Go On...

Go On...
Studio album by Mr. Mister
Released	September 8, 1987
Genre	New wave, pop rock
Length	55:51
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Mr. Mister, Kevin Killen
Mr. Mister chronology
Welcome to the Real World (1985) Go On... (1987) Broken Wings: The Encore Collection (1999)

Go On... was the third album by American pop band Mr. Mister. It was released in 1987, and featured a more serious tone than their previous album Welcome to the Real World, which was commercially successful. This album did not fare as well commercially and would become the last publicly released album by the band before they broke up in 1989.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

In their retrospective review, AllMusic contended that Go On... retained the same themes, stylistics, and quality of work as their previous releases, and "The only significant change was in record sales." They particularly praised the album's lyrics, commenting, "during the height of the materialistic '80s, Go On was an example of a band using its pop culture bully pulpit to suggest that the "greed is good" philosophy was leaving a spiritual vacuum in American culture."^[1]

Track listing

CD

All songs by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang except where noted:

1. "Stand and Deliver" – 5:32
2. "Healing Waters" – 5:04 (mistaken as 5:45 on CD)
3. "Dust" – 6:32
4. "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" – 4:19
5. "The Tube" – 5:15
6. "Bare My Soul" * – 4:32 (Page, Lang, Steve Farris)
7. "Control" – 4:17
8. "Watching the World" – 4:21
9. "Power Over Me" – 5:02
10. "Man of a Thousand Dances" – 4:50 (Page, George, Lang, Farris)
11. "The Border" – 5:39

LP/Cassette

• Side One

1. "Stand and Deliver" – 5:32
2. "Healing Waters" – 5:04 (mistaken as 5:45 on CD)
3. "Dust" – 6:32
4. "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" – 4:19
5. "The Tube" – 5:15

• Side Two

1. "Control" – 4:17
2. "Watching the World" – 4:21
3. "Power Over Me" – 5:02
4. "Man of a Thousand Dances" – 4:50
5. "The Border" – 5:39

* Track only available on CD and "Something Real" vinyl single.

Singles

• 1987 - "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" (USA: #29)
• 1987 - "Healing Waters" (released in Europe only)
• 1987 - "The Border" (released in US only)
• 1987 - "Stand and Deliver" (final single)

Personnel

Mr. Mister

• Richard Page - bass guitar, vocals
• Steve George - keyboards, Synclavier, soprano sax, vocals
• Pat Mastelotto - drums
• Steve Farris - guitar

Additional personnel

• John Lang - lyrics
• Kevin Killen - producer, engineer, mixing
• Alex Neciosup-Acuna - percussion
• Lenny Castro - percussion
• Alan Estes - percussion
• Stan Lee Revue - backing vocals
• Bill Champlin - backing vocals
• Tamara Champlin - backing vocals
• Carmen Twillie - backing vocals
• Philip Perry - backing vocals
• Jimmy Hoyson - second engineer
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Jonathan Owen MA(RCA) - Cover illustration
• Ria Lewerke - art direction
• Norman Moore - art direction, design
• Tracy Veal - design
• Reed Anderson - liner photography
• Georg Kushner - sleeve photography
• Susan Gilman - production coordinator
• Sherry Rettig - production coordinator
• George Ghiz - manager

References