A Place Like This is Robbie Nevil's second album, released in 1988. The album contains two tracks that became hit singles in the US. The first was "Back on Holiday" (US Billboard #34, Cash Box #30) followed by "Somebody Like You" (US Billboard #63).
Contents
Track listing
"Somebody Like You" (Richard Feldman, Robbie Nevil, Jeff Pescetto) - 4:16
"Back on Holiday" (Nevil, David Paul Bryant, Steve Dubin) - 3:59
"Mary Lou" (Nevil, Brock Walsh) - 4:11
"Getting Better" (Nevil, Walsh) - 3:53
"Love and Money" (Nevil, Walsh) - 2:55
"Love Is Only Love" (Mark Mueller, Nevil) - 4:44
"Here I Go Again" (Mueller, Nevil) - 3:49
"Holding On" (J.P. Charles, Nevil, Duncan Pain) - 3:09
"Too Soon" (Nevil, Walsh) - 3:06
"Can I Count on You" (Clyde Lieberman, Nevil) - 4:51
"Dreams" (Nevil, John Van Tongeren) - 4:37
Production
Chris Porter – producer (1, 3, 5–10), recording (1, 3, 5–10), mixing
Robbie Nevil – producer (2)
Tom Lord-Alge – producer (4), recording (4)
Alan Meyerson – recording (2)
Ernie Sheesley – recording (5)
Chris Fuhrman – additional engineer
Will Rogers – additional engineer
Claudio Ordenes – assistant engineer
Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA)
Henry Marquez – art direction
Carol Chen – design
Steve Danelian – photography
Lisa Marie – production assistant, project coordination
Ron Weisner Entertainment – management
Personnel
Robbie Nevil – lead vocals, all guitars, additional keyboards (1, 6, 11)
John Van Tongeren – keyboards (1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11), synth bass (1, 3, 6, 10, 11), percussion (6)
Tommy Faragher – keyboards (2), backing vocals (2)
Robbie Kondor – keyboards (4)
"The Trash Band" – keyboards (5), synth bass (5)
Billy Childs – acoustic piano (7)
Richard Hurwitz – Synclavier (7)
Casey Young – Synclavier (8)
Nathan East – bass (1–3, 6, 11)
Robbie Kilgore – bass (4)
Neil Stubenhaus – fretless bass (4)
Larry Gales – bass (7)
"The Cook" – bass (8)
Steve Dubin – drums (1, 2, 5, 10)
Jimmy Bralower – drums (4)
Bobby Colomby – drums (7)
J.P. Charles – drums (8)
Dave Weckl – drums (11)
John "J.R." Robinson – additional percussion (1, 10), drums (3, 6)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 9, 10)