Runaway (Bill Champlin album)

Runaway
Studio album by Bill Champlin
Released 1981
Recorded 1981
Sunset Sound Studios, Santa Monica Sound, Monterey Sound, Davlin Studios, Sound Labs
Genre Rock, Adult Contemporary
Length 39:22
Label Elektra
Producer David Foster, Kenny Loggins
Bill Champlin chronology

Single
1978		 Runaway
1981		 No Wasted Moments
1990

Runaway is an album by Bill Champlin, released on Elektra Records in 1981. It is notable as containing "Tonight Tonight", Champlin's major hit as a solo artist, as well as "Sara", which also achieved a degree of chart success.

History

The album was released as component of Champlin's development of his solo career, following his longtime association with the Sons of Champlin. Champlin's first solo album, Single, had been released in 1978, on Full Moon Records, following Champlin's departure from the Sons of Champlin in 1977. Runaway was also released in the same year that Champlin commenced a near thirty-year association with Chicago.

The album received mixed reviews, based on critics viewing it as a weaker version of Chicago material that Champlin was contributing to at the same time. The album has been described as an "historic curio, a period artifact, and not much more".[1]

The album was primarily produced by David Foster, who had also produced Champlin's previous solo album, Single, in 1978. The album also featured production by Kenny Loggins on "Take It Uptown", co-written by Loggins and Champlin. One of the comparatively rare songwriting collaborations with Alan Thicke is also included on the album--"Sara", co-written with Champlin.

The album entered the Billboard album chart on February 6, 1982. It spent 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #178.

Despite initially mixed critical reaction, the album was re-released on CD by Warner Bros. in 1996, and as a Japanese export as of 1998.[2]

Champlin's last solo album for a major label, No Wasted Moments (Elektra), was released in 1990.

Track listing

  1. "Runaway" (Champlin, Lukather) (3:58)
  2. "One Way Ticket" (Champlin, Supuch) (3:03)
  3. "Sara" (Champlin, Thicke) (3:15)
  4. "Tonight Tonight" (Champlin, Foster, Kennedy) (3:47)
  5. "Runaway Reprise" (Champlin, Foster) (0:47)
  6. "Take It Uptown" (Champlin, Loggins) (4:24)
  7. "Satisfaction" (Champlin, Page) (3:42)
  8. "Stop Knockin' on My Door" (Abramovich, Champlin) (4:16)
  9. "Gotta Get Back to Love" (Hatch, Kelly) (3:30)
  10. "Without You" (Champlin, DiLena) (4:05)
  11. "The Fool Is All Alone" (Champlin, Foster) (4:29)

Credits

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Review of Runaway; www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ Release history of Runaway; www.allmusic.com.