Can't Hold Back (Eddie Money album)

Can't Hold Back
Studio album by Eddie Money
Released	August 8, 1986
Recorded	1985–86
Genre	Rock, pop rock
Length	40:30
Label	Columbia
Producer	Eddie Money and Richie Zito (except "One Chance"; produced by Eddie Money, Richie Zito and David Kershenbaum)
Eddie Money chronology
Where's the Party? (1983) Can't Hold Back (1986) Nothing to Lose (1988)

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Can't Hold Back is Eddie Money's sixth album, released in 1986. It contains one of Money's biggest hits, "Take Me Home Tonight" which helped bring both himself and Ronnie Spector back to the spotlight. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA in August 1987.

"I Wanna Go Back" is a Billy Satellite cover and first appeared on the band's eponymous 1984 debut album. The song "Stranger in a Strange Land", written by Money with Henry Small and Tom Whitlock, was covered by John Entwistle. The song was featured on Entwistle's solo album, The Rock, on which Small sang lead vocals.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Me Home Tonight" (duet with Ronnie Spector)	Mick Leeson, Peter Vale, Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry	3:30
2.	"One Love"	Eddie Money, Davitt Sigerson, Duncan Rowe	4:11
3.	"I Wanna Go Back"	Monty Byrom, Ira Walker, Danny Chauncey	3:56
4.	"Endless Nights"	John Cesario, Michele Collyer, Steve Mullen	3:23
5.	"One Chance"	Stan Meissner, Fred Mollin	4:45

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"We Should Be Sleeping"	Money, Greg Lowry, Kevin Burns, Glenn A. Thompson	3:56
7.	"Bring On the Rain"	Money, Billy Ryan	4:54
8.	"I Can't Hold Back"	Money, Michael Politeau, Sigerson, Richie Zito	3:50
9.	"Stranger in a Strange Land"	Henry Small, Tom Whitlock, Money	3:34
10.	"Calm Before the Storm"	Money, John Nelson	4:31

Singles

• "Take Me Home Tonight" (1986) #4 US
• "I Wanna Go Back" (1986) #14 US
• "Endless Nights" (1987) #21 US
• "We Should Be Sleeping" (1987) #90 US

Personnel

• Eddie Money - lead vocals; keyboards (7); synthesizer arrangements (2)
• Richie Zito - keyboards (1, 7, 9); guitars (2–10); synthesizer arrangements (2, 3, 4, 8)
• John Nelson - guitars (1, 2, 5, 7, 9); guitar (4, 10: solos); acoustic guitar (5: solo); lead guitar (8, 10)
• Duncan Rowe - add. guitar arrangements (2)
• Arthur Barrow - keyboards, bass guitar (1, 6, 9, 10)
• Randy Jackson - bass guitar (3, 4, 8)
• Greg Lowry - bass guitar (7)
• Nathan East - bass guitar (5)
• Steve George - keyboards (5); background vocals (5)
• Gary Chang - keyboards (2, 3, 4, 8); synthesizer arrangements (2, 3, 4, 8)
• Ed Uliberry - keyboards (7)
• Mike Baird - drums (1, 2, 4–8, 10); percussion; drum overdubs (9)
• Pat Mastelotto - drum programming (5)
• Paul Hanson - saxophone (1)
• Danny Hall - saxophone (2, 3)
• Ronnie Spector - additional lead vocals (1)
• Joe Pizzulo - background vocals (1)
• Pastiche (Sandy Sukhov, Becky West, Jenny Meltzer) - background vocals (2, 3)
• Richard Page - background vocals (5)
• Henry Small - background vocals (9)

Production

• Arranged and produced by Eddie Money and Richie Zito, except "One Chance" (arranged and produced by Eddie Money, Richie Zito and David Kershenbaum)
• Recording engineers – David Leonard, Michael Frondelli, Phil Kaffel
• Assistant engineers – Michael Rosen, Tom Size; assistant engineers at Can-Am Studios: Jim Dineen, Stan Katayama
• Mixed by Eddie Money, Richie Zito and Scott Litt
• Mastered by Howie Weinberg

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.