Up to No Good

The album was produced by Wolf, Robert White Johnson, and Taylor Rhodes.{{cite news |last1=Milward |first1=John |title=What Is Peter Wolf Up to These Days? |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=19 Apr 1990 |page=E1}} "Never Let It Go" is about the car crash that killed Wolf's high school girlfriend.{{cite news |last1=Heim |first1=Chris |title=Peter Wolf and Nick Lowe resurface on new labels |work=Chicago Tribune |date=9 Mar 1990 |department=Friday |page=Q}}

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|rev1 = Calgary Herald

|rev1score = C−{{cite news |last1=Obee |first1=Dave |title=Recent Releases |work=Calgary Herald |date=22 Mar 1990 |page=F4}}

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

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|rev3 = Los Angeles Times

|rev3score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Dennis |title=In Brief |work=Los Angeles Times |date=29 Apr 1990 |department=Calendar |page=83}}

|rev4 = Ottawa Citizen

|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news |last1=Erskine |first1=Evelyn |title=Peter Wolf Up to No Good |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=30 Mar 1990 |page=D6}}

|rev5 = (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=885}}

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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 Toronto Star wrote that "it's a charming record, a lively and knowledgeable tome that finds its ground somewhere between the Detroit and Philadelphia schools of soul, while standing firm on a harder rock footing."{{cite news |last1=Potter |first1=Mitch |title=Peter Wolf Up to No Good |work=Toronto Star |date=23 Mar 1990 |page=D18}}

The Ottawa Citizen labeled some of the songs "classic primal funk with a conscience." The Globe and Mail dismissed the album as "just one more attempt to capitalize on the appealing, but somewhat limited, rockaboogie sound Geils and company milked throughout the seventies."{{cite news |last1=Niester |first1=Alan |title=Up to No Good Peter Wolf |work=The Globe and Mail |date=23 Apr 1990 |page=C7}}

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

• 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

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