Trouble or Nothin'

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{{Infobox album

| name = Trouble or Nothin'

| type = studio

| artist = Robin Beck

| cover = Trouble or Nothin' cover.jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1989 (original), 2009 (Re-record)

| recorded = 1987–89 (original), 08-09 (Re-record)

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, pop rock

| length = 39:23

| label = Mercury (original), Her Majesty's Music Room (Re-record)

| producer = Desmond Child (original), James Christian (Re-record)

| prev_title = Sweet Talk

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Human Instinct

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Trouble or Nothin'

| type = Studio

| single1 = First Time

| single1date = {{Start date|1988|1|31}} (US) {{Start date|1988|10|14}} (UK)

| single2 = Save Up All Your Tears

| single2date = February 27, 1989

| single3 = Tears in the Rain

| single3date = 1989

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r1582 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic review |publisher=Allmusic.com |date= |accessdate=September 8, 2012}}

}}

Trouble or Nothin' is a 1989 album by female artist Robin Beck. It was produced by Desmond Child and recorded and mixed by Sir Arthur Payson. This album was re-recorded and released independently in 2009 as Trouble or Nothing: 20th Anniversary Edition because Universal Music Group refused to reissue, give license, or give her the master recording of the original. An additional four songs were recorded.{{cite interview |last1=Beck |first1=Robin |interviewer=Brian Rademacher |url=http://www.rockeyez.com/interviews/int-robin-beck.html |title=Interview with Robin Beck |publisher=RockEyez.com |date=January 2009 |access-date=March 29, 2019}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = Hide Your Heart

| note1 = Bonnie Tyler cover

| writer1 = Desmond Child, Holly Knight, Paul Stanley

| length1 = 4:03

| title2 = Don't Lose Any Sleep

| note2 = John Waite cover

| writer2 = Diane Warren

| length2 = 4:06

| title3 = If You Were a Woman and I Was a Man

| note3 = Bonnie Tyler cover

| writer3 = Child

| length3 = 4:03

| title4 = Hold Back the Night

| writer4 = Alice Cooper, Child

| length4 = 3:37

| title5 = Save Up All Your Tears

| note5 = Bonnie Tyler cover

| writer5 = Warren, Child

| length5 = 4:05

| title6 = In a Crazy World Like This

| note6 = Pat Benatar cover

| writer6 = Neil Giraldo, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg

| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = Tears in the Rain

| writer7 = Warren, Child

| length7 = 4:42

| title8 = A Heart for You

| writer8 = Robin Beck, Jeff Kent, Terry Cox

| length8 = 4:13

| title9 = Sleeping with the Enemy

| writer9 = Beck, Kent

| length9 = 3:35

| title10 = First Time

| writer10 = music: Gavin Spencer;
lyrics: Terry Boyle, Tom Anthony

| length10 = 3:16

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Personnel

  • Robin Beck - lead vocals
  • Guy Mann-Dude, John McCurry, Steve Lukather, Ira Siegel, Jeff Mironov - guitar
  • Hugh McDonald, Seth Glassman - bass
  • Gregg Mangiafico, Chuck Kentis, Robbie Kondor - keyboards
  • David Garfield - additional keyboards
  • Bobby Chouinard, Gavin Spencer, Steve Ferrone - drums
  • Alan St. Jon - organ on "Save Up All Your Tears"
  • Brandon Fields - saxophone on "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)"
  • Brad Parker, Guy Mann-Dude, Paul Stanley, Richard T. Bear - gang vocals on "Save Up All Your Tears"

Charts

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!scope="col"|Peak

{{Album chart|Germany4|18|id=970|artist=Robin Beck|album=Trouble Or Nothin'|rowheader=true}}
{{Album chart|Sweden|23|artist=Robin Beck|album=Trouble Or Nothin'|rowheader=true}}
{{Album chart|Switzerland|16|artist=Robin Beck|album=Trouble Or Nothin'|rowheader=true}}

References

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