Paid Vacation (album)

All songs written and composed by Richard Marx, except where noted. ;International release • "The Way She Loves Me" – 4:15 • "One More Try" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) – 4:25 • "Silent Scream" – 3:52 • "Nothing to Hide" (Marx, Terry Thomas) – 5:33 • "Whole World to Save" (Marx, Fee Waybill) – 5:31 • "Soul Motion" (Marx, Gaitsch) – 5:22 • "Now and Forever" – 3:32 • "Goodbye Hollywood" – 4:56 • "Heaven's Waiting" – 3:48 • "Nothing Left Behind Us" (Marx, Waybill) – 5:22 • "What You Want" – 3:49 • "One Man" – 5:12 • "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" (Billy Joel) – 4:32 • "Baby Blues" (Marx, Gaitsch) – 0:53 == Personnel ==

• Richard Marx – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3–6, 8–11), arrangements (1–5, 8, 10–12), horn arrangements (1), keyboards (2, 8), acoustic guitars (4), "Ooh" vocals (5), additional keyboards (6), finger snaps (9), acoustic piano (10, 13) • Bill Champlin – organ (1, 11, 12), backing vocals (5, 11), BGV arrangement (11) • Bill Payne – keyboards (3), organ (10), acoustic piano solo (10) • David Innis – organ (4) • Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes (5), keyboards (6) • Michael Egizi – keyboards (13) • Bruce Gaitsch – arrangements (1, 2), guitars (1–3, 6, 8–12), acoustic guitar (7), mandolin (7) • Terry Thomas – guitars (4), backing vocals (4), arrangements (4) • Paul Warren – guitars (5, 13), guitar solo (12) • Leland Sklar – arrangements (1), bass (1, 8, 12) • Randy Jackson – bass (2, 3, 5, 6, 9–11, 13), finger snaps (9) • Nathan East – bass (7) • Jonathan Moffett – drums (1, 2, 6, 8–11), finger snaps (9) • Russ Kunkel – drums (3) • Tony Beard – drums (4) • Jeff Porcaro – drums (12) • Myron Grombacher – drums (13) • Luis Conte – percussion (3) • Chris Trujillo – percussion (3, 5) • Ross Garfield – finger snaps (9) • Steve Grove – saxophone (1, 5) • Lee Thornburg – trombone (1), trumpet (1) • John "Juke" Logan – harmonica (11) • Lionel Richie – backing vocals (1) • Luther Vandross – backing vocals (1) • Cheryl Lynn – backing vocals (4) • Marilyn Martin – backing vocals (4, 8) • Max Carl – backing vocals (5, 11) • Ruth Marx – "Ooh" vocals (5) • Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (8) • Vince Gill – backing vocals (10) Strings on "Now and Forever" • Dick Marx – string arrangements • Israel Baker, Farhad Behroozi, Charlie Bisharat, Henry Corbett, Gailt Curz, Pavel Farkas, James Getzoff, Jerry Goodman and Sid Page – string players == Production ==

• Producers – Richard Marx (Tracks 1–3, 5–13); Terry Thomas (Track 4). • Lead vocals on Tracks 3, 5 & 10 co-produced by Fee Waybill. • Engineers – Bill Drescher (Tracks 1–3, 5–12); Bruce Gaitsch (Tracks 3 & 4); Richard Marx (Track 4); Rob Jacobs (Track 4); Terry Thomas (Track 4); Peter Doell (Track 13). • Mixing – Bill Drescher (Tracks 1, 3, 5–13); Mike Shipley (Track 2); Rafe McKenna (Track 4). • Mastered by Wally Traugott • Production Coordination – Susanne Marie Edgren • Art Direction – Larry Vigon • Design – Brian Johnson and Larry Vigon • Photography – Nels Israelson • Inner Photos – Al Silfen • Management – Left Bank Management ==Charts==

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