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| Released | August 3, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
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| Genre | Blue-eyed soul | |||
| Length | 57:56 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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Blink of an Eye is the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, released on August 3, 1993, by Reprise Records, three years after his previous studio album, Take It to Heart (1990). [1] [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Stand for You" |
| 4:23 |
| 2. | "East of Eden" | McDonald | 5:29 |
| 3. | "More to Us Than That" | McDonald | 5:26 |
| 4. | "I Want You" | Paul Buchanan | 4:16 |
| 5. | "No More Prayin'" | McDonald | 6:20 |
| 6. | "Matters of the Heart" | McDonald | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Hey Girl" | 5:56 | |
| 8. | "What Makes a Man Hold On" |
| 4:19 |
| 9. | "Blink of an Eye" |
| 4:55 |
| 10. | "Everlasting" |
| 4:31 |
| 11. | "For a Child" | McDonald | 7:51 |
| Total length: | 57:56 | ||
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