Can't Look Away

{{Infobox album

| name = Can't Look Away

| type = studio

| artist = Trevor Rabin

| cover = Cantlookaway.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1989|7|31|df=y}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = {{collapsible list|title=Various|

Westlake, Hollywood
Rumbo, Canoga Park
A&M, Hollywood
Shed, Zimbabwe
Audio Lab, Tampa
Southcombe, Burbank

}}

| genre = {{flatlist|

}}

| length = {{Duration|m=55|s=31}}

| label = Elektra

| producer = Trevor Rabin, Bob Ezrin

| prev_title = Wolf

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Live in LA

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Can't Look Away

| type = studio

| single1 = Something to Hold on To" / "I Miss You Now"

| single1date = 16 October 1989{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-10-14+product%20special.pdf|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=65|date=14 October 1989|access-date=13 October 2024}}

}}

Can't Look Away is the fourth studio album by the singer-songwriter and musician Trevor Rabin, released on 31 July 1989 by Elektra Records.{{cite magazine |title=New Albums |magazine=Music Week |date=29 July 1989 |page=54 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-07-29+insert.pdf|via=World Radio History |access-date=6 October 2024}} The album reached No. 111 on the U.S. Billboard 200[http://www.allmusic.com/album/cant-look-away-mw0000202133/awards "Can't Look Away - Trevor Rabin | Awards"]. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 15 November 2013. during a stay of ten weeks.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=trevor rabin|chart=all}} "Trevor Rabin - Chart history"]. Billboard. Retrieved 15 November 2013. "Something to Hold on To" was released as a single and reached No. 3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, with its accompanying music video receiving a nomination for Best Video, Short Form at the 1990 Grammy Awards.[http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1990/grammys.htm "32nd Grammy Awards - 1990"]. Rock On The Net. Retrieved 30 July 2014. In a 2004 interview, Rabin described Can't Look Away as "by far my best solo album and the one I'm happiest with".Prasad, Anil (2004). [http://innerviews.org/inner/rabin.html "Trevor Rabin - Capturing adrenaline"]. Innerviews. Retrieved 30 July 2014. The album was reissued in 2011 by Voiceprint Records.[http://www.discogs.com/Trevor-Rabin-Cant-Look-Away/release/4553974 "Trevor Rabin – Can't Look Away"]. Discogs. Retrieved 15 November 2013.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}Iyengar, Vik. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/cant-look-away-mw0000202133 "Can't Look Away - Trevor Rabin"]. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 15 November 2013.

}}

Vik Iyengar of AllMusic gave Can't Look Away three stars out of five. He praised it for having "a great sense of melody and layered guitars to create an arena rock sound", while also remarking that "Although the album loses a bit of steam in the second half, the first half includes great pop/rock tunes. ... Fans of latter-day Yes should definitely check out this album".

Track listing

All tracks written by Trevor Rabin, with additional writers noted.

{{Track listing

| title1 = I Can't Look Away

| writer1 = Bob Ezrin, Anthony Moore

| length1 = 7:22

| title2 = Something to Hold on To

| length2 = 5:07

| title3 = Sorrow (Your Heart)

| length3 = 4:29

| title4 = Cover Up

| writer4 = Godfrey Rabin, Moore

| length4 = 5:17

| title5 = Promises

| length5 = 5:57

| title6 = Etoile Noir{{refn|group=nb|Some editions combine "Etoile Noir" and "Eyes of Love" into one track.}}

| note6 = instrumental

| length6 = 1:03

| title7 = Eyes of Love

| writer7 = Ezrin

| length7 = 6:24

| title8 = I Didn't Think It Would Last

| writer8 = Ezrin

| length8 = 4:08

| title9 = Hold on to Me

| writer9 = Patric van Blerk

| length9 = 4:44

| title10 = Sludge

| note10 = instrumental

| length10 = 2:26

| title11 = I Miss You Now

| length11 = 5:38

| title12 = The Cape

| note12 = instrumental

| length12 = 2:56

| total_length = 55:31

}}

Personnel

Trevor Rabin – lead vocals, guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboard, bass, backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9), engineering, production
Lou Molino III – drums (tracks 1–3, 8, 10)
Alan White – drums (tracks 4, 11)
Denny Fongheiser – drums (track 7)
"Basil" – drum machine (tracks 4, 5, 9, 11)
Duncan Faure – backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9)
Tsidii Le Loka – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7)
Beulah Hashe – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7)
Faith Kekana – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7)
Marilyn Nokwe – backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 7)

;Technical

Bob Ezrin – backing vocals (tracks 3, 7), engineering, production
Stan Katayama – engineering
Rick Butz – engineering
Julian Stoll – engineering
Dave Subkleve – engineering
Julie Last – engineering
Tom Banghart – engineering
Ringo Hrycyna – engineering

Charts

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Chart (1989) ! Peak position
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Chart (1989)

! Peak
position

{{Album chart|Billboard200|111|artist=Trevor Rabin|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 11, 2025}}