Up to No Good is the third solo album by the American musician Peter Wolf, released in 1990 on MCA Records. "Never Let It Go" is about the car crash that killed Wolf's high school girlfriend.

Critical reception

The Calgary Herald missed "the juvenile appeal that Wolf lucked into just before he and his J. Geils Band buddies went their separate ways."

The Ottawa Citizen labeled some of the songs "classic primal funk with a conscience."

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Wolf, Taylor Rhodes and Robert White Johnson, unless noted otherwise.

  1. "99 Worlds" – 3:35
  2. "Go Wild" – 3:43
  3. "When Women Are Lonely" – 3:45
  4. "Drive All Night" (Wolf, Desmond Child) – 3:42
  5. "Up to No Good" – 4:33
  6. "Lost in Babylon" – 3:57
  7. "Arrows and Chains" – 3:25
  8. "Daydream Getaway" (Janna Allen, Wolf) – 3:44
  9. "Shades of Red – Shades of Blue" – 4:07
  10. "River Runs Dry" – 5:01
  11. "Never Let It Go" (Wolf, Will Jennings) – 3:57

Personnel

  • Peter Wolf – vocals, backing vocals, harmonica
  • Mike Lawler – keyboards
  • Alan St. John – keyboards
  • Byron House – keyboards, bass
  • Taylor Rhodes – keyboards, guitars, percussion, backing vocals
  • Johnny Neel – acoustic piano
  • Matt Rollings – acoustic piano
  • Larry Chaney – guitars
  • Jeff Golub – guitars
  • Barry Tashian – guitars
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
  • Angus Thomas – bass
  • Bobby Chouinard – drums
  • Robert White Johnson – percussion, backing vocals
  • Terry McMillan – harmonica
  • Arno Hecht – horns
  • Jim Horn – horns
  • Sam Levine – horns
  • Wayne Jackson – horns
  • Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (7, 11)
  • Kim Morrison – backing vocals (7, 11)

Technical personnel

  • Peter Wolf – producer
  • Robert White Johnson – producer
  • Taylor Rhodes – producer
  • Rob Feaster – engineer, mixing
  • Paula Montondo – assistant engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
  • Manhattan Design – design
  • Todd Schorr – cover painting
  • Bobby DiMarzo – black and white photography
  • Jeff Katz – color photography

Charts

{| class="wikitable"

|+Up to No Good chart performance

!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Chart

!scope="col"|Position

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|1990

|scope="row" |The Billboard 200

|111

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|}

References