Bob Welch (album)

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Bob Welch
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Studio album by
Bob Welch
ReleasedOctober 1981
Recorded1981
Studio Sound City Studios Los Angeles
Location Recording Service Burbank, CA
Genre Rock
Length33:14
Label RCA
Producer Michael Verdick
Bob Welch chronology
Man Overboard
(1980)		Bob Welch
(1981)		 Eye Contact
(1983)
Singles from Welch
  1. "Two To Do"
    Released: November 1981
  2. "Remember"
    Released: May 1982
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Bob Welch is the fifth solo album from the ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist of the same name. It was his first for RCA Records. The album has since been reissued on CD by BMG Japan (in 2001) and in 2012 by Wounded Bird Records.

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Around the time of its release, Billboard wrote that the album was "filled with the kind of bouncy, memorable hooks and melody that characterized his other albums" and highlighted "Two To Do" as a song that "stands out among the new material". [2] When asked in an interview to promote his Bob Welch Looks at Bop album, Welch was asked if there were any songs he disliked recording, and Welch described one from this album.

"The easy part is a song that I didn't really want to record, but did anyway, and tried to do my best on it, and then the writer 'kicked me in the teeth' because I had changed a couple of things in the lyrics to make the song more singable for me. The song was "Bend Me Shape Me", on my 1st RCA album, which was a political nightmare to record from start to finish. I was trying to please everybody, and wound up pleasing nobody!" [3]

"Two to Do", the album's first single, reached number seven on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart, an extension to the Hot 100. [4] "It's What Ya Don't Say" became a minor hit peaking on the Mainstream Rock charts at number 45. [5] The album peaked just outside the Billboard 200 at number 201. [6] It also reached number 32 on the Billboard Rock Albums chart. [7]

Track listing

  1. "Two to Do" (Michael Clark) – 3:33
  2. "Remember" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) – 3:53
  3. "Bend Me, Shape Me" (Larry Weiss, Scott English) – 3:01
  4. "That's What We Said" (Bob Welch) – 3:07
  5. "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) – 3:55
  6. "It's What Ya Don't Say" (Steve Diamond) – 2:45
  7. "You Can't Do That" (Welch) – 2:36
  8. "Secrets" (Welch) – 3:09
  9. "Imaginary Fool" (Welch) – 3:22
  10. "To My Heart Again" (Tom Snow) – 3:04
  11. "Drive" (Welch) – 0:49

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Bob Welch at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Top Album Picks" (PDF). Billboard. October 24, 1981. p. 30. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Bob Welch Q&A Section 3". The Penguin. November 1999. Archived from the original on August 25, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Billboard. December 5, 1981. p. 80. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Billboard's Rock Albums & Top Tracks" (PDF). Billboard. January 30, 1982. p. 30. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bubbling Under The Top LPs" (PDF). Billboard. November 21, 1981. p. 92. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Billboard's Rock Albums & Top Tracks" (PDF). Billboard. January 16, 1982. p. 26. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
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