No Brakes
No Brakes is the second solo album by the English musician John Waite, released in 1984. It features Waite's biggest hit single "Missing You" which hit number 1 on the US Billboard's Album Rock Tracks and the Billboard Hot 100. No Brakes was certified Gold in September 1984 – three weeks prior to breaking into the Top 10 of Billboards album chart.
The album's second single, "Tears", a cover of a song originally recorded by former Kiss drummer Peter Criss for his 1982 album Let Me Rock You, charted at number 8 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart and number 37 on the Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
Track listing
- "Saturday Night" – 2:46
- "Missing You" – 4:30
- "Dark Side of the Sun" – 3:57
- "Restless Heart" – 4:27
- "Tears" – 3:59
- "Euroshima" – 5:05
- "Dreamtime/Shake It Up" – 5:10
- "For Your Love" – 3:38
- "Love Collision" – 3:51
Personnel
- John Waite – lead and backing vocals
- Bruce Brody – keyboards
- Gary Myrick – guitars
- Donnie Nossov – bass, backing vocals
- Curly Smith – drums
- Steve Scales – percussion
- Produced by John Waite, Gary Gersh and David Thoener
- Engineered and Mixed by David Thoener
- Recording assistants – John Agnello, Eddie DeLena, David Egerton and Jim Scott
- Mix assistant – John Agnello
- Recorded at Record Plant NYC and Record Plant Los Angeles
- Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York
- Art direction – Henry Marquez
- Design – Michael Hodgson
- Cover photo – David Bailey
- Inner sleeve photos – Barry Linwell, Jeffrey Scales, Geoffrey Thomas and Mark Weiss
- Management – Steven Machat and Rick Smith