Backlash (Bad English album)

Backlash
Studio album by Bad English
Released	27 August 1991 (1991-08-27)
Recorded	1991
Studio	Conway Studios and Secret Sound L.A. (Hollywood, California); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California); Zoo Studios (Encino, California).
Genre	Hard rock [1]
Length	48:22
Label	Epic [2]
Producer	Ron Nevison [3]
Bad English chronology
Bad English (1989) Backlash (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B [5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]

Backlash is the second and final studio album by British/American rock band Bad English, released in 1991. ^[1]

The album peaked at No. 72 on the Billboard 200. ^[8]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "taken together, the album — with its unceasing references to rain and rivers — inevitably bogs down, but heard one at a time over the FM in the Ford, even its platitudes, given [John] Waite’s delivery, add up to a hack-rock miracle or two." ^[5] The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed Backlash "more spirited" than the debut. ^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"So This Is Eden"	John Waite Jonathan Cain Russ Ballard	5:09
2.	"Straight to Your Heart"	Waite Neal Schon Cain Mark Spiro	4:09
3.	"Time Stood Still"	Waite Ricky Phillips Jesse Harms	5:23
4.	"The Time Alone with You"	Waite Diane Warren Cain	4:41
5.	"Dancing Off the Edge of the World"	Waite Cain Schon	4:54
6.	"Rebel Say a Prayer"	Waite Cain Ballard	4:23
7.	"Savage Blue"	Waite Cain Schon	4:33
8.	"Pray for Rain"	Waite Spiro Cain	5:03
9.	"Make Love Last"	Waite Cain	5:19
10.	"Life at the Top"	Waite Cain Spiro Tim Pierce	4:51
Total length:			48:22

Personnel

Bad English

• John Waite – lead vocals
• Jonathan Cain – keyboards, backing vocals
• Neal Schon – guitars, backing vocals
• Ricky Phillips – bass, backing vocals
• Deen Castronovo – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
• Mark Spiro – backing vocals

Production

• Ron Nevison – producer, engineer
• Tony Phillips – vocal producer, vocal engineer
• Gil Morales – assistant engineer
• Jeff Poe – assistant engineer
• Dave Lopez – assistant vocal engineer
• Rand & Rose – mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Deandra Miller – production assistant
• Hugh Syme – art direction, design
• Brian Aris – photography
• HK Management and Trudy Green – management
• Lynda Lou Beach – management assistant
• Ged Malone – management assistant

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [9]	34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10]	42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11]	48
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12]	21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13]	30
UK Albums (OCC) [14]	64
US Billboard 200 [15]	72

References

1. "Bad English | Biography & History". AllMusic.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 354.
3. "Waite's Songwriting Shines On Latest Bad English Set". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 12 October 1991 – via Google Books.
4. Backlash at AllMusic
5. "Backlash". EW.com.
6. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1204.
7. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 30.
8. "Bad English". Billboard.
9. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1659". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Bad English – Backlash" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Bad English – Backlash" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
12. "Swedishcharts.com – Bad English – Backlash". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
13. "Swisscharts.com – Bad English – Backlash". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
15. "Bad English Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.