A Place Like This

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)[2][3] followed by "Somebody Like You" (US Billboard #63).

A Place Like This
Studio album by Robbie Nevil
Released	March 22, 1988
Recorded	1987 Ground Control, Santa Monica, California, Skyline Studios & Right Track Recording (both New York City, NY), and Hit Factory (NY, NY).
Genre	Rock, pop rock
Length	43:36
Label	EMI Manhattan CDP-7-48359
Producer	Robbie Nevil, Chris Porter, Tom Lord Alge
Robbie Nevil chronology
Robbie Nevil (1986) A Place Like This (1988) Day 1 (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Somebody Like You" 4:16 (Richard Feldman, Robbie Nevil, Jeff Pescetto)
2. "Back on Holiday" 3:59 (Nevil, David Paul Bryant, Steve Dubin)
3. "Mary Lou" 4:11 (Nevil, Brock Walsh)
4. "Getting Better" 3:53 (Nevil, Walsh)
5. "Love and Money" 2:55 (Nevil, Walsh)
6. "Love Is Only Love" 4:44 (Mark Mueller, Nevil)
7. "Here I Go Again" 3:49 (Mueller, Nevil)
8. "Holding On" 3:09 (J. P. Charles, Nevil, Duncan Pain)
9. "Too Soon" 3:06 (Nevil, Walsh)
10. "Can I Count on You" 4:51 (Clyde Lieberman, Nevil)
11. "Dreams" 4:37 (Nevil, John Van Tongeren)[4]

Production

• Produced by Robbie Nevil (Track 2), Chris Porter (Tracks 1, 3, 5-10) & Tom Lord-Alge (Track 4)
• Tracks 1, 3, 6-10 recorded by Chris Porter; Track 2 recorded by Alan Meyerson; Track 4 recorded by Tom Lord-Alge; Track 5 recorded by Ernie Sheesley & Chris Porter
• Additional Engineering: Chris Fuhrman & Will Rogers
• Assistant Engineer: Claudio Ordenes
• Mixing: Chris Porter
• Mastering: Brian Gardner[5] at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA)
• Art Direction: Henry Marquez
• Design: Carol Chen
• Photography: Steve Danelian
• Project Coordination: Lisa Marie
• Management: Ron Weisner Entertainment

Personnel

• Robbie Nevil - lead vocals, all guitars, additional keyboards on tracks 1, 6, 11
• John Van Tongeren (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 10), Tommy Faragher (track 2), Robbie Kondor (track 4), "The Trash Band" (track 5) - keyboards
• Billy Childs (track 7) - acoustic piano
• Richard Hurwitz (track 7), Casey Young (track 8) - Synclavier
• Nathan East (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6), Robby Kilgore (track 4), Larry Gales (track 7), "The Cook" (track 8) - bass guitar
• Neil Stubenhaus (track 4) - fretless bass
• John Van Tongeren (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10), "The Trash Band" (track 5) - synth bass
• Steve Dubin (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10), John "J.R." Robinson (tracks 3, 6), Jimmy Bralower (track 4), Bobby Colomby (track 7), J.P. Charles (track 8) - drums
• Paulinho Da Costa (tracks 1, 3, 9, 10), John "J.R." Robinson (tracks 1, 10), Bashiri Johnson (tracks 2, 4), John Van Tongeren (track 6) - percussion
• Lenny Pickett (track 2), Danny Pelfrey (tracks 3, 5, 6), Brandon Fields (track 4) - saxophone
• Alfie Silas (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 10), Chris Thompson (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 10), Jeff Pescetto (tracks 1, 6, 10), Laura Hunter (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 10), Voncielle Faggett (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10), Cindy Mizelle (track 2), Frank Floyd (track 2), Lotti Golden (track 2), Tommy Faragher (track 2), Tommy Funderburk (tracks 3, 5, 10) - backing vocals

Notes

1. A Place Like This at AllMusic
2. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
3. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 14, 1989
4. "Robbie Nevil - Place Like This". CD Universe. 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
5. "Robbie Nevil - A Place Like This". Discogs. 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.