Misplaced Pages

Can't Look Away

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

1989 studio album by Trevor Rabin
Can't Look Away
Studio album by Trevor Rabin
Released31 July 1989 (1989-07-31)
Studio Various
Genre
Length55:31
LabelElektra
ProducerTrevor Rabin, Bob Ezrin
Trevor Rabin chronology
Wolf
(1981) 		Can't Look Away
(1989) 		Live in LA
(2003)
Singles from Can't Look Away
  1. "Something to Hold on To" / "I Miss You Now""
    Released: 16 October 1989

Can't Look Away is the fourth studio album by the singer-songwriter and musician Trevor Rabin, released on 31 July 1989 by Elektra Records. The album reached No. 111 on the U.S. Billboard 200 during a stay of ten weeks. "Something to Hold on To" was released as a single and reached No. 3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, with its accompanying music video receiving a nomination for Best Video, Short Form at the 1990 Grammy Awards. In a 2004 interview, Rabin described Can't Look Away as "by far my best solo album and the one I'm happiest with". The album was reissued in 2011 by Voiceprint Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Vik Iyengar of AllMusic gave Can't Look Away three stars out of five. He praised it for having "a great sense of melody and layered guitars to create an arena rock sound", while also remarking that "Although the album loses a bit of steam in the second half, the first half includes great pop/rock tunes. ... Fans of latter-day Yes should definitely check out this album".

Track listing

All tracks written by Trevor Rabin, with additional writers noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Can't Look Away"Bob Ezrin, Anthony Moore7:22
2."Something to Hold on To" 5:07
3."Sorrow (Your Heart)" 4:29
4."Cover Up"Godfrey Rabin, Moore5:17
5."Promises" 5:57
6."Etoile Noir" (instrumental) 1:03
7."Eyes of Love"Ezrin6:24
8."I Didn't Think It Would Last"Ezrin4:08
9."Hold on to Me"Patric van Blerk4:44
10."Sludge" (instrumental) 2:26
11."I Miss You Now" 5:38
12."The Cape" (instrumental) 2:56
Total length:55:31

Personnel

Technical
  • Bob Ezrin – backing vocals (tracks 3, 7), engineering, production
  • Stan Katayama – engineering
  • Rick Butz – engineering
  • Julian Stoll – engineering
  • Dave Subkleve – engineering
  • Julie Last – engineering
  • Tom Banghart – engineering
  • Ringo Hrycyna – engineering

Chart performance

Album

Year Chart Position
1989 Billboard 200 111

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1989 "Something to Hold on To" Billboard Mainstream Rock 3

Awards

Event Title Award Result
1990 Grammys "Something to Hold on To" Best Video, Short Form Nominated

Notes

  1. Some editions combine "Etoile Noir" and "Eyes of Love" into one track.

References

  1. "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 14 October 1989. p. 65. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 29 July 1989. p. 54. Retrieved 6 October 2024 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "Can't Look Away - Trevor Rabin | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  4. "Trevor Rabin - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  5. ^ "32nd Grammy Awards - 1990". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  6. Prasad, Anil (2004). "Trevor Rabin - Capturing adrenaline". Innerviews. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  7. "Trevor Rabin – Can't Look Away". Discogs. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  8. ^ Iyengar, Vik. "Can't Look Away - Trevor Rabin". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 15 November 2013.


Trevor Rabin
Solo albums
Singles
Related articles
Categories: