No Lookin' Back is the second full-length solo album from former Doobie Brothers singer/songwriter Michael McDonald. It was released in 1985, and for the first time, he co-produced, as well as writing or co-writing all the songs.

It was re-released in 1986 with different album artwork, along with the inclusion of the hit single "Sweet Freedom

Sweet Freedom (Michael McDonald song)

"Sweet Freedom" is a 1986 single by Michael McDonald, and his last Top 10 hit. The single's music video featured McDonald, along with actors, Billy Crystal, and Gregory Hines, in the film Running Scared. -Charts:...

" from the soundtrack of the Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

Gregory Oliver Hines was an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.-Early years:Born in New York City, Hines and his older brother Maurice started dancing at an early age, studying with choreographer Henry LeTang...

 - Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

William Edward "Billy" Crystal is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes...

 movie "Running Scared."

Track listing

1. "No Lookin' Back" (McDonald, Kenny Loggins
   Kenny Loggins
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   , Ed Sanford) 3:55
2. "Bad Times" (McDonald) 4:21
3. "(I'll Be Your) Angel" (McDonald, Chuck Sabatino) 3:57
4. "By Heart" (McDonald, Sabatino, David Pack
   David Pack
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   ) 4:35
5. "Any Foolish Thing" (McDonald, Sabatino) 4:23
6. "Our Love" (McDonald, Pack) 4:32
7. "(I Hang) on Your Every Word" (McDonald, Amy Holland
   Amy Holland
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   ) 3:37
8. "Lost in the Parade" (McDonald, Grady Walker) 3:48
9. "Don't Let Me Down" (McDonald) 4:01

Production

• Produced By Michael McDonald, George Pirelli & Ted Templeman
• Engineers: Ross Pallone, Mike Wuellner
• Assistant Engineers: Lee Herschburg, Jim Pace, Grady Walker
• Mixing: Ross Pallone
• Mastering: Lee Herschburg

Personnel

• Drums, Percussion: Staff Fieldhouse, George Perilli, Jeff Porcaro
  Jeff Porcaro
  Jeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Porcaro was an American session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. Porcaro was one of the most recorded drummers in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions...
  
  , Ted Templeman
  Ted Templeman
  Ted Templeman is an American record producer.-Career:He began his career in the mid 1960s in the Santa Cruz area as a drummer in a band called The Tikis. At the suggestion of Lenny Waronker, the group decided to change their name. Harpers Bizarre was born in 1966, with Templeman switching to...
  
  
• Bass: Nathan East
  Nathan East
  Nathan Harrell East is a jazz, R&B and rock bass player and vocalist. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of California, San Diego...
  
  , Willie Weeks
  Willie Weeks
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• Keyboards, Synthesizers, Piano, Organ: Randy Goodrum
  Randy Goodrum
  Randy Goodrum is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" and "Broken Hearted Me" , Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" , England Dan & John Ford Coley's "It's Sad to Belong" , Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" , DeBarge's "Who's...
  
  , Michael Hanna, Brian Mann, Michael McDonald, David Pack
  David Pack
  David Robert Pack , is a Grammy Award Winning Artist, Producer & Music Director of Global Events. His career began as the front man, vocalist and guitarist with the rock group Ambrosia popular in the 1970s and 1980s.-Career:...
  
  , Chris Pelonis, Scott Plunkett, Chuck Sabatino
• Emulator: Chris Pelonis
• Guitars: Robben Ford
  Robben Ford
  Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...
  
  , David Pack, Joe Walsh
  Joe Walsh
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• Saxophone: Cornelius Bumpus
  Cornelius Bumpus
  Cornelius Bumpus was an American woodwind, keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California.He began his career playing alto saxophone at ten for the school band and by 12 was playing at Luso-American dances...