Paid Vacation (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Paid Vacation
Type = studio
Artist = Richard Marx


Released = February 2, 1994
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 49:38
Label = Capitol Records
Producer = Richard Marx, Terry Thomas, Fee Waybill
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3jfixqtgldae link]
Last album = "" (1991)
This album = "Paid Vacation" (1994)
Next album = "Flesh and Bone" (1997)

"Paid Vacation" is a 1994 album by Richard Marx. It was the follow up to his 1991 album "Rush Street". The song "Now and Forever" was Marx's last hit to reach the Top Ten in the U.S. to date, where it peaked at #7. This song also spent eleven weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart.

Track listing

#"The Way She Loves Me" (Marx) - 4:15
#"One More Try" (Marx/Gaitsch) - 4:25
#"Silent Scream" (Marx) - 3:52
#"Nothing to Hide" (Marx/Thomas) - 5:33
#"Soul Motion" (Marx/Gaitsch) - 5:22
#"Now and Forever" (Marx) - 3:32
#"Goodbye Hollywood" (Marx) - 4:56
#"Heaven's Waiting" (Marx) - 3:48
#"Nothing Left Behind Us" (Marx/Wabill) - 5:22
#"What You Want" (Marx) - 3:49
#"One Man" (Marx) - 5:12
#"Baby Blues" (Marx/Gaitsch) - 0:53

Bonus Tracks on European release
• "Whole World To Save" - 5:31
• "Miami 2017" - 4:32

Bonus Tracks on Japanese release
• "Whole World To Save" - 5:31
• "Miami 2017" - 4:32
• "Another Heaven" - 4:31

Album Credits

Personnel

*Guitars: Bruce Gaitsch, Terry Thomas, Paul Warren
*Organ: Bill Champlin, David Innis
*Keyboards: Bill Payne, Greg Phillanganes, Mike Egizi
*Bass: Leland Sklar, Randy Jackson, Felix Krish, Nathan East
*Drums: Jonathan Moffett, Russ Kunkel, Tony Beard, Jeff Porcaro, Myron Grombacher
*Percussion: Chris Trujillo, Luis Conte
*Harmonica: Juke Logan
*Saxophone: Steve Grove
*Horns: Steve Grove, Lee Thornburg
*Strings: Jerry Goodman, Pavel Farkas, Israel Baker, Farhad Behroozi, Sid Page, Charlie Bisharat, Gailt Curz, James Getzoff, Henry Corbett
*Background Vocals: Lionel Richie, Luther Vandross, Marilyn Martin, Cheryl Lynn, Terry Thomas, Bill Champlin, Max Carl, Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill

Engineers

*Bill Drescher
*Bruce Gaitsch
*Rob Jacobs
*Richard Marx
*Terry Thomas

Guest Stars

*Vince Gill
*Lionel Richie
*Timothy B. Schmidt
*Luther Vandross

Miscellaneous

*Album was dedicated to wife Cynthia Rhodes and sons Brandon, Lucas, and Jesse Marx

External links

* [http://www.geocities.jp/jeffsstamp/diskfile/rfile/rimarx4a.html credit details]