Beautiful Goodbye (album)

Beautiful Goodbye
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 8, 2014 (2014-07-08)
Recorded
  • Renegade Studio (Chicago)
  • Area 44 (Chicago)
  • Ocean Way (Westlake)
  • Ocean Way (St. Barth)
Length46:46
Labels
ProducerRichard Marx
Richard Marx chronology
Now and Forever: The Ballads
(2014)
Beautiful Goodbye
(2014)
The Ultimate Collection
(2016)
Singles from Richard Marx
  1. "Just Go"
    Released: February 14, 2013
  2. "Turn Off The Night"
    Released: May 20, 2014
  3. "Whatever We Started"
    Released: May 22, 2014
  4. "Beautiful Goodbye"
    Released: September 13, 2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStar[1]

Beautiful Goodbye is the 11th studio album by singer-songwriter and record producer Richard Marx. It was released on July 8, 2014. It is his first new studio album since his 2008 albums Emotional Remains and Sundown, although a seasonal album Christmas Spirit was issued in 2012. The album was preceded by the singles "Turn Off The Night"[2] in the UK on May 20 and "Whatever We Started" in the US on May 22. The title track was released as a single on September 13, 2014. "Just Go", a bonus track, had been previously released as a single on February 14, 2013.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, this disc had sold a total of 25,165 American copies as of January, 2018.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Marx, except where noted.

Standard release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Whatever We Started" 3:55
2."Suddenly" 4:45
3."Inside" 5:29
4."Beautiful Goodbye"4:55
5."Forgot To Remember" (#"" (Marx, , ) – 3:49)3:49
6."Turn Off the Night"3:28
7."Have a Little Faith" 4:43
8."Like the World Is Ending" 4:15
9."To My Senses" 4:56
10."Getaway"3:41
11."Eyes on Me" 3:04
Total length:46:46
Target exclusive bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Just Go"4:15
13."Moscow Calling" (Morgan Page remix)4:53
Total length:57:11

Chart performance

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Billboard 200 39

Album credits

  • Richard Marx – producer, lead and backing vocals, arrangements, guitars, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, programming, bass guitar, string arrangements
  • Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, programming, string arrangements
  • Michael Jade – keyboards, programming, backing vocals
  • Morgan Page – programming
  • C. J. Vanston – keyboards, programming, string arrangements
  • J. Blynn – guitars
  • Bruce Gaitsch – guitars
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • Heitor Pereira – guitars
  • Matt Scannell – guitars
  • Michael Thompson – guitars
  • Paul Bushnell – bass guitar
  • Herman Matthews – drums
  • Lucas Marx – drum programming
  • Cliff Colnot – string arrangements
  • Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements
  • Steven Miller – string arrangements
  • Chris Walden – string arrangements
  • Molly DeWolf – backing vocals
  • David Hodges – backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Chip Matthews – mixing
  • Matthew Prock – mixing

References

  1. ↑ "Beautiful Goodbye: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Turn Off The Night". Retrieved November 30, 2019.