''The Unimaginable Life'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter

Kenny Loggins Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. His ...

, released on July 8, 1997, to coincide with his book of the same name that he co-wrote with his second wife, Julia. The liner notes include excerpts from the book.

Track listing

# "Let the Pendulum Swing"; Poem written and read by Julia Loggins (Julia Loggins, Steve Wood) – 2:17 # "Just Breathe" (Loggins, Chris Rodriguez, Steve George) – 6:10 # "I Am Not Hiding" (Loggins, Steve George) – 5:05 # "All I Ask" (Loggins,

Babyface Babyface or Baby Face can refer to: Nicknames * Lester Joseph Gillis a.k.a. Baby Face Nelson, an infamous 1930s bank robber * Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette (1933–1971), an American hard bop and soul-jazz musician * "Baby Face", Jimmy McLarnin ...

) – 6:00 # "Now That I Know Love" (Loggins, Steve George) – 7:03 # "The Art of Letting Go" (Loggins, Michael Ruff) – 7:28 # "One Chance at a Time" (Loggins,

Glen Ballard Basil Glen Ballard Jr. (born May 1, 1953) is an American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer. He is best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's 1995 album '' Jagged Little Pill'', which won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Alb ...

) – 7:18 # "Love's Got Nothin' to Prove" (Loggins, John Barnes) – 5:27 # "This Island Earth" (Loggins) – 5:20 # "No Doubt About Love" (Loggins,

) – 4:26 # "The Rest of Your Life" (K. Loggins, Julia Loggins,

Jonathan Butler Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music. Biography Born and raised in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, during Apa ...

) – 4:57 # "Birth Energy" (Loggins) – 6:41 # "The Unimaginable Life" (Loggins,

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...

) – 6:05 # "Your Spirit and My Spirit" (Loggins) – 1:46

Personnel

* Kenny Loggins – lead vocals * Steve George – keyboards *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– keyboards * Michael Ruff – keyboards * John Barnes – Synclavier *

Walter Afanasieff Walter Afanasieff (born Vladimir Nikitich Afanasyev; February 10, 1958), formerly nicknamed Baby Love in the 1980s, is an American record producer and songwriter of Russian-Chinese descent. He was a collaborator with Mariah Carey on her first ...

– keyboards (13), synthesizer (13), bass (13), drum programming (13), programming (13), arrangements (13) * Dan Shea – additional keyboards (13), additional programming (13) * Gary Cimirelli – additional programming (13) * Vernon "Ice" Black – guitar *

Earl Klugh Earl Klugh ( ; born September 16, 1953) is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy award and thirteen nominations. Klugh was awarded the “1977” Best Recording Award For Performance and Sound” for his album “Fin ...

– guitar * Michael Landau – electric guitar * Ray Parker Jr. – guitar *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

– acoustic guitar *

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1959 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and the ...

– acoustic guitar * Fred Tackett – guitar * Michael Thompson – guitar * Nathan East – bass * Randy Jackson – bass *

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (since 1 ...

– bass * Freddie Washington – bass *

Omar Hakim Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer, producer, arranger and composer. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kate ...

– drums *

Tris Imboden Gregory Tristan "Tris" Imboden (born July 27, 1951) is an American rock and jazz drummer. As a performer, he has been in studio sessions and on tour with some of the most notable and highest-selling musicians of all time. He was the drummer fo ...

– drums * John Robinson – drums *

Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain ( ur, , link=no) is the name of: * Zakir Husain (politician), an Indian politician and former president of India * Zakir Hussain (actor), Bollywood actor * Zakir Hussain (field hockey) (1934–2019), Pakistani field hockey player * ...

– percussion * Munyungo Jackson – percussion * Kevin Ricard – percussion * Bill Summers – percussion * John Zeretzke – duduk, flute * Everette Harp – saxophone * Karen Briggs – violin * Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements and conductor (13) * Joey Blake – backing vocals *

Karla Bonoff Karla may refer to: People * Karla (name), a feminine given name * Petras Karla (1937–1969), Soviet Olympic rower Places * Karla, Kose Parish, a village in Harju County, Estonia * Karla, Rae Parish, a village in Harju County, Estonia * K ...

– backing vocals * Joey Diggs – backing vocals * Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals * Bobbi Page – backing vocals * Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals * Howard Smith – backing vocals * Lamont Van Hook – backing vocals *

Carvin Winans The Winans family is a U.S. family of gospel music artists from Detroit, Michigan. Family members * David "Pop" Winans Sr. (father; b. April 20, 1934 – d. April 8, 2009) * Delores "Mom" Winans (mother; b. September 22, 1936) * David Winans ...

– backing vocals * Agape Choir of Santa Monica – choir * Lynn Davis – backing vocals (13) * Sandy Griffith – backing vocals (13) *

Phillip Ingram Phillip Ingram (born 1958) is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group "Switch" and is the younger brother of James Ingram. Biography Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a mus ...

– backing vocals (13) *

Skyler Jett Commodores are an American funk and soul band, which were at their peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in ...

– backing vocals (13) * Conesha Owens – backing vocals (13) * Claytoven Richardson – backing vocals (13) *

Jeanie Tracy Jeanie Tracy is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame in the late 1970s as a background singer of Sylvester, an American disco singer. Her first album, '' Me and You'' (1982), featured post-disco hits "I'm ...

– backing vocals (13)

References

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