Paid Vacation (album)

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Paid Vacation

Studio album by Richard Marx

Released

February 8, 1994
December 2, 1999 (re-release)^[1]

Recorded

July 1993 - January 1994

Genre

Rock, pop rock

Length

49:38

Label

Capitol

Producer

Richard Marx, Terry Thomas, Fee Waybill

Richard Marx chronology

Singles from Paid Vacation
Greatest Hits (1991)	Paid Vacation (1994)	Ballads (1994)
"Now And Forever" Released: "Silent Scream" Released: "The Way She Loves Me" Released: "Nothing Left Behind Us" Released:

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Paid Vacation is the fourth studio album by singer/songwriter Richard Marx. The album's first single "Now And Forever" hit #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. This song also spent eleven consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. The follow-up single, "The Way She Loves Me" hit #3 in the United States.

The album was dedicated to Marx's wife Cynthia Rhodes and sons Brandon, Lucas, and Jesse Marx.

Track listing

"The Way She Loves Me" (Marx) - 4:15
"One More Try" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) - 4:25
"Silent Scream" (Marx) - 3:52
"Nothing to Hide" (Marx, Thomas) - 5:33
"Soul Motion" (Marx, Gaitsch) - 5:22
"Now and Forever" (Marx) - 3:32
"Goodbye Hollywood" (Marx) - 4:56
"Heaven's Waiting" (Marx) - 3:48
"Nothing Left Behind Us" (Marx, Fee Waybill) - 5:22
"What You Want" (Marx) - 3:49
"One Man" (Marx) - 5:12
"Baby Blues" (Marx, Gaitsch) - 0:53

Bonus Tracks on European release
• "Whole World To Save" - 5:31
• "Miami 2017" - 4:32

Bonus Tracks on Japanese release
• "Whole World To Save" - 5:31
• "Miami 2017" - 4:32
• "Another Heaven" - 4:31

Album credits

Personnel

Guitars: Bruce Gaitsch, Terry Thomas, Paul Warren, Richard Marx
Organ: Bill Champlin, David Innis
Keyboards: Bill Payne, Greg Phillinganes, Mike Egizi, Richard Marx
Bass: Leland Sklar, Randy Jackson, Felix Krish, Nathan East
Drums: Jonathan Moffett, Russ Kunkel, Tony Beard, Jeff Porcaro, Myron Grombacher
Percussion: Chris Trujillo, Luis Conte
Harmonica: Juke Logan
Saxophone: Steve Grove
Horns: Steve Grove, Lee Thornburg
Strings: Jerry Goodman, Pavel Farkas, Israel Baker, Farhad Behroozi, Sid Page, Charlie Bisharat, Gailt Curz, James Getzoff, Henry Corbett
Background Vocals: Lionel Richie, Luther Vandross, Marilyn Martin, Cheryl Lynn, Terry Thomas, Bill Champlin, Max Carl, Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill

Engineers

Bill Drescher
Bruce Gaitsch
Rob Jacobs
Richard Marx
Terry Thomas

Guest Artists

Vince Gill
Lionel Richie
Timothy B. Schmidt
Luther Vandross

References

↑ "Paid Vacation". Amazon. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
↑ Allmusic review

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Studio albums	Richard Marx Repeat Offender Rush Street Paid Vacation Flesh and Bone Days in Avalon My Own Best Enemy Emotional Remains Sundown Christmas Spirit

Compilations	Ballads Greatest Hits The Best of Richard Marx The Essential Richard Marx Timeline Duo Stories to Tell Hits & Ballads Inside My Head Seven & Seven

Promo compilations	Marx Greatest Hits (1993) The Music of Richard Marx: 1987–2009

Live albums	Live in USA 1988/92 Live Music Hall Koln 1992 Channel V at the Hard Rock Live Duo Live A Night Out With Friends

Singles	"Don't Mean Nothing" "Should've Known Better" "Endless Summer Nights" "Hold On to the Nights" "Have Mercy" "Satisfied" "Right Here Waiting" "Angelia" "Nothin' You Can Do About It" "Too Late to Say Goodbye" "Children of the Night" "Keep Coming Back" "Hazard" "Take This Heart" "Chains Around My Heart" "Playing With Fire" "Now and Forever" "Silent Scream" "The Way She Loves Me" "Nothing Left Behind Us" "Until I Find You Again" "At the Beginning" "Days in Avalon" "Straight from My Heart" "When You're Gone" "Ready to Fly" "Everybody" "When You Loved Me" "When Love Is All You've Got" "Christmas Spirit" "Wouldn't Let Me Love You" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "The Little Drummer Boy" "Christmas Mornings" "O Holy Night" "Just Go"

Singles composed	"What About Me" (Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Kim Carnes/1984) "Crazy" (Kenny Rogers/1985) "Somebody Took My Love" (Durell Coleman)/1985 "Edge of a Broken Heart" (Vixen/1989) "Nothing to Hide" (Poco/1989) "The Best of Me" (Cliff Richard/1989) "Heart in Pieces" (Tim Feehan/1990) "The Reason Why" (John Farnham/1993) "Every Year, Every Christmas" (Luther Vandross/1995) "If You Ever Leave Me" (Barbra Streisand, Vince Gill/1999) "One More Time (Laura Pausini/1999) "Angel on My Shoulder" (Natalie Cole/2000) "This I Promise You" ('N Sync/2000) "Still Holding Out For You" (SHeDAISY/2001) "To Where You Are" (Josh Groban/2002) "Dance with My Father" (Luther Vandross/2003) "Life Got in the Way" (Sister Hazel/2003) "Someday" (Vince Gill/2003) "With This Ring (Kenny Loggins/2003) "I Miss Us (Kenny Loggins/2004) "Last One Standing" (Emerson Drive/2004) "World Inside My Head" (Sister Hazel/2004) "Better Life" (Keith Urban/2005) "If You Were My Girl" (Emerson Drive/2005) "Everybody" (Keith Urban/2007) "You Never Take Me Dancing" (Travis Tritt/2007) "Just Like You" (George Canyon/2008) "One Little Miracle" (Hawk Nelson/2008) "All Over Me" (Default/2009) "All or Nothing" (George Canyon/2009) "In Your Arms Again" (George Canyon, Crystal Shawanda/2009) "Long Hot Summer" (Keith Urban/2010) "Surrender" (George Canyon/2011)

Musicals	Beauty and the Beast

Related articles	Discography Songwriting/Production Sessions WikiProject

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