No Protection (Starship album)

No Protection
Studio album by Starship
Released July 27, 1987
Recorded 1987 at Tarpan Studios, San Rafael; Lighthouse Studios, Goodnight L. A., Soundcastle Recording Studio, Los Angeles; Fantasy Studios, Berkeley; and Manzanita Studios, Arrington, Tennessee
Genre Arena rock, pop rock, AOR, melodic rock
Length 49:42
Label Grunt/RCA
Producer Peter Wolf
Keith Olsen
Narada Michael Walden For Perfection Light Productions
Starship chronology

Knee Deep in the Hoopla
(1985)		 No Protection
(1987)		 Love Among the Cannibals
(1989)
Singles from No Protection
  1. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
    Released: January 30, 1987[1]
  2. "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Beat Patrol"
    Released: 1987
  4. "Set the Night to Music"
    Released: 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

No Protection (1987) is the second album by Starship. The album featured the hit single "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 for Grunt Records, 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 R&B legend Roberta Flack and reggae singer Maxi Priest, as released from Flack's album Set the Night to Music.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Beat Patrol"  Johnny WarmanPeter Wolf 4:23
2. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"  Diane Warren, Albert HammondNarada Michael Walden 4:29
3. "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"  Robbie Nevil, John Van Tongeren, Phil GaldstonKeith Olsen 4:18
4. "Girls Like You"  Craig Chaquico, Steve Diamond, Mickey ThomasP. Wolf 4:15
5. "Wings of a Life"  P. Wolf, Ina WolfP. Wolf 4:57
6. "The Children"  Martin Page, Clif MagnessP. Wolf 5:40
7. "I Don't Know Why"  Grace Slick, Jeff Pennig, Michael LunaP. Wolf 4:08
8. "Transatlantic"  Anton Fig, GaldstonOlsen 4:18
9. "Say When"  David RobertsOlsen 4:23
10. "Babylon"  Slick, Tommy Funderburk, Larry WilliamsOlsen 4:37
11. "Set the Night to Music"  WarrenP. Wolf 4:40

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Singles / music videos

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1987 Billboard 200 12

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1987 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" 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)" Billboard Hot 100 9
1987 "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)" Mainstream Rock Tracks 9
1987 "Beat Patrol" Billboard Hot 100 46
1987 "Set The Night To Music" Adult Contemporary 9

References

  1. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - May 02, 2014". RIAA. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  2. ↑ Viglione, Joe (2011). "No Protection - Starship | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.