Backlash (Bad English album)

Backlash is the second and final studio album by British/American rock band Bad English, released in 1991.^[1]

Backlash
Studio album by Bad English
Released	27 August 1991 (1991-08-27)
Recorded	1991
Studio	Conway Studios and Secret Sound L.A. (Hollywood, California); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California); Zoo Studios (Encino, California).
Genre	Hard rock[1]
Length	48:22
Label	Epic[2]
Producer	Ron Nevison[3]
Bad English chronology
Bad English (1989) Backlash (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]

The album peaked at No. 72 on the Billboard 200.^[8]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "taken together, the album — with its unceasing references to rain and rivers — inevitably bogs down, but heard one at a time over the FM in the Ford, even its platitudes, given [John] Waite’s delivery, add up to a hack-rock miracle or two."^[5] The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed Backlash "more spirited" than the debut.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"So This Is Eden"	John Waite Jonathan Cain Russ Ballard	5:09
2.	"Straight to Your Heart"	Waite Neal Schon Cain Mark Spiro	4:09
3.	"Time Stood Still"	Waite Ricky Phillips Jesse Harms	5:23
4.	"The Time Alone with You"	Waite Diane Warren Cain	4:41
5.	"Dancing Off the Edge of the World"	Waite Cain Schon	4:54
6.	"Rebel Say a Prayer"	Waite Cain Ballard	4:23
7.	"Savage Blue"	Waite Cain Schon	4:33
8.	"Pray for Rain"	Waite Spiro Cain	5:03
9.	"Make Love Last"	Waite Cain	5:19
10.	"Life at the Top"	Waite Cain Spiro Tim Pierce	4:51
Total length:			48:22

Personnel

Bad English

• John Waite – lead vocals
• Jonathan Cain – keyboards, backing vocals
• Neal Schon – guitars, backing vocals
• Ricky Phillips – bass, backing vocals
• Deen Castronovo – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
• Mark Spiro – backing vocals

Production

• Ron Nevison – producer, engineer
• Tony Phillips – vocal producer, vocal engineer
• Gil Morales – assistant engineer
• Jeff Poe – assistant engineer
• Dave Lopez – assistant vocal engineer
• Rand & Rose – mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Deandra Miller – production assistant
• Hugh Syme – art direction, design
• Brian Aris – photography
• HK Management and Trudy Green – management
• Lynda Lou Beach – management assistant
• Ged Malone – management assistant

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9]	34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	48
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	30
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	64
US Billboard 200[15]	72