Blue Obsession

Last updated

Blue Obsession
Michael McDonald Blue Obsession.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 28, 2000
Studio
  • The Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • North Beach (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • The Dugout (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Love Shack (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sound Stage (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Bingham Bend (Leiper's Fork, Tennessee)
  • Orange Whip (Santa Barbara, California)
Genre Blue-eyed soul
Length60:03
Label Ramp Records
Producer
Michael McDonald chronology
Blink of an Eye
(1993)
Blue Obsession
(2000)
Motown
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Blue Obsession is the fifth solo 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 three 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"5:41
2."No Love to Be Found"5:32
3."Obsession Blues"
  • Chiaravalle
  • McDonald
4:36
4."Where Would I Be Now"
6:09
5."Build Upon It"
  • Chiaravalle
  • McDonald
5:06
6."The Meaning of Love"
  • Jim Photoglo
  • McDonald
5:31
7."Open the Door"
  • Tommy Sims
  • McDonald
5:50
8."Kikwit Town"5:42
9."Down by the River" Neil Young 5:37
10."Someday You Will"
  • Chiaravalle
  • McDonald
4:24
11."Ain't That Peculiar"5:15
12."You Can't Make It Love"
  • John Scott Sherrill
  • McDonald
4:27

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Blue Obsession – Michael McDonald". AllMusic . Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Blue Obsession – Michael McDonald | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  3. "Michael McDonald, Patient With 'Blue Obsession'". Articles.latimes.com. February 3, 2000. Retrieved September 22, 2015.