''Transition'' is the seventh studio album of John Miles in 1985, credited to the John Miles Band. In early 1984, Miles began to work on songs for his next album and went on tour to promote his current album '' Play On''. In late spring 1984, Miles and Marshall wrote more songs from the album while their manager was looking for a new record label. Some time later, while he was performing in a residence in Ibiza, Miles met Phil Carson, who was an executive from Atlantic Records. He signed Miles to a new record label, Valentino.
Miles and Marshall started to work with producer

Trevor Rabin Trevor Charles Rabin (; born ) is a South African rock musician and composer. Born into a musical family and raised in Johannesburg, Rabin took up the piano and guitar at an early age and became a session musician, playing and producing with a va ...

. Rabin, who had other commitments, only produced two tracks for them ("Blinded" and "I Need Your Love"). Miles did not want another long delay like with the previous album, he continued recording with engineer Pat Moran (who produced all other tracks except "Watching on Me" which was produced by

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) in Wales. "Blinded" and "I Need Your Love" were released as singles, but both failed to chart in the U.K, just like the album.

Track listing

All songs written by Marshall/Miles #"Once in Your Life" – 3:56 #"Run" – 3:46 #"Blinded" – 6:29 #"You're the One" – 4:32 #"I Need Your Love" – 4:56 #"Hard Time" – 4:13 #"Who Knows" – 3:56 #"Don't Lie to Me" – 4:24 #"Watching over Me" – 3:53

Personnel

Band members

* John Miles - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards *Bob Marshall - bass *

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- drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

*Pat Moran – producer, engineer, re-mixing *

– producer on tracks 3, 5 *

– producer on track 9 *Steve Benson, Paul DeVillea – engineers *Phil Vinall – mixing

References

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