Blue Obsession | ||||
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Released | March 28, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
Studio | The Bennett House, Sound Kitchen and North Beach Studios (Franklin, TN); The Dugout, Love Shack, Sound Stage, Sixteenth Avenue Sound and Woodland Studios (Nashville, TN); Bingham Bend (Leper's Fork, TN); Orange Whip (Santa Barbara, CA). | |||
Genre | Blue-eyed soul | |||
Length | 60:03 | |||
Label | Ramp Records | |||
Producer | Tommy Sims, Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald, Chris Pelonis. | |||
Michael McDonald chronology | ||||
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Blue Obsession is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on March 28, 2000, by Ramp Records. [2] [3] The original album was pulled from release before it got to stores, but a few advance copies did get out. The original has a different track listing and 3 songs from it were removed and replaced by other songs. A cover of "Tell It Like It Is" was pulled and still has never been officially released. Catalog # 2-46508 was the promo on the Reprise label, not Ramp.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "All I Need" | Tommy Sims, Michael McDonald | 5:41 |
2. | "No Love to Be Found" | Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald | 5:32 |
3. | "Obsession Blues" | Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald | 4:36 |
4. | "Where Would I Be Now" | Tony Joe White, Michael McDonald | 6:09 |
5. | "Build Upon It" | Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald | 5:06 |
6. | "The Meaning of Love" | Jim Photoglo, Michael McDonald | 5:31 |
7. | "Open the Door" | Tommy Sims, Michael McDonald | 5:50 |
8. | "Kikwit Town" | Chester Thompson, Michael McDonald | 5:42 |
9. | "Down by the River" | Neil Young | 5:37 |
10. | "Someday You Will" | Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald | 4:24 |
11. | "Ain't That Peculiar" | Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Robert Rogers, Warren Moore | 5:15 |
12. | "You Can't Make It Love" | John Scott Sherrill, Michael McDonald | 4:27 |
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