Worlds Away (Pablo Cruise album)

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Worlds Away
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 26, 1978
RecordedThe Record Plant, Sausalito, Redwing Sound, Los Angeles; mixed at Studio 55 and The Sound Factory, Los Angeles
Genre Pop rock, soft rock, yacht rock
Length39:55
Label A&M
Producer Bill Schnee
Pablo Cruise chronology
A Place in the Sun
(1977)
Worlds Away
(1978)
Part of the Game
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C [2]

Worlds Away is the fourth and most successful album by the California soft rock group Pablo Cruise. The album charted higher than any other of the band's albums, reaching #6 in the United States. Three singles were released from the album: "Love Will Find a Way", "Don't Want to Live Without It" and "I Go to Rio", reaching #6, #21, and #46 respectively. The title track, "Worlds Away" was not released as a single, but remains a favorite among many fans of the band today. [3]

Contents

Before the album was recorded, original bassist Bud Cockrell left the band and was replaced by Bruce Day.

Track listing

All tracks written by Cory Lerios and David Jenkins, except where noted.

Side One

  1. "Worlds Away" (Lerios, Bruce Day, Bob Brown) - 3:45
  2. "Love Will Find a Way" - 4:11
  3. "Family Man" - 4:58
  4. "Runnin'" - 6:30

Side Two

  1. "Don't Want to Live Without It" - 4:37
  2. "You're Out to Lose" (Jenkins, Lerios, Michael McDonald) - 3:28
  3. "Always Be Together" - 5:01
  4. "Sailing to Paradise" (Jenkins, Lerios, David Batteau) - 3:26
  5. "I Go to Rio" (Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson) - 3:59

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 7
United States (Billboard 200)6

Personnel

Pablo Cruise
Sidemen

Production

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References

  1. AllMusic review
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  3. allmusic ((( Pablo Cruise > Discography > Main Albums )))
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 227. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.