''Can't Look Away'' is the fourth studio album by the singer-songwriter and musician

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, released on 10 July 1989 by

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. The album reached No. 111 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200"Can't Look Away - Trevor Rabin , Awards"
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. Retrieved 15 November 2013. during a stay of ten weeks. " Something to Hold on To" was released as a single and reached No. 3 on ''Billboards

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chart, with its accompanying

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."Trevor Rabin – Can't Look Away"

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Critical reception

Vik Iyengar of

gave ''Can't Look Away'' three stars out of five. He praised it for having "a great sense of melody and layered guitars to create an arena rock sound", while also remarking that "Although the album loses a bit of steam in the second half, the first half includes great pop/rock tunes. ... Fans of latter-day

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should definitely check out this album".

Track listing

All tracks written by Trevor Rabin, with additional writers noted.

Personnel

*Trevor Rabin –

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(tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9),

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–

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(tracks 1–3, 8, 10) * Alan White – drums (tracks 4, 11) *Denny Fongheiser – drums (track 7) *"Basil" – drum machine (tracks 4, 5, 9, 11) *

Duncan Faure Rabbitt were a South African rock band formed in 1972, evolving from a band called The Conglomeration, consisting of members Trevor Rabin, Duncan Faure, Ronnie Robot, and Neil Cloud. Their successes included making it to the top of the South A ...

– backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9) *

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– backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7) *Beulah Hashe – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7) *Faith Kekana – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7) *Marilyn Nokwe – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7) ;Technical *

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– backing vocals (tracks 3, 7), engineering, production *Stan Katayama – engineering *Rick Butz – engineering *Julian Stoll – engineering *Dave Subkleve – engineering *Julie Last – engineering *Tom Banghart – engineering *Ringo Hrycyna – engineering

Chart performance

Album

Singles

Awards

Notes

References

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