Go On...
Go On... is the third album by American pop rock band Mr. Mister. It was released in 1987, and featured a more serious tone than their previous album Welcome to the Real World, which was commercially successful. This album did not fare as well commercially and would become the last publicly released album by the band before they broke up in 1990.
Go On... | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 8, 1987 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 55:51 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Producer | Mr. Mister, Kevin Killen | |||
Mr. Mister chronology | ||||
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Singles from Go On... | ||||
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Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic |
In their retrospective review, AllMusic contended that Go On... retained the same themes, stylistics, and quality of work as their previous releases, and "The only significant change was in record sales." They particularly praised the album's lyrics, commenting, "during the height of the materialistic '80s, Go On was an example of a band using its pop culture bully pulpit to suggest that the "greed is good" philosophy was leaving a spiritual vacuum in American culture."[5]
Track listing
CD
All songs by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang except where noted:
- "Stand and Deliver" – 5:32
- "Healing Waters" – 5:04 (mistaken as 5:45 on CD)
- "Dust" – 6:32
- "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" – 4:19
- "The Tube" – 5:15
- "Bare My Soul" * – 4:32 (Page, Lang, Steve Farris)
- "Control" – 4:17
- "Watching the World" – 4:21
- "Power Over Me" – 5:02
- "Man of a Thousand Dances" – 4:50 (Page, George, Lang, Farris)
- "The Border" – 5:39
LP/Cassette
- Side One
- "Stand and Deliver" – 5:32
- "Healing Waters" – 5:04 (mistaken as 5:45 on CD)
- "Dust" – 6:32
- "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" – 4:19
- "The Tube" – 5:15
- Side Two
- "Control" – 4:17
- "Watching the World" – 4:21
- "Power Over Me" – 5:02
- "Man of a Thousand Dances" – 4:50
- "The Border" – 5:39
- * Track only available on CD and "Something Real" vinyl single.
Singles
- 1987 - "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" (USA: #29)
- 1987 - "Healing Waters" (released in Europe only)
- 1987 - "The Border" (released in US only)
- 1987 - "Stand and Deliver" (final single)
Personnel
- Mr. Mister
- Richard Page – bass guitar, vocals
- Steve George – keyboards, Synclavier, soprano saxophone, vocals
- Pat Mastelotto – drums
- Steve Farris – guitars
- Additional personnel
- John Lang – lyrics
- Alex Acuña – percussion
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Alan Estes – percussion
- Bill Champlin – backing vocals
- Tamara Champlin – backing vocals
- Phil Perry – backing vocals
- Stan Lee Revue – backing vocals
- Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
Production
- Kevin Killen – producer, engineer, mixing
- Jimmy Hoyson – second engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
- Jonathan Owen MA (RCA) – cover illustration
- Ria Lewerke – art direction
- Norman Moore – art direction, design
- Tracy Veal – design
- Reed Anderson – liner photography
- Georg Kushner – sleeve photography
- Susan Gilman – production coordinator
- Sherry Rettig – production coordinator
- George Ghiz – manager