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Back to Avalon

Back to Avalon
Studio album by Kenny Loggins
Released	1988
Recorded	1988 1986 ("Meet Me Half Way")[1]
Genre	Soft rock
Length	47:27
Label	Columbia
Producer	Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf, Richie Zito, Richard Page, Patrick Leonard, Giorgio Moroder
Kenny Loggins chronology
Vox Humana (1985) Back to Avalon (1988) Leap of Faith (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Back to Avalon is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. Released in 1988, it yielded the hit singles "Nobody's Fool (Theme from Caddyshack II)" (a #8 hit in the U.S.), "I'm Gonna Miss You", "Tell Her", and "Meet Me Half Way" (a #11 hit in the U.S.), the last of which is a ballad which had already become a top 40 hit the previous year through the film Over the Top. It is the only studio album by Loggins to feature songs from motion picture soundtracks to date.

Track listing

1. "Nobody's Fool" (Kenny Loggins, Michael Towers) – 4:18
2. "I'm Gonna Miss You" (Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel, Jeff Pescetto) – 4:23
3. "Tell Her" (Bert Russell) – 3:36
4. "One Woman" (Loggins, Richard Page, John Lang) – 4:07
5. "Back to Avalon" (Loggins, Peter Wolf, Nathan East) – 5:40
6. "She's Dangerous" (Loggins, Michael McDonald) – 5:17
7. "True Confessions" (Martin Briley, Richard Feldman) – 3:46
8. "Hope for the Runaway" (Loggins, Patrick Leonard) – 4:25
9. "Isabella's Eyes" (Loggins, Keith Diamond) – 4:46
10. "Blue on Blue" (Loggins, Towers, Robert Irving) – 3:53
11. "Meet Me Half Way" (Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock) – 3:39

Personnel

Back to Avalon personnel^[4]

Production

• Dennis Lambert – producer (1)
• Peter Wolf – producer (2, 5, 7 &9)
• Richie Zito – producer (3 &10)
• Richard Page – producer (4)
• Patrick Leonard – producer (6 &8)
• Giorgio Moroder – producer (11)
• Michael Dilbeck – executive producer (1), creative consultant
• Arlene J. Matza – production coordination
• Carol Thompson – production coordination
• David Bianco – engineer (1)
• Doug Rider – engineer (1)
• Paul Ericksen – engineer (2 &5)
• Phil Kaffel – engineer (3 &10)
• Terry Nelson – engineer (4 &9)
• Tony Peluso – engineer (4)
• Mick Guzauski – engineer (6)
• Ian Eales – engineer (8)
• Brian Malouf – mixing (1–10), engineer (6, 7 &9)
• Brian Reeves – engineer and mixing (11)
• Doug Sax – mastering (1–10)
• Brian Gardner – mastering (11)
• Margo Chase – cover design
• John Coulter – art direction
• Victoria Pearson – photography
• Larry Larson – management

Studios

• Recorded at: Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, CA); Record Plant, Image Recording Studios, Rumbo Recorders, Motown Recording Studios, Garden Rake Studios, Gary Chang Studio and The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA); Soundcastle and TTG Studios (Hollywood, CA); Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Encore Studios, Ground Control Studios, Johnny Yuma Recording, Monday To Sunday and The Enterprise (Burbank, CA); Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, CA); Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, CA); Gateway Studios (Carpinteria, CA); Studio City Sound and Gigot's Ears (Studio City, CA); Aryln Studios (Austin, TX).
• Mixed at: Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, CA); Image Recording Studios and Skip Saylor Recording (Los Angeles, CA); A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Mastered at: The Mastering Lab and Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).

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