''No Brakes'' is the second solo album by

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. It was released in the United States in 1984 on the

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label. It features Waite's biggest hit single " Missing You" which hit #1 on

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and the

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. ''No Brakes'' was

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in September 1984 - three weeks prior to breaking into the Top 10 of ''

''s album chart. The album's second single, "Tears", charted at #8 on

chart, and #37 on the Billboard's

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chart.

Track listing

# "Saturday Night" (

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, John Waite) - 2:46 # " Missing You" (Mark Leonard, Chas Sandford, Waite) - 4:30 # "Dark Side of the Sun" (

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) - 3:57 # "Restless Heart" (Waite) - 4:27 # "Tears" ( Vinnie Cusano, Adam Mitchell) - 3:59 # "Euroshima" (Gary Myrick, Waite) - 5:05 # "Dreamtime/Shake It Up" (Waite,

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) - 5:10 # "For Your Love" (Waite, Myrick, Donnie Nossov, Curly Smith) - 3:38 # "Love Collision" (Waite, Myrick, Nossov, Smith) - 3:51

Personnel

* John Waite – lead and backing vocals *

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– keyboards *

– guitars * Donnie Nossov – bass, backing vocals * Curly Smith – drums * Steve Scales – percussion

Production

* Produced by John Waite, Gary Gersh and David Thoener. * Engineered and Mixed by David Thoener * Recording Assistants – John Agnello, Eddie DeLena, David Egerton and Jim Scott. * Mix Assistant – John Agnello * Recorded at Record Plant NYC and Record Plant Los Angeles. * Mastered by

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at Sterling Sound (New York, NY). * Art Direction – Henry Marquez * Design – Michael Hodgson * Cover Photo –

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* Inner Sleeve Photos – Barry Linwell, Jeffrey Scales, Geoffrey Thomas and Mark Weiss. * Management – Steven Machat and Rick Smith

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References