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guitarist of the same name. It was his first for

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. The album has since been reissued on CD by BMG Japan (in 2001) and in 2012 by Wounded Bird Records. When asked in an interview to promote his '' Bob Welch Looks at Bop'' album, Welch was asked if there were any songs he disliked recording, and Welch described one from this album. "The easy part is a song that I didn't really want to record, but did anyway, and tried to do my best on it, and then the writer 'kicked me in the teeth' because I had changed a couple of things in the lyrics to make the song more singable for me. The song was "Bend Me Shape Me", on my 1st RCA album, which was a political nightmare to record from start to finish. I was trying to please everybody, and wound up pleasing nobody!" "It's What Ya Don't Say" became a minor hit peaking on the Mainstream Rock charts at number 45.

Track listing

# "Two to Do" (Michael Clark) – 3:33 # "Remember" (

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" (Larry Weiss, Scott English) – 3:01 # "That's What We Said" (Bob Welch) – 3:07 # "

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) – 3:55 # "It's What Ya Don't Say" (Steve Diamond) – 2:45 # "You Can't Do That" (Welch) – 2:36 # "Secrets" (Welch) – 3:09 # "Imaginary Fool" (Welch) – 3:22 # "To My Heart Again" (

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) – 3:04 # "Drive" (Welch) – 0:49

Personnel

Musicians

* Bob Welch –

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* Tom Kelly –

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* Joey Brasler – guitar * Brad Palmer –

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* Dave Rodriguez – bass guitar * David Adelstein –

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Technical

* Michael Verdick – producer,

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* Paul Lani – assistant engineer * Tori Swenson – assistant engineer * Leon Lecash – cover

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* Sam Emerson – sleeve photography * Larry Vigon – artwork

References

1981 albums Bob Welch (musician) albums RCA Records albums Albums recorded at Sound City Studios {{1980s-rock-album-stub