No Protection (Starship album)

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No Protection
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Studio album by
Starship
ReleasedJuly 6, 1987 [1]
Recorded1986–1987
Studio
Genre
Length49:44
Label
Producer
Starship chronology
Knee Deep in the Hoopla
(1985)		No Protection
(1987)		 Love Among the Cannibals
(1989)
Singles from Semi Protection
  1. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
    Released: January 19, 1987 [2]
  2. "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
    Released: June 15, 1987 [3]
  3. "Beat Patrol"
    Released: September 1987
  4. "Set the Night to Music"
    Released: February 1988 [4]
Professional ratings
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No Protection is the second studio album by American rock band Starship. It was released on July 6, 1987, by Grunt Records and RCA Records. The album featured the number-one single "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", and the top-10 single "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)", the former of which appears in the fantasy comedy film Mannequin and the latter of which was a tune originally performed the previous year by one-time Manfred Mann's Earth Band frontman Chris Thompson for the soundtrack to the film Playing for Keeps . Third single "Beat Patrol" was #46 on Billboard's Hot 100.

Contents

This was the last album which was released through Grunt Records, and the final Starship album to feature vocalist Grace Slick, who left the band in 1988 and rejoined Jefferson Airplane for their reunion tour and self-titled reunion album, Jefferson Airplane , in 1989. The Diane Warren-penned ballad "Set the Night to Music" was covered in 1991 as a duet between R&B singer Roberta Flack and reggae singer Maxi Priest, released as a single from Flack's album Set the Night to Music . Cash Box said that the single "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)" is "a soaring, anthemic rocker with a winning chorus." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Beat Patrol" Johnny Warman Peter Wolf 4:25
2."Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
 Narada Michael Walden 4:30
3."It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
 Keith Olsen 4:17
4."Girls Like You"
P. Wolf4:16
5."Wings of a Lie"
P. Wolf4:58
6."The Children"
P. Wolf5:40
7."I Don't Know Why"
P. Wolf4:08
8."Transatlantic"
Olsen4:17
9."Say When"David RobertsOlsen4:23
10."Babylon"
Olsen4:37
11."Set the Night to Music"WarrenP. Wolf4:47
Total length:49:44

Personnel

Per liner notes [7]

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [20] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [21] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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