All That Matters (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = All That Matters
Type = Album
Artist = Michael Bolton


Released = November 4, 1997
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 64'34"
Label = Sony Records
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:43220r3ay48z link]
Last album = ""
(1996)
This album = "All That Matters "
(1997)
Next album = "My Secret Passion"
(1998)

"All That Matters" is an album by Michael Bolton, released in 1997, and was his first studio album since 1993's "The One Thing". Bolton was aided in production by Babyface and Tony Rich, and among the song writers are Bolton, Diane Warren, Babyface, Lamont Dozier, Gary Burr, and Tony Rich. The track "Go The Distance", penned by Alan Menken and David Zeppel, was the theme song for the Disney animated movie "Hercules". The song was nominated for a Grammy in 1998 and was performed by Bolton at that awards show. Bolton's U.S. fans were puzzled by the album's title, "All That Matters", until the phrase was found on the bonus track, "When There Are No Words," on the UK version of the album. The two singles from the album, "The Best of Love," and "Safe Place From The Storm" were disappointing in sales and radio play, and fans were disappointed that the songs were performed only a handful of times during Bolton's 1998 tour in support of the album.

Track listing

#"Safe Place From the Storm" (Bolton, Warren) – 5'22"
#"The Best of Love" (Babyface, Bolton) – 4'19"
#"Let's Make a Long Story Longer" (Bolton, Houston) – 4'39"
#"A Heart Can Only Be So Strong" (Warren) – 5'02"
#"Fallin'" (Rich) – 3'47"
#"Forever's Just a Matter of Time" (Bolton, Houston) – 4'28"
#"Whenever I Remember Loving You" (Bolton, Burr) – 4'26"
#"Show Her the Way" (Bolton, Eastmond) – 4'42"
#"Why Me" (Babyface, Bolton, Dozier) – 4'36"
#"Can't Get Close Enough to You" (Bolton, Eastmond, Houston) – 4'46"
#"Let There Be Love" (Bolton, Houston) – 5'23"
#"Pleasure or Pain" (Bolton, Rich, Warren) – 4'06"
#"Go the Distance" (Menken, Zeppel) – 4'42"
#"When There Are No Words" - 4'16" - bonus track on UK version