Vox Humana (Kenny Loggins album)

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Vox Humana
Kenny Loggins Vox Humana.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1985
Recorded1985
Studio
Various
Genre Pop rock
Length43:43
Label Columbia
Producer Kenny Loggins, David Foster, Michael Omartian
Kenny Loggins chronology
High Adventure
(1982)
Vox Humana
(1985)
Back to Avalon
(1988)
Singles from Vox Humana
  1. "Vox Humana"
    Released: March 15, 1985
  2. "Forever"
    Released: May 12, 1985
  3. "I'll Be There"
    Released: September 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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People (favourable) [2]
Rolling Stone (favourable) [3]

Vox Humana is the fifth studio album released by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. Released in 1985, it was Loggins' first album released after his appearance upon the soundtrack to the motion picture Footloose during the year prior. [4] [5]

Contents

Vox Humana was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. [6]

Overview

Among those who make guest appearances are members of DeBarge, the Pointer Sisters, Philip Bailey, Mr. Mister's Richard Page and Steve George. [5]

Don Shewey reviewed the album for Rolling Stone , favorably comparing its rhythm tracks and production to Quincy Jones, but criticizing "the overblown productions of the ChicagoJourneyToto school of bombastic pop kitsch", especially on the song "Forever" with music by David Foster. [3] "Forever" was written for a short film called Access All Areas produced by Jenny Sullivan (ex-wife of Jim Messina, Loggins' former bandmate). The song was a Top 40 hit in 1985, and continues to be a favorite among Loggins' fans. Some of its success on the charts can be attributed to its use in the soap opera, The Young and the Restless . A live version was recorded on the video for Outside: From the Redwoods but was not included in the album release.

"Love Will Follow" was included as a duet version with singer Shanice on the Kenny Loggins live-concert album "Outside: From the Redwoods."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kenny Loggins, additional composers and lyricists noted below

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Vox Humana"Eva Ein Loggins 4:11
2."No Lookin' Back"
  • McDonald
  • Sanford
4:51
3."Let There Be Love" Dean Pitchford Nathan East 4:07
4."I'll Be There"E. E. Loggins David Foster 4:03
5."I'm Gonna Do It Right"  6:27
6."Forever"E. E. LogginsFoster4:26
7."At Last"E. E. Loggins
  • Foster
  • East
3:55
8."Loraine"E. E. LogginsFoster4:31
9."Love Will Follow"  Tom Snow 7:12
Total length:43:43

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Personnel

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Production

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