No Protection (Starship album)
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No Protection (1987) is the second album by Starship. The album featured the #1 hit "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", and the Top 10 hit "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)," the latter of which was a tune originally performed the previous year by one-time Manfred Mann's Earth Band frontman Chris Thompson for the Playing for Keeps Soundtrack. With the departure of longtime bassist Pete Sears, Starship was reduced to a quartet for this effort. This was the last album to be produced under the "Grunt Records" label, and the final Starship album to feature Grace Slick on vocals; she left Starship in 1988 and rejoined Jefferson Airplane for their reunion tour and self-titled reunion album, Jefferson Airplane in 1989. The Diane Warren-penned ballad "Set The Night To Music" would become a hit four years later in 1991, as a duet between reggae singer Maxi Priest and & R&B legend Roberta Flack, as released from Flack's album "Set The Night To Music".
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
Producer(s) |
| 1. |
"Beat Patrol" |
Johnny Warman |
Peter Wolf |
4:23 |
| 2. |
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" |
Diane Warren, Albert Hammond |
Narada Michael Walden |
4:29 |
| 3. |
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)" |
Robbie Nevil, John Van Tongeren, Phil Galdston |
Keith Olsen |
4:18 |
| 4. |
"Girls Like You" |
Craig Chaquico, Steve Diamond, Mickey Thomas |
Peter Wolf |
4:15 |
| 5. |
"Wings of a Lie" |
Peter Wolf, Ina Wolf |
Peter Wolf |
4:57 |
| 6. |
"The Children" |
Martin Page, Clif Magness |
Peter Wolf |
5:40 |
| 7. |
"I Don't Know Why" |
Grace Slick, Jeff Pennig, Michael Luna |
Peter Wolf |
4:15 |
| 8. |
"Transatlantic" |
Anton Fig, Phil Galdston |
Keith Olsen |
4:05 |
| 9. |
"Say When" (CD only) |
David Roberts |
Keith Olsen |
4:10 |
| 10. |
"Babylon" |
Slick, Tommy Funderburk, Larry Williams |
Keith Olsen |
4:30 |
| 11. |
"Set the Night to Music" |
Warren |
Peter Wolf |
4:40 |
Personnel
Additional Personnel
- Peter Wolf – keyboards and bass on Peter Wolf tracks
- Bret Bloomfield, Maxi Anderson, Siedah Garrett, Sharon Hendrix, Phillip Ingram, Clif Magness, Jeff Pescetto, Oren Waters, Ina Wolf – additional background vocals on Peter Wolf tracks
- Larry Williams – keyboards on "Babylon"
- Bill Cuomo – keyboards and bass on Keith Olsen tracks
- Alan Pasqua – keyboards on Keith Olsen tracks
- Tommy Funderburk – background vocals on Keith Olsen tracks
- Narada Michael Walden – drums on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
- Walter Afanasieff – keyboards on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
- Corrado Rustici – charvel MIDI guitar on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
- Bongo Bob – drum sampling and percussion on "Nothing's Gonna Stops Us Now"
- Kitty Beethoven, Jim Gilstrap – additional background vocals on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Production
- Peter Wolf – producer
- Keith Olsen – producer
- Narada Michael Walden – producer
- Brian Malouf – engineer for Peter Wolf
- Ed Thacker, Dan Garcia, John VanNess – additional engineers for Peter Wolf
- Brian Foraker – engineer for Keith Olsen
- David Frazer – engineer for Narada Michael Walden
- Bino Espinoza, Dana Chapelle, David Luke, Steve Holroyd, Steve Krause, Ron Dasilva – assistant engineers
- Starship – arrangements on "It's Not Over", "Transatlantic", and "Say When"
- Larry Williams – arrangements on "Babylon"
- Skip Johnson – production coordinator
- Bill Thompson – manager
- Bernie Grundman – mastering engineer
- Raess Design (Ted Raess) – art direction
- Jeff Katz – photographer
- Lisa Marie Avila – make up
- Recorded at Lighthouse Studios, Goodnight L. A., Tarpan Studios, Soundcastle Recording Studio, Fantasy Studios, Manzanita Studios
- Mixed at Image Recorders
- "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" mixed at Tarpan Studios
- Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Michael Hill – reissue liner notes
- Dalita Keumurian – reissue project director
- Bill Lacey – reissue audio restoration
- Paul Williams – reissue coordination
Singles / Music Videos
- "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
- "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
- "Beat Patrol"
- "Set the Night to Music" (single only / no video)
Charts
Album
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1987 |
The Billboard 200 |
12 |
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 1987 |
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
1 |
| 1987 |
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
16 |
| 1987 |
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" |
Adult Contemporary |
1 |
| 1987 |
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
9 |
| 1987 |
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
9 |
| 1987 |
"Beat Patrol" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
46 |
| 1987 |
"Set The Night To Music" |
Adult Contemporary |
9 |
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