No Lookin' Back is the second solo studio album by American musician Michael McDonald. It was originally released in July 1985, on the label Warner Bros. Records, three years after his debut album, If That's What It Takes; this was his last album to be released by Warner Bros.[4] For the first time, he co-produced and wrote or co-wrote all of the tracks. It features contributions from guitarists Joe Walsh (Eagles, James Gang), Robben Ford and David Pack from Ambrosia, Jeff Porcaro on drums (Toto, Steely Dan), plus the former Doobie Brothers member Willie Weeks on bass, and Cornelius Bumpus providing horns.

No Lookin' Back
Studio album by Michael McDonald
Released	30 July 1985 (1985-07-30)
Studio	Dilling Street Studio U.S.A. and The Villa Studio, North Hollywood
Genre	Blue-eyed soul pop rock post-disco
Length	37:09
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Michael McDonald Ted Templeman
Michael McDonald chronology
If That's What It Takes (1982) No Lookin' Back (1985) Sweet Freedom (1986)
Singles from No Lookin' Back
"No Lookin' Back" "Bad Times" "Lost in the Parade"

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Rolling Stone	(unfavorable)[3]

On release, the album was received favorably by the majority of music critics and peaked at No. 45 on the US Billboard 200. Three singles were issued from No Lookin' Back: "No Lookin' Back", "Bad Times" and "Lost in the Parade". The album's first and leading single, "No Lookin' Back", was co-written by Kenny Loggins and was a commercial success, peaking at No. 4 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #34 on Billboard Hot 100.

The album was re-released one year later in 1986. The re-released version changed around the track order and featured different album cover artwork, along with the inclusion of the hit single "Sweet Freedom" from the soundtrack of the Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines film Running Scared as well as a slightly shortened version of "Our Love".

Track listing

Personnel

• Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals (all tracks), keyboards (1), synthesizers (2-9), Hammond B3 organ (5, 7)
• Mike Hanna – synthesizers (2)
• Chuck Sabatino – synthesizers (3, 5), backing vocals (3, 5)
• Chris Pelonis – programming (3, 4, 7)
• Scott Plunkett – synthesizer horns (4), sequencing (7)
• Brian Mann – synthesizers (6, 8)
• Randy Goodrum – synthesizers (9)
• David Pack – guitar (1, 2, 4, 7), synthesizers (4), rhythm guitar (9)
• Joe Walsh – slide guitar (2)
• Robben Ford – guitar (3), lead guitar solo (9)
• Willie Weeks – bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9)
• Nathan East – bass (2)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (1-5, 7, 8, 9), cymbals (6)
• George Perilli – drums (1), programming (4)
• Staff Fieldhouse – electronic drums (4, 8)
• Roger Nichols – drums (6)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (6, 9)
• Cornelius Bumpus – tenor saxophone (3, 5)

Production

• Producers – Michael McDonald and Ted Templeman
• Production Coordination – Joan Parker and Kathy Walker
• Engineer and Mixing – Ross Pallone
• Second Engineer – Mike Wuellner
• Additional Engineers – Lee Herschberg, Jim Pace and Grady Walker.
• Mixed at Hollywood Sound Recorders (Hollywood, CA).
• Originally mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
• CD Mastering by Lee Herschberg at Amigo Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
• Art Direction – Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff
• Design – Jeri McManus
• Front Photography – Joel Levinson
• Back Photography – Brian Aris

Sales chart performance

Album

Singles

See also

• List of albums released in 1985
• Michael McDonald's discography

References

External links

• No Lookin' Back at Discogs (list of releases)