''A Place Like This'' is Robbie Nevil's second album, released in 1988. The album contains two tracks that became hit singles in the US. The first was "Back on Holiday" (US ''Billboard'' #34, ''Cash Box'' #30) followed by "Somebody Like You" (US ''Billboard'' #63).

Track listing

# "Somebody Like You" 4:16 (Richard Feldman, Robbie Nevil, Jeff Pescetto) # "Back on Holiday" 3:59 (Nevil, David Paul Bryant, Steve Dubin) # "Mary Lou" 4:11 (Nevil, Brock Walsh) # "Getting Better" 3:53 (Nevil, Walsh) # "Love and Money" 2:55 (Nevil, Walsh) # "Love Is Only Love" 4:44 (Mark Mueller, Nevil) # "Here I Go Again" 3:49 (Mueller, Nevil) # "Holding On" 3:09 (J. P. Charles, Nevil, Duncan Pain) # "Too Soon" 3:06 (Nevil, Walsh) # "Can I Count on You" 4:51 (Clyde Lieberman, Nevil) # "Dreams" 4:37 (Nevil, John Van Tongeren)

Production

* Produced by Robbie Nevil (Track 2), Chris Porter (Tracks 1, 3, 5-10) & Tom Lord-Alge (Track 4) * Tracks 1, 3, 6-10 recorded by Chris Porter; Track 2 recorded by Alan Meyerson; Track 4 recorded by Tom Lord-Alge; Track 5 recorded by Ernie Sheesley & Chris Porter * Additional Engineering: Chris Fuhrman & Will Rogers * Assistant Engineer: Claudio Ordenes * Mixing: Chris Porter * Mastering: Brian Gardner at

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(Hollywood, CA) * Art Direction: Henry Marquez * Design: Carol Chen * Photography: Steve Danelian * Project Coordination: Lisa Marie * Management: Ron Weisner Entertainment

Personnel

* Robbie Nevil - lead vocals, all guitars, additional keyboards on tracks 1, 6, 11 *

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(tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 10), Tommy Faragher (track 2),

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(track 4), "The Trash Band" (track 5) - keyboards * Billy Childs (track 7) - acoustic piano * Richard Hurwitz (track 7), Casey Young (track 8) - Synclavier *

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(tracks 1, 2, 3, 6), Robby Kilgore (track 4), Larry Gales (track 7), "The Cook" (track 8) - bass guitar *

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(track 4) - fretless bass * John Van Tongeren (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10), "The Trash Band" (track 5) - synth bass * Steve Dubin (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10), John "J.R." Robinson (tracks 3, 6), Jimmy Bralower (track 4),

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(track 7), J.P. Charles (track 8) - drums * Paulinho Da Costa (tracks 1, 3, 9, 10), John "J.R." Robinson (tracks 1, 10), Bashiri Johnson (tracks 2, 4), John Van Tongeren (track 6) - percussion * Lenny Pickett (track 2), Danny Pelfrey (tracks 3, 5, 6), Brandon Fields (track 4) - saxophone * Alfie Silas (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 10), Chris Thompson (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 10), Jeff Pescetto (tracks 1, 6, 10), Laura Hunter (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 10), Voncielle Faggett (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10), Cindy Mizelle (track 2), Frank Floyd (track 2), Lotti Golden (track 2), Tommy Faragher (track 2), Tommy Funderburk (tracks 3, 5, 10) - backing vocals

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Place Like This, A 1988 albums Manhattan Records albums Robbie Nevil albums Albums produced by Tom Lord-Alge