How About Now is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. Released in 2007, its key tracks include "A Love Song" and the title track, "How About Now." To date, it was his most recent album composed of entirely original material.
Track listing
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| 1. | "A Year's Worth of Distance" | Kenny Loggins, Mike Reid | 5:45 |
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| 2. | "A Love Song" | Loggins, Wails | 3:54 |
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| 3. | "I'll Remember Your Name" | Loggins, Richard Marx | 4:36 |
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| 4. | "How About Now" | Loggins, Gary Burr | 3:59 |
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| 5. | "I Don't Want to Hate You Anymore" | Loggins, Frank J. Myers | 4:58 |
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| 6. | "That's When I Find You" | Loggins, Beth Nielsen Chapman | 3:57 |
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| 7. | "If You Never Been There" | Annie Roboff, Loggins | 4:00 |
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| 8. | "Truth Is" | Loggins, Chapman | 4:19 |
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| 9. | "Too Much (Never Get Enough)" | Loggins, Burr | 3:56 |
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| 10. | "This Too Will Pass" | Loggins, Radney Foster | 6:06 |
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| 11. | "I'm a Free Man Now" | Loggins, Burr | 4:35 |
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| 12. | "One Last Goodbye Song" | Loggins, Burr | 3:45 |
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Personnel
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- Kenny Loggins – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar
- Jesse Siebenberg – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon guitar, dobro, lap steel guitar, keyboards, organ, programming, omnichord, bass, drums, percussion, string arrangements, backing vocals
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Paul Cartwright – mandolin, fiddle, violin, string arrangements
- Todd Hannigan – guitar
- Jeff King – electric guitar
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Randy Kohrs – dobro
- Richard Marx – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Miles Mosley – contrabass guitar
- William Owsley III – electric guitar
- Jeff Pevar – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Gabe Dixon – acoustic piano
- Charles Judge – keyboards
- Jimmy Nichols – keyboards, acoustic piano, strings, string arrangements, arrangements
- Mike Reid – acoustic piano
- Spady Brannan – bass
- Mark Hill – bass
- Dave Marotta – bass
- Craig Young – bass
- Steve Brewster – drums
- Steve DiStanislao – drums
- Dan Needham – drums, percussion
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Tom Ball – harmonica
- Jonathan Yudkin – strings
- Marc Mann – string arrangements
- Gary Burr – backing vocals
- Chip Davis – backing vocals
- Crosby Loggins – backing vocals
- Lois Mahalia – backing vocals
- Rachel Proctor – backing vocals
- Choir
- Robert Bailey
- Kendra Carr
- Shateria Dayoe
- Vicki Hampton
- Nashville Gospel Choir
- Shandra Penix
- Grisanthia Stencil
- Kevin Stencil
- Fred Vaughn
- Strings
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
- James Freebarin-Smith – cello
- Tom Lea – viola
- Neel Hammond – violin
- Joel Pargman – violin
Production
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- Producers – Kenny Loggins (Tracks 1-12); Jesse Siebenberg (Tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6); Richard Marx (Track 3); Frank Meyers (Track 5); Peter Collins (Track 7): Gary Burr (Track 12).
- Executive Producer – Jim Brandmeiser
- Production Coordinator – Becky Scott
- Engineers – Bill Decker, James Gantt, Todd Hannigan, Jason Mariani, Chip Matthews, Mike Paragone, Sang Park, Justina Powell, Matt Prock, Bill Schnee, WillIam Sender, Trina Shoemaker and Heather Sturm.
- Assistant Engineer – Adam Beard
- Mixing – David Cole, Jason Mariani, Chip Matthews, Bill Schnee and Trina Shoemaker.
- Editing – Todd Hannigan and Justina Powell
- Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Ojai, CA).
- Art Direction and Design – Jeff Lancaster
- Cover Photo – Wynn Miller
- Sleeve Photography – Wynn Miller and Carl Studna
- Management – Gary Borman, Lisa Battista Giglio, Barbara Rose Granatt and Steve Moir at Borman/Moir Entertainment.
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