Critical reception
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Retrospectively reviewing for AllMusic, critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "The songs run between the extremes of fluid, guitar-driven rockers ("Bad Man," "Every Other Day") and ballads draped in flowing lyricism with harmony singing ("Daughter of the Sky"), including major contributions from his one-time teenage bandmate Donny Ullstrom. Apart from a somewhat dullish rendition of "Save the Last Dance for Me," the album works well, particularly a soulful and highly personalized rendition of "Take It to the Limit.""[3]
Track listing
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Personnel
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- Randy Meisner – vocals, bass (4), backing vocals (6, 7)
- Geoffrey Leib – acoustic piano (1)
- John Hobbs – acoustic piano (2-9, 11, 12), organ (5), electric piano (10)
- Scott Shelley – string synthesizer (2)
- Steve Edwards – lead guitar (1), guitars (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12), dobro (5), slide guitar (11)
- Jerry Swallow – guitars
- Kerry Morris – bass (1-3, 5, 7-12)
- Kelly Shanahan – drums (1-5, 7-12)
- Victor Feldman – percussion (4, 9)
- Ernie Watts – saxophone (4, 8-10)
- Byron Berline – fiddle (7)
- Marty Paich – strings (8, 10, 12)
- Donny Ullstrom – backing vocals (1-5, 7, 8, 11, 12)
- Alan Brackett – backing vocals (2, 4, 8, 9), Marxophone (5)
- Tita Kerpan – backing vocals (2, 10)
- Jayne Zinsmaster – backing vocals (2, 10)
- J.D. Souther – backing vocals (4, 10, 11)
- David Cassidy – backing vocals (5, 6, 10)
- Steven Scharf – backing vocals (6, 8, 10)
- Ritchie Walker – backing vocals (9)
- Bill Lamb – backing vocals (11)
Production
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- Alan Brackett – producer
- Jerry Hudgins – engineer
- John Kosh – art direction, design
- Jim Shea – photography
- Front Line Management – management
References
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