No Holding Back is the eleventh studio album by Jamaican reggae fusion singer Wayne Wonder. It was released on March 4, 2003 via VP Records; and it remains Wonder’s only album to date to have charted on the Billboard 200, peaking at #29. The title of the album comes from the chorus of the single "No Letting Go", which helped make it Wonder's most successful album.
Critical reception
In a positive review, Vibe magazine's Rob Kenner gave No Holding Back a four-out-of-five disc rating and called it "the right record at the right time" because of its mixture of innovative dancehall and decent R&B-pop songs. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave it four out of five stars and said that the reggae-inflected R&B album is generally in the same vein as "No Letting Go", which shows that "the only thing on Wonder's mind is love, and if he has nothing new to say about it, he nevertheless keeps things moving along nicely." In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic and graded the album as a "dud", indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought."
Track listing Track listingTitleSongwriter(s)PerformersSamples"Intro"V. W. CharlesWayne Wonder"No Letting Go"V. W. CharlesS. MarsdenWayne WonderDiwali Riddim by Steven "Lenky" Marsden"Bounce Along"V. W. CharlesS. MarsdenP. EdmundWayne WonderDwayne "Deenucka" Johnson (chorus)"Friend Like Me"V. W. CharlesP. EdmundWanye Wonder"Nobody But Me"V. W. CharlesP. EdmundWayne Wonder"Glad You Came My Way"V. W. CharlesS. MarsdenWayne Wonder"Crazy Feeling"V. W. CharlesD. BennettO. BrianWayne Wonder (chorus and bridge)Elephant Man (1st and 2nd verse)"Definitely"V. W. CharlesP. YubahC. YorkWayne Wonder"Just Another Day"V. W. CharlesA. KellyS. MarsdenWayne Wonder"Close Your Eyes"V. W. CharlesD. BennettDasekaWayne Wonder"My Kinda Lady"V. W. CharlesM. GregoryA. KellyWayne Wonder"The Mood Is Right"V. W. CharlesC. ParksWayne Wonder"Slowly But Surely"V. W. CharlesO. RenallsWayne Wonder"Perfect Proposal"V. W. CharlesA. KellyS. MarsdenWayne Wonder"Enemies"V. W. CharlesD. ThompsonT. RamiWayne WonderSupriz (chorus)"Metal And Steel"V. W. CharlesD. JohnsonWayne WonderDemo DelgadoShowki Ru"Saddest Day"V. W. CharlesC. BrowneW. JohnsonWayne Wonder
Personnel ContributorsProducersProducersSteven Marsden, Joel Chin, Von Wayne Charles, Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett, Collin "Bulby" York, Lynford "Fatta" Marshall, Tony "CD" Kelly, Craig "Lef Side" Parks, Mathew "Esco" Thompson, O. McNaught & O. Rennalls, Troyton Rami & Roger Mackenzie, Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnson, Donovan GermainExecutive ProducersChristopher Chin, Joel ChinPerformersLead vocals and rappingWayne Wonder, Elephant Man, Supriz, Demo Delgado, Showki RuBackground vocalsDwayne "Deenucka" JohnsonGuitarDalton BrownePercussionPaul "Teetimus" Edmund (drums)SynthesizerSteven "Lenky" Marsden (keyboard)TechniciansEngineersJoel Chin, Fitzroy "Wizard" Blake, Tony Kelly, Michael MacDonald, A. "Rookie" Tyrell, Collin "Bulbie" YorkAssistant EngineersBackra, Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnson, Michael MacDonald, Richard "12" Brown, Denise "Bandit" Shields, Kevin Evil, BaddableMasteringJoel Chin, Chris ScottMixingJoel Chin, Tony Kelly, Michael MacDonald, Troyton Rami, Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds, A. "Rookie" Tyrell, Collin "Bulbie" YorkMixing AssistantClaude "Weakhand" ReynoldsArt Direction, DesignKiku YamaguchiPhotographyWilliam Richards
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 94
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