx)

Chart performance

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Billboard 200	39

Album credits

• Richard Marx – producer, lead and backing vocals, arrangements, guitars, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, programming, bass guitar, string arrangements
• Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, programming, string arrangements
• Michael Jade – keyboards, programming, backing vocals
• Morgan Page – programming
• C.J. Vanston – keyboards, programming, string arrangements
• J. Blynn – guitars
• Bruce Gaitsch – guitars
• Michael Landau – guitars
• Heitor Pereira – guitars
• Matt Scannell – guitars
• Michael Thompson – guitars
• Paul Bushnell – bass guitar
• Herman Matthews – drums
• Lucas Marx – drum programming
• Cliff Colnot – string arrangements
• Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements
• Steven Miller – string arrangements
• Chris Walden – string arrangements
• Molly DeWolf – backing vocals
• David Hodges – backing vocals, string arrangements
• Chip Matthews – mixing
• Matthew Prock – mixing

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