Go On...

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Go On...
Mr Mister Go On.jpg
Studio album by
Mr. Mister
ReleasedSeptember 8, 1987
Studio Village Recorder (Los Angeles)
Genre Pop rock
Length55:51
Label RCA
Producer
Mr. Mister chronology
Welcome to the Real World
(1985)		Go On...
(1987)		 Broken Wings: The Encore Collection
(1999)
Singles from Go On...
  1. "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)"
    Released: August 1987 [1]
  2. "Healing Waters"
    Released: November 1987 [2]
  3. "The Border"
    Released: November 1987 [3]
  4. "Stand and Deliver"
    Released: March 1988 [4]

Go On... is the third album by American pop rock band Mr. Mister, released on September 8, 1987, by RCA Records. It features a more serious tone than their previous album Welcome to the Real World , which was commercially successful. This album did not fare as well commercially and would become the last publicly released album by the band before they broke up in 1990.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In their retrospective review, AllMusic contended that Go On... retained the same themes, stylistics, and quality of work as their previous releases, and that "[t]he only significant change was in record sales". They particularly praised the album's lyrics, commenting, "during the height of the materialistic '80s, Go On was an example of a band using its pop culture bully pulpit to suggest that the "greed is good" philosophy was leaving a spiritual vacuum in American culture." [5]

Track listing

CD

All songs by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang except where noted:

  1. "Stand and Deliver" – 5:33
  2. "Healing Waters" – 5:07 [lower-alpha 1] (Page, George, Lang, Farris, Mastelotto)
  3. "Dust" – 6:35
  4. "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" – 4:24
  5. "The Tube" – 5:23
  6. "Bare My Soul" – 4:32 (Page, George, Steve Farris)*
  7. "Control" – 4:20
  8. "Watching the World" – 4:25
  9. "Power over Me" – 5:04
  10. "Man of a Thousand Dances" – 4:51 (Page, George, Lang, Farris)
  11. "The Border" – 5:42

Note:

* Track only available on CD and "Something Real" vinyl single.

LP/cassette

  1. "Stand and Deliver" – 5:33
  2. "Healing Waters" – 5:07
  3. "Dust" – 6:35
  4. "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" – 4:24
  5. "The Tube" – 5:23
  1. "Control" – 4:20
  2. "Watching the World" – 4:25
  3. "Power over Me" – 5:04
  4. "Man of a Thousand Dances" – 4:51
  5. "The Border" – 5:42

Personnel

Mr. Mister

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Go On...
Chart (1987)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Australian Music Report) [6] 67
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7] 36
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 39
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [9] 37
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 52
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [12] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 15
US Billboard 200 [15] 55

Certifications

Certifications for Go On...
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [16] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ↑ Mistakenly printed as 5:45 on physical disc (CD).

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References

  1. ↑ "Mr. Mister - Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)".
  2. ↑ "Mr. Mister - Healing Waters (Remix)".
  3. ↑ "Mr. Mister - the Border".
  4. ↑ "Mr. Mister - Stand and Deliver (Remix)".
  5. 1 2 Go On... at AllMusic
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 210. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0895". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Mr. Mister – Go On..." (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ "European Hot 100 Albums". Music & Media . Vol. 4, no. 41. October 17, 1987. p. 20. OCLC   29800226.
  10. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Mr. Mister". Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish) (2nd ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 177. ISBN   978-952-7460-01-6.
  11. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Mr. Mister – Go On..." (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Mr. Mister – Go On...". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Mr. Mister – Go On...". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Mr. Mister – Go On...". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Mr Mister Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Mr. Mister – Go On". Music Canada. October 28, 1987. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
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