Blink of an Eye (Michael McDonald album)

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Blink of an Eye
Michael McDonald Blink of an Eye.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 3, 1993 (1993-08-03)
Recorded1993
Studio
Genre Blue-eyed soul
Length57:56
Label Reprise
Producer
Michael McDonald chronology
Take It to Heart
(1990)
Blink of an Eye
(1993)
Blue Obsession
(2000)

Blink of an Eye is the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, released on August 3, 1993, by Reprise Records, three years after his previous studio album, Take It to Heart (1990). [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Stand for You"
4:23
2."East of Eden"McDonald5:29
3."More to Us Than That"McDonald5:26
4."I Want You"Paul Buchanan4:16
5."No More Prayin'"McDonald6:20
6."Matters of the Heart"McDonald4:29
7."Hey Girl"5:56
8."What Makes a Man Hold On"
  • Sabatino
  • McDonald
4:19
9."Blink of an Eye"
  • George Perilli
  • McDonald
4:55
10."Everlasting"
4:31
11."For a Child"McDonald7:51
Total length:57:56

Personnel

Production and artwork

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References

  1. "Blink of an Eye by Michael McDonald on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 30 July 1993. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  2. Tim Griggs. "Blink of an Eye - Michael McDonald | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-22.