Can't Look Away is the fourth studio album by the singer-songwriter and musician Trevor Rabin, released on 31 July 1989 by Elektra Records. The album reached No. 111 on the U.S. Billboard 200"Can't Look Away - Trevor Rabin | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 15 November 2013. during a stay of ten weeks.[ "Trevor Rabin - Chart history"]. Billboard. Retrieved 15 November 2013. "Something to Hold on To" was released as a single and reached No. 3 on Billboard'''s Mainstream Rock chart, with its accompanying music video receiving a nomination for Best Video, Short Form at the 1990 Grammy Awards."32nd Grammy Awards - 1990". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 30 July 2014. In a 2004 interview, Rabin described Can't Look Away as "by far my best solo album and the one I'm happiest with".Prasad, Anil (2004). "Trevor Rabin - Capturing adrenaline". Innerviews. Retrieved 30 July 2014. The album was reissued in 2011 by Voiceprint Records."Trevor Rabin – Can't Look Away". Discogs. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
Critical reception
Vik Iyengar of AllMusic gave Can't Look Away'' three stars out of five. He praised it for having "a great sense of melody and layered guitars to create an arena rock sound", while also remarking that "Although the album loses a bit of steam in the second half, the first half includes great pop/rock tunes. ... Fans of latter-day Yes should definitely check out this album".
Track listing All tracks written by Trevor Rabin, with additional writers noted.
Personnel
Trevor Rabin – lead vocals, guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboard, bass, backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9), engineering, production Lou Molino III – drums (tracks 1–3, 8, 10) Alan White – drums (tracks 4, 11) Denny Fongheiser – drums (track 7) "Basil" – drum machine (tracks 4, 5, 9, 11) Duncan Faure – backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9) Tsidii Le Loka – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7) Beulah Hashe – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7) Faith Kekana – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7) Marilyn Nokwe – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7)
Technical
Bob Ezrin – backing vocals (tracks 3, 7), engineering, production Stan Katayama – engineering Rick Butz – engineering Julian Stoll – engineering Dave Subkleve – engineering Julie Last – engineering Tom Banghart – engineering Ringo Hrycyna – engineering
Charts Chart (1989) Peakposition
Awards Event Title Award Result1990 Grammys"Something to Hold on To"Best Video, Short Form
Notes
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