No Protection (Starship album)

No Protection

Released

July 27, 1987

Recorded

1986–1987 at Tarpan Studios, San Rafael; Lighthouse Studios, Goodnight L. A., Soundcastle Recording Studio, Los Angeles; Fantasy Studios, Berkeley; and Manzanita Studios, Arrington, Tennessee

Genre

Arena rock, pop rock, AOR, melodic rock

Length

49:42

Label

Grunt/RCA

Producer

Peter Wolf, Keith Olsen, Narada Michael Walden for Perfection Light Productions

Starship chronology

Knee Deep in the Hoopla
(1985)

No Protection
(1987)

Love Among the Cannibals
(1989)

Singles from No Protection

"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Released: January 30, 1987^[1]
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
Released: 1987
"Beat Patrol"
Released: 1987
"Set the Night to Music"
Released: 1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

No Protection (1987) is the second album by Starship. The album featured the hit single "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", and the Top 10 hit "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)", the former of which was included on the soundtrack of the fantasy comedy movie Mannequin and the latter of which was a tune originally performed the previous year by one-time Manfred Mann's Earth Band frontman Chris Thompson for Playing for Keeps soundtrack. Pete Sears departed the band after the recording of the first single "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" before Starship was reduced to a quartet for the remainder of the album. This was the last album to be produced for Grunt Records, and the final Starship album to feature Grace Slick on vocals; she left Starship in 1988 and rejoined Jefferson Airplane for their reunion tour and self-titled reunion album, Jefferson Airplane in 1989. The Diane Warren-penned ballad "Set the Night to Music" would become a hit four years later in 1991, as a duet between R&B legend Roberta Flack and reggae singer Maxi Priest, as released from Flack's album Set the Night to Music.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Beat Patrol"	Johnny Warman	Peter Wolf	4:23
2.	"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"	Diane Warren, Albert Hammond	Narada Michael Walden	4:29
3.	"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"	Robbie Nevil, John Van Tongeren, Phil Galdston	Keith Olsen	4:18
4.	"Girls Like You"	Craig Chaquico, Steve Diamond, Mickey Thomas	P. Wolf	4:15
5.	"Wings of a Lie"	P. Wolf, Ina Wolf	P. Wolf	4:57
6.	"The Children"	Martin Page, Clif Magness	P. Wolf	5:40
7.	"I Don't Know Why"	Grace Slick, Jeff Pennig, Michael Luna	P. Wolf	4:08
8.	"Transatlantic"	Anton Fig, Galdston	Olsen	4:18
9.	"Say When"	David Roberts	Olsen	4:23
10.	"Babylon"	Slick, Tommy Funderburk, Larry Williams	Olsen	4:37
11.	"Set the Night to Music"	Warren	P. Wolf	4:40

Personnel

Mickey Thomas – vocals
Grace Slick – vocals
Donny Baldwin – drums, vocals
Craig Chaquico – guitars

Additional personnel

Peter Wolf – keyboards and bass on Peter Wolf tracks
Bret Bloomfield, Maxi Anderson, Siedah Garrett, Sharon Hendrix, Phillip Ingram, Clif Magness, Jeff Pescetto, Oren Waters, Ina Wolf – additional background vocals on Peter Wolf tracks
Larry Williams – keyboards on "Babylon"
Bill Cuomo – keyboards and bass on Keith Olsen tracks
Alan Pasqua – keyboards on Keith Olsen tracks
Tommy Funderburk – background vocals on Keith Olsen tracks
Narada Michael Walden – drums on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Walter Afanasieff – keyboards on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Corrado Rustici – charvel MIDI guitar on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Pete Sears - bass on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Bongo Bob – drum sampling and percussion on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Kitty Beethoven, Jim Gilstrap, Jeremiah Sird – additional background vocals on "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"

Production

Peter Wolf – producer
Keith Olsen – producer
Narada Michael Walden – producer
Brian Malouf – engineer for Peter Wolf
Ed Thacker, Dan Garcia, John VanNess – additional engineers for Peter Wolf
Brian Foraker – engineer for Keith Olsen
David Frazer – engineer for Narada Michael Walden
Bino Espinoza, Dana Chapelle, David Luke, Steve Holroyd, Steve Krause, Ron Dasilva – assistant engineers
Starship – arrangements on "It's Not Over", "Transatlantic", and "Say When"
Larry Williams – arrangements on "Babylon"
Skip Johnson – production coordinator
Bill Thompson – manager
Bernie Grundman – mastering engineer
Raess Design (Ted Raess) – art direction
Jeff Katz – photographer
Lisa Marie Avila – make up
Recorded at Lighthouse Studios, Goodnight L. A., Tarpan Studios, Soundcastle Recording Studio, Fantasy Studios, Manzanita Studios
Mixed at Image Recorders
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" mixed at Tarpan Studios
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Michael Hill – reissue liner notes
Dalita Keumurian – reissue project director
Bill Lacey – reissue audio restoration
Paul Williams – reissue coordination vocal

Singles

"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
"Beat Patrol"
"Set the Night to Music" (single only / no video)

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1987	Billboard 200	12

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"	Billboard Hot 100	1
1987	"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	16
1987	"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"	Adult Contemporary	1
1987	"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"	Billboard Hot 100	9
1987	"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	9
1987	"Beat Patrol"	Billboard Hot 100	46
1987	"Set The Night To Music"	Adult Contemporary	9

References

↑ "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - May 02, 2014". RIAA. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
↑ Viglione, Joe (2011). "No Protection - Starship | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

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Archival releases

Compilations

Singles

"Somebody to Love"
"White Rabbit"
"The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"
"Volunteers"
"Wooden Ships"
"Mexico"
"Ride The Tiger"
"Miracles"
"Play On Love"
"With Your Love"
"Count On Me"
"Runaway"
"Light the Sky on Fire"
"Jane"
"Find Your Way Back"
"Stranger"
"Be My Lady"
"Winds of Change"
"No Way Out"
"Layin' It on the Line"
"We Built This City"
"Sara"
"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight"
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
"It's Not Enough"
"Planes"
"Good Heart"
"Let Me Fly"
"It's Not the Same as Love"

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