Blue Obsession

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Blue Obsession
Michael McDonald Blue Obsession.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 28, 2000
Recorded1999
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
Length60:03
Label Ramp Records
Producer Tommy Sims, Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald, Chris Pelonis.
Michael McDonald chronology
Blink of an Eye
(1993)
Blue Obsession
(2000)
Motown
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All I Need" Tommy Sims, Michael McDonald5:41
2."No Love to Be Found" Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald5:32
3."Obsession Blues"Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald4:36
4."Where Would I Be Now" Tony Joe White, Michael McDonald6:09
5."Build Upon It"Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald5:06
6."The Meaning of Love"Jim Photoglo, Michael McDonald5:31
7."Open the Door"Tommy Sims, Michael McDonald5:50
8."Kikwit Town" Chester Thompson, Michael McDonald5:42
9."Down by the River" Neil Young 5:37
10."Someday You Will"Bernie Chiaravalle, Michael McDonald4:24
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 McDonald4:27

Personnel

Production

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References

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  2. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Blue Obsession – Michael McDonald | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  3. "Michael McDonald, Patient With 'Blue Obsession'". Articles.latimes.com. 2000-02-03. Retrieved 2015-09-22.