Anywhere You Go is the first full-length recording from David Pack, the lead singer for the band Ambrosia. The LP was released in November 1985. Pack wrote five songs himself and co-wrote the other five.
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| Released | November 1985 | |||
| Studio | Producer's One Studios; Channel Recording (Burbank, California); MCA Whitney Recording Studios (Glendale, California); Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California); Conway Studios and Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California); James Newton Howard Studios (Santa Monica, California). | |||
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| Length | 46:19 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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The album contains three charting singles. One of the tracks, "Prove Me Wrong", was used in the movie White Nights and was Pack's only solo entry in the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 95.[1] The songs "I Just Can't Let Go" and "That Girl Is Gone" placed in the Top 20 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.[1]
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by David Pack, with additional writers noted.
- "Anywhere You Go" (Mike Porcaro, Jai Winding) - 5:00
- "I Just Can't Let Go" - 4:54
- "Won't Let You Lose Me" (Randy Goodrum, James Newton Howard) - 3:37
- "My Baby" - 4:17
- "That Girl Is Gone" - 4:46
- "She Don't (Come Around Anymore)" (James Ingram, Michael McDonald) - 5:26
- "Do Ya" (Jamie Bernstein) - 4:48
- "Prove Me Wrong" (from the Columbia motion picture White Nights) (Howard) - 4:20
- "No Direction (No Way Home)" - 5:46
- "Just Be You" - 4:15
Charts
editSingles
edit| Title | Release | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| CAN [2] |
US [3] |
US AC [4] | ||||
| "Prove Me Wrong" | 1986 | — | 95 | — | ||
| "That Girl Is Gone" | 93 | — | 16 | |||
| "I Just Can't Let Go" | — | — | 13 | |||
Production
edit- Michael "Mo" Ostin – executive producer
- Lenny Waronker – executive producer
- David Pack – producer
- Michael Verdick – producer (1-7, 9, 10), engineer, mixing (1, 10)
- James Newton Howard – producer (8)
- Ben Rodgers – additional engineer (1-7, 9, 10)
- Ross Pallone – additional engineer (8)
- Allen Sides – string recording
- Ian Eales – mixing (1, 2, 4, 5, 9)
- Mick Guzauski – mixing (3, 6, 7, 10)
- Bill Schnee – mixing (8)
- David Schober – mixing (9)
- Daren Klein – mix assistant (3, 6, 7, 10)
- Richard McKernan – mix assistant (3, 6, 7, 10)
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Ivy Skoff – production coordinator
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction
- Norman Moore – art direction, design
- Jim Shea – photography
- Fitzgerald/Hartley Co. – management
Personnel
edit- David Pack – vocals, arrangements, keyboards (1, 2, 4-9), guitars (1-6, 8, 9, 10), Oberheim DMX programming (1, 7, 9), synth bass (2, 4, 6, 9), backing vocals (2), vocal arrangements (2), harmony vocals (4, 6, 10), harmony vocal arrangements (4), rhythm guitar (7), Moog bass (7), acoustic piano (10), Yamaha DX7 (10)
- Kerry Livgren – keyboards (1), guitar solos (4, 7)
- Jai Winding – keyboards (1), co-arrangements (1)
- James Newton Howard – keyboards (3, 6, 8, 9), co-arrangements (3), synth bass (6, 8, 9), acoustic piano (10), Yamaha DX7 (10), string arrangements
- David "Hawk" Wolinski – E-mu Emulator II programming (7, 8)
- Mike Porcaro – bass (1), co-arrangements (1)
- Joe Puerta – bass (3, 5), harmony vocals (5), harmony vocal arrangements (4), backing vocals (5)
- Will McGregor – bass (6, 10)
- Stanley Clarke – bass (7)
- Prairie Prince – drums (1), co-arrangements (1)
- George Perilli – drums (2-6, 9, 10)
- John Robinson – drums (7)
- Jamie Bernstein – Oberheim DMX programming (7)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums (8)
- Burleigh Drummond – percussion (2-5), harmony vocals (4), harmony vocal arrangements (4)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (5, 7)
- Ernie Watts – saxophone (2)
- Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (4)
- James Ingram – backing vocals (2), vocal arrangements (2)
- Michael McDonald – backing vocals (2), vocal arrangements (2), harmony vocals (6)
- Royce Jones – harmony vocals (4), harmony vocal arrangements (4)
- John Elefante – backing vocals (5)
- Jennifer Holliday – backing vocals (7)
- Lisa Harrison – backing vocals (10)
- Cynthia Rhodes – backing vocals (10)
References
edit- ^ a b David Pack in the Billboard Charts, Allmusic. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ^ RPM 100 singles
- ^ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 182.
