Can't Hold Back (Pure Prairie League album)

Can't Hold Back
Cover art by Shusei Nagaoka
Studio album by Pure Prairie League
Released	June 1979
Recorded	Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre	Country rock
Length	38:08
Label	RCA
Producer	Howard Albert, Ron Albert
Pure Prairie League chronology
Just Fly (1978) Can't Hold Back (1979) Firin' Up (1980)

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Can't Hold Back is the eighth studio album by American country rock band Pure Prairie League, released by RCA Records in 1979 (see 1979 in music).

Track listing

1. "I Can't Hold Back" (Gill) - 2:44
2. "I Can't Believe" (Gill) - 4:37
3. "Rude Rude Awakening" (Bruce Miller) - 3:52
4. "White Line" (Willie P. Bennett) - 4:25
5. "Misery Train" (Gill) - 4:30
6. "Restless Woman" (Bolen, Reilly) - 3:48
7. "I'm Goin' Away" (Gill) - 3:03
8. "Jerene" (Gill) - 0:58
9. "Livin' It Alone" (Bolen) - 3:11
10. "Fool Fool" (Max D. Barnes, Jerry McBee, Troy Seals) - 4:00
11. "Goodbye So Long" (Bolen, Reilly) - 3:00

Personnel

• Steve Patrick Bolen - acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
• Michael Connor - synthesizer, keyboards
• Vince Gill - acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, guitar, violin, vocals
• Michael Reilly - bass, vocals
• Billy Hinds - drums

Additional personnel

• Jimmie Haskell - conductor
• Mike Lewis - conductor
• Tom Roady - percussion
• David Sanborn - alto saxophone

Production

• Producers: Howard Albert, Ron Albert
• Engineers: Pure Prairie League, Don Gehman
• Assistant engineer: Kevin Ryan
• Mixing: Don Gehman
• String arrangements: Jimmie Haskell, Mike Lewis
• Horn arrangements: Mike Lewis
• Artwork: Shusei Nagaoka
• Photography: Nick Sangiamo

Art Direction & Design: Tim Bryant

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Pure Prairie League
Studio albums	Pure Prairie League Bustin' Out Two Lane Highway If the Shoe Fits Dance Just Fly Can't Hold Back Firin' Up Something in the Night
Live albums	Pure Prairie League Live: Takin' The Stage
Compilation albums	Best of Pure Prairie League Greatest Hits
Singles	"Amie" "That'll Be the Day" "Let Me Love You Tonight"
Related articles	Craig Fuller Vince Gill David Sanborn Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Book:Pure Prairie League