Now (Paul Rodgers album)

Now
Studio album by Paul Rodgers
Released	17 June 1997
Genre	Rock
Length	54:53
Label	Ramshackle Music Limited
Producer	Paul Rodgers, Eddie Kramer and Dan Priest
Paul Rodgers chronology
Live: The Loreley Tapes (1996) Now (1997) Now & Live (1997)
Singles from Now
"Soul of Love" Released: 1996 "All I Want Is You" Released: 1997

Now is the third studio album by English rock musician Paul Rodgers, of Free and Bad Company fame. ^[1] It is his second solo work of original material, following 1993's Muddy Water Blues.

The song "Saving Grace" was later re-recorded by Rodgers with Bad Company as one of two new studio recordings on their live album In Concert: Merchants of Cool .

The album was later reissued as a part of 2-CDset, Now & Live , which packaged the album alongside Rodger's 1996 live recording Live: The Loreley Tapes .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Paul Rodgers, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul of Love"		4:51
2.	"Overloaded"		3:16
3.	"Heart of Fire"		4:13
4.	"Saving Grace"	Rodgers, Neal Schon, Geoff Whitehorn	4:51
5.	"All I Want Is You"		5:33
6.	"Chasing Shadows"		4:43
7.	"Love Is All I Need"		5:57
8.	"Nights Like This"		5:19
9.	"Shadow of the Sun"		5:23
10.	"I Lost It All"		5:53
11.	"Holding Back the Storm"	Rodgers, Andrea Rodriguez	4:54

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
8.	"Ride My Love"	4:35

Album outtakes

1. "Soul of Love" (acoustic version) – Released as B-side to "Soul of Love"
2. "Shadow of the Sun" (acoustic version) – Released as B-side to "All I Want Is You"
3. "Ride Easy, Ride Slow" – Released as B-side to "All I Want Is You"

Personnel

• Paul Rodgers - lead vocals, rhythm guitar on "Soul of Love", "Overloaded", "Chasing Shadows" and "Shadow of the Sun", 12-string guitar on "All I Want Is You" and "Holding Back the Storm", piano on "Love Is All I Need"
• Geoff Whitehorn - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jaz Lochrie - bass, backing vocals
• Jim Copley - drums

with:

• Clive Brown and the Shekinah Singers - choir on "Love Is All I Need"
• Jennifer Phillips, Paul Boldeau - vocals on "Love Is All I Need"
• Dan Priest - tambourine on "Love Is All I Need"

Charts

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1997	"Soul Of Love"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	15

References

1. Limongelli, Joe (27 July 1997). "Passing Tones". Sunday Dispatch . Retrieved 2 August 2025.