The Very Best of Michael McDonald
by Michael McDonald
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 3 April 2001
- Label: Rhino
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:11:08
- Community rating: 3.19/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Rhino's survey of Michael McDonald covers his solo career and signature Doobie Brothers recordings, centred on his blue-eyed soul ballads. 'I Keep Forgettin'' and the duets with Patti LaBelle and James Ingram document the most imitated male voice of 1980s soft rock.
Genres
Descriptors: vocal, melodic, synthesizers, soulful, retro
Tracklist
- No Lookin' Back (3:51)
- I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) (3:42)
- I Gotta Try (3:53)
- Our Love (Theme From No Mercy) (Single Version) (4:22)
- Yah Mo B There (Single Version) (4:31)
- On My Own (4:39)
- By Heart (4:31)
- Bad Times (4:23)
- Matters Of The Heart (4:29)
- Sweet Freedom (Single Version) (4:05)
- Get The Word Started (5:40)
- Any Foolish Thing (4:24)
- Take It To Heart (5:54)
- Higher Ground (4:03)
- Lost In The Parade (3:48)
- Blink Of An Eye (4:53)
Credits
- Steven Chean - booklet editor [editorial supervision]
- Matt Forger - directed by [technical director]
- Amy Utstein - project manager [project assistance]
- Emily Cagan - project manager [project assistance]
- Randy Perry - project manager [project assistance]
- Jeff Porcaro - drums, percussion
- David Pack - guitar, guitar, synthesizer, written-by
- George Perilli - soloist, tom tom [tom (drum) solo], drum programming, drums, written-by
- Bruce Swedien - producer [produced by], recorded by, mixed by
- Grady Walker - engineer [additional engineering], written-by
- Lee Herschberg - engineer [additional engineering], engineer [engineered by]
- Ross Pallone - engineer [engineered by], mixed by
- Ken Levitan - management [representation], project manager [project assistance]
- Carole Bayer Sager - producer [produced by], written-by
- Hugh Brown - art direction
- Nancy L. Hopkins - design
- Brian Scheuble - engineer [additional engineering]
- Ed Goodreau - engineer [additional engineering]
- Gene Eichelberger - engineer [additional engineering]
- Jim Pace - engineer [additional engineering]
- Mike D. Stone - engineer [additional engineering]
- Calvin L贸ser - engineer [assisted by]
- Elaine Anderson - engineer [assisted by]
- Eric Rudd - engineer [assisted by]
- John Jackson - engineer [assisted by]
- Ken Deane - engineer [assisted by]
- Lori Fumar - engineer [assisted by]
- Michael W. Douglass - engineer [assisted by]
- Mike Tacci - engineer [assisted by]
- Mike Wuellner - engineer [assisted by]
- Rob Jaczko - engineer [assisted by]
- Scott Symington - engineer [assisted by]
- Steve Mcmanus - engineer [assisted by]
- Toby Wright - engineer [assisted by]
- Ben Fowler - engineer [engineered by]
- Bob Shaper - engineer [engineered by]
- Bruce Barris - engineer [engineered by]
- Donn Landee - engineer [engineered by]
- Ed Cherney - engineer [engineered by]
- Jeff Hendrickson - engineer [engineered by]
- Jim Isaacson - engineer [engineered by]
- Joel Moss - engineer [engineered by]
- Mark Linett - engineer [engineered by]
- Mick Guzauski - engineer [engineered by]
- David McLees - executive-producer
- Wendi Cartwright - legal [licensing]
- Vector Management - management [representation]
- Tom Lord-Alge - mixed by
- Charlie Paakkari - mixed by [assisted by]
- Chris Albert - mixed by [assisted by]
- Chris Fogel - mixed by [assisted by]
- Mikael Ifversen - mixed by [assisted by]
- Steve Elder - mixed by [assisted by]
- Tim Leitner - mixed by [assisted by]
- UE Nastasi - mixed by [assisted by]
- Humberto Gatica - mixed by [remixed by]
- Retna - photography by [cover photo]
- R茅my Deluze - photography by [cover photo]
- Lenny Waronker - producer [produced by]
- Richard Rudolph - producer [produced by]