One Good Reason (album)

One Good Reason
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1987
Recordedlate 1986 – March 1987
StudioComforts Plac (Lingfield, Surrey)
Genre
Length39:13
LabelChrysalis
ProducerChristopher Neil
Paul Carrack chronology
Suburban Voodoo
(1982)
One Good Reason
(1987)
Groove Approved
(1989)

One Good Reason is the third solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, then a member of the rock supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was released in November 1987 by Chrysalis Records, five years after his previous studio album, Suburban Voodoo (1982). In the interim between solo albums, Carrack had been a member of Nick Lowe and his Cowboy Outfit, which released two studio albums in 1984 and 1985, and joined Mike + The Mechanics for their 1985 self-titled debut.

Mike + The Mechanics drummer Peter Van Hooke and songwriter and record producer Christopher Neil also appear on the album, serving in the same roles they did for the Mechanics. The album includes two of Carrack's highest charting solo hits in the US, "Don't Shed a Tear" (which became a Top 10 hit, peaking at No. 9) and "One Good Reason" (which peaked at No. 28).[3]

In addition to "Don't Shed a Tear", three additional singles charted from the album, including a cover of the Jackie DeShannon classic, "When You Walk in the Room". The album's title track, another one of these singles, also cracked the Top 30 on the US chart.

  1. ^ Deggans, Eric (1998). "Paul Carrack/Ace". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 200–201.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AllMusic DeGagne was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Paul Carrack USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.