Beautiful Goodbye (album)

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Beautiful Goodbye
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ReleasedJuly 8, 2014
RecordedRenegade Studio (Chicago), Area 44 (Chicago), Ocean Way (Westlake), Ocean Way (St. Barth)
Length47:01
Label Zanzibar Records, Kobalt Label Services
Producer Richard Marx, Walter Afanasieff
Richard Marx chronology
Now and Forever: The Ballads
(2014)
Beautiful Goodbye
(2014)
The Ultimate Collection
(2016)
Singles from Richard Marx
  1. "Just Go"
    Released: February 14, 2013
  2. "Turn Off The Night"
    Released: May 20, 2014
  3. "Whatever We Started"
    Released: May 22, 2014
  4. "Beautiful Goodbye"
    Released: September 13, 2014
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Beautiful Goodbye is the 11th studio album by singer/songwriter and record producer Richard Marx. It was released on July 8, 2014. It is his first new studio album since his 2008 albums Emotional Remains and Sundown , although a seasonal album Christmas Spirit was issued in 2012. The album was preceded by the singles "Turn Off The Night" [2] in the UK on May 20 and "Whatever We Started" in the US on May 22. The title track was released as a single on September 13, 2014. "Just Go", a bonus track, had been previously released as a single on February 14, 2013.

Contents

According to Nielsen SoundScan, this disc had sold a total of 25,165 American copies as of January, 2018.

Track listing

  1. "Whatever We Started" (Marx) - 3:55
  2. "Suddenly" (Marx) - 4:45
  3. "Inside" (Marx) - 5:29
  4. "Beautiful Goodbye" (Marx, Daisy Fuentes) - 4:55
  5. "Forgot To Remember" (Marx, Matt Scannell, Chris Mann) - 3:49
  6. "Turn Off The Night" (Marx, David Hodges, Steven Miller) - 3:28
  7. "Have A Little Faith" (Marx) - 4:43
  8. "Like The World Is Ending" (Marx) - 4:15
  9. "To My Senses" (Marx) - 4:56
  10. "Getaway" (Marx, Walter Afanasieff) - 3:41
  11. "Eyes On Me" (Marx) - 3:04

Bonus tracks

  1. "Just Go" (Marx)
  2. "Moscow Calling" (Marx)

Chart performance

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Billboard 200 39

Album credits

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References

  1. "Beautiful Goodbye: Overview". Allmusic . Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  2. "Turn Off The Night" . Retrieved November 30, 2019.