''Can't Wait All Night'' is the sixth solo
studio album
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by American
pop and
country
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singer
Juice Newton
Judith Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categorieswinning once in 1983as well ...
, released by
RCA Records
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in 1984. The album was produced by
Richard Landis
Richard Landis is an American studio musician, recording artist, singer/songwriter, and music producer. He has over 40 years of professional credits and chart success including a share of the 1994 CMA award for Album of the Year. At years end, ...
and is Newton's last studio album to chart on the
''Billboard'' 200, reaching #128.
Overview
''Can't Wait All Night'' marked the end of Newton's run on the pop charts, as it contains her last two songs to date to chart on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100: "A Little Love", which peaked at #44, and the edgy
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
-written and produced title track, which peaked at #66. Both songs were aided by popular music videos. The former is also Newton's most recent Top 10 hit on the
Adult Contemporary chart
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, peaking at #7. Her next album, ''
Old Flame'', would mark Newton's return full-force to the country music charts.
The album was re-issued on
CD by
Wounded Bird in 2007.
Critical reception
Jim Allen of
AllMusic
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retrospectively gave the album two out of five stars and wrote that "In the wake of Juice Newton's massive success with her country-pop sound in the early 1980s, she started fiddling with the formula" adding that "while the experimentation process failed to keep her in the charts, it did send her down some different stylistic routes, like the glossy, rock-tinged sound of the album's lead-off cut, "A Little Love," which was the closest thing to a hit on the album."
Track listing
Personnel
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Juice Newton
Judith Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categorieswinning once in 1983as well ...
–
lead
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and background vocals
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Mike Baird
Michael Bruce Baird (born 1 April 1968) is an Australian investment banker and former politician who was the 44th Premier of New South Wales, the Minister for Infrastructure, the Minister for Western Sydney, and the Leader of the New South W ...
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drums
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*Dennis Belfield –
bass guitar
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*George Doering –
guitar
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;
keyboards
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* Musi ...
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Dann Huff
Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...
– guitar
*
Fred Tackett
Fred Tackett (born August 30, 1945) is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known as a member of the band Little Feat.
In addition to his work with Little F ...
– guitar
*
Kevin Dukes
Kevin Dukes is an American guitarist.
A native of Natchez, Mississippi, Dukes attended The University of Southern Mississippi as a Music Theory and Composition major prior to moving to Los Angeles, California in the late 1970s. He has toured an ...
– guitar
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Alan Pasqua
Alan Pasqua (born June 28, 1952) is an American rock and jazz pianist. He studied at Indiana University and the New England Conservatory of Music. His album ''Standards'' with drummer Peter Erskine was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008. As a ...
– keyboards
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Reed Nielsen
Nielsen Pearson was an American duo consisting of Reed Nielsen and Mark Pearson. They are a one-hit wonder known for their only top 40 single, " If You Should Sail". Mark Pearson was also a member of The Brothers Four.
Discography Albums
* ''The ...
– keyboards
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Richard Gibbs
Richard "Ribbs" Gibbs (born December 5, 1955) is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include ''Dr. Dolittle'', ''Big Momma's House'', ''Queen of the Damned'', the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' and the first s ...
– keyboards
*
Jim Lang –
Hammond organ
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*Joe Peskin –
saxophone
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Otha Young
Otha Young (a.k.a. Robert Otha Young) (May 10, 1943 – August 6, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and the longtime musical partner of country-pop artist Juice Newton.
Otha was born on May 10, 1943 in Tulare, Tu ...
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percussion
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Richard Landis
Richard Landis is an American studio musician, recording artist, singer/songwriter, and music producer. He has over 40 years of professional credits and chart success including a share of the 1994 CMA award for Album of the Year. At years end, ...
– percussion
*
Tom Kelly –
backing vocals
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Tom Funderbunk – backing vocals
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Bill Champlin
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– backing vocals
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Andrew Gold
Andrew Maurice Gold (August 2, 1951 – June 3, 2011) was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who influenced much of the Los Angeles-dominated pop rock, pop/soft rock sound in the 1970s. Gold played on scor ...
– backing vocals
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Kenny Edwards
Kenneth Michael Edwards (February 10, 1946 – August 18, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, bassist, guitarist, mandolinist, and session musician. He was a founding member of the Stone Poneys and Bryndle and a long-time collaborator wi ...
– backing vocals
*Greg Prestopino – backing vocals
*Gary Durrett – backing vocals
*Maxine Anderson – backing vocals
*Linda McCrary – backing vocals
*Lisa Roberts – backing vocals
*Howard Smith – backing vocals
*Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
*Jon Joyce – backing vocals
References
External links
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1984 albums
Juice Newton albums
Albums produced by Richard Landis
RCA Records albums
Wounded Bird Records albums