One Good Reason (album)

Jim Green of Trouser Press was not entirely enthusiastic about the album, writing: "Half of One Good Reason is decent-to-good, and the rest is mediocre-to-poor....it's got more radio-music slickness than Carrack's had in years but at the cost of some identity." Green notes that "It did yield a genuine not-bad pop hit ("Don't Shed a Tear")." AllMusic's Mike DeGagne retrospectively calls "Don't Shed a Tear" "the album's highlight, bolstered by its subtle, laid-back groove with a stop and start tempo which comes across as unique to a certain extent." But he castigated the rest of the record, saying that "while the songs are well-written lyrically, they're dispensed rather half-heartedly from a musical standpoint" and "It's apparent in tracks like 'Fire With Fire' and 'Give Me a Chance' that Paul Carrack has reached the point of pop pedestrianism." ==Track listing==

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians • Paul Carrack – lead vocals • Paul "Wix" Wickens –keyboards • Tim Renwick – guitars • Peter Van Hooke – drums • Frank Ricotti – percussion • John "Irish" Earle – saxophone (7) • Jackie Rawe – backing vocals • Linda Taylor – backing vocals, lead vocals (2) Production and artwork • Christopher Neil – producer • Simon Hurrell – engineer • Pete Woodroffe – engineer • Peter Corriston – art direction • Mark Cozza – design • Brian Griffin – photography ==References==