Don't Look Back (Natalie Cole album)

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Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back Natalie Cole.jpg
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ReleasedMay 15, 1980
Recorded1979–80
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Genre
Label Capitol
Producer
Natalie Cole chronology
We're the Best of Friends
(1979)
Don't Look Back
(1980)
Happy Love
(1981)
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Don't Look Back is a 1980 album by American singer Natalie Cole. Released on May 15, 1980, by Capitol Records, The album reached peak positions of number 77 on the Billboard 200; number 17 on Billboard 's R&B Albums chart. [2]

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The album spawned one Top 40 single, "Someone That I Used to Love," which reached number 21 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spent five months on the charts. It also peaked at number three on the Adult Contemporary chart. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Look Back" (Fred Allen, Marvin Yancy, Natalie Cole) - 4:08
  2. "(I've Seen) Paradise" (Marvin Yancy, Natalie Cole) - 4:31
  3. "Hold On" (Kevin Yancy, Marvin Yancy, Natalie Cole) - 4:50
  4. "Stairway to the Stars" (Frank Signorelli, Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish) - 3:08
  5. "I'm Getting Into You" (Chuck Bynum, Marvin Yancy, Natalie Cole) - 3:57
  6. "Someone That I Used to Love" (Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser) - 4:05
  7. "Danger Up Ahead" (Natalie Cole) - 6:30
  8. "Beautiful Dreamer" (Natalie Cole) - 4:10
  9. "Cole Blooded" (Gene Barge, Natalie Cole) - 4:56

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1980) [2] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tape 77
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 17

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. 1 2 "Don't Look Back > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic . Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 54.