"IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES"
(Warner Brothers 923 703)
Produced by Ted Templeman - 1982
PLAYIN' BY THE RULES
I KEEP FORGETTIN'
LOVE LIES
I GOTTA TRY
I CAN'T LET GO
THAT'S WHY
IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
NO SUCH LUCK
LOSIN' END
BELIEVE IN IT
Cet album sorti juste après la séparation des Doobie Brothers est le premier des 2 albums en re gis tré par Michael Mc Donald depuis. Les com po si tions de ce disque sont dans la grande li gnée des compositions habituelles de Mi chael, avec un soin particulier apporté à l'or ches tra tion et à la mise en place des instruments. On notera la présence de musiciens tels que Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Lukather (Toto), Willy Weeks, Edgar Winter et de Kenny Loggins, ami de toujours avec lequel Michael Mc Donald si gne "I gotta try". Cet album constitue une juste suite de l'histoire des Doobies. A écouter la ver sion superbe de "Loosin' end" à comparer avec l'ancienne sur "Takin' it to the streets".
"NO LOOKIN' BACK" NO LOOKIN' BACK
"SWEET FREDOM" THE VERY BEST OF MICHAEL Mc DONALD SWEET FREEDOM
"TAKE IT TO HEART" ALL WE GOT
"BLINK OF AN EYE" I STAND FOR YOU
BLUE OBSESSION All I Need
IN THE SPIRIT A CHRISTMAS ALBUM Angels We Have Heard on High
THE VERY BEST OF MICHAEL McDONALD No Lookin' Back
MOTOWN I Heard It Thorugh The Grapevine
MOTOWN 2 You're all I need to get by THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Ain't no mountain high enough SOUL SPEAKS I knew you were waiting
1985
BAD TIMES
(I'LL BE YOUR) ANGEL
BY HEART
ANY FOOLISH THING
OUR LOVE
(I HANG) ON YOUR EVERY WORD
LOST IN THE PARADE 9. DON'T LET ME DOWN
1986
(I'LL BE YOUR)ANGEL
YAH MO B THERE (with James Ingram)
I GOTTA TRY
I KEEP FORGETTIN'
OUR LOVE (Remix)
ON MY OWN (with Patti Labelle)
NO LOOKIN' BACK
ANY FOOLISH THING
THAT'S WHY
WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES (with The Doobie Brothers)
I CAN LET GO NOW
(REPRISE 25 979)
Produce by Michael Mc DONALD, Ted TEMPLEMAN, Don WAS, David GAMSON and Gardner COLE
1990
GET THE WORD STARTED
LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
TAKE IT TO HEART
TEAR IT UP
LONELY TALK
SEARCHIN' FOR UNDERSTANDING
HOMEBOY
NO AMOUNT OF REASON
ONE STEP AWAY
YOU SHOW ME"
1993
EAST OF EDEN
MORE TO US THAN THAT
I WANT YOU
NO MORE PRAYIN'
MATTERS OF THE HEART
HEY GIRL
WHAT MAKES A MAN HOLD ON
BLINK OF AN EYE
EVERLASTING
FOR A CHILD
(RAMP RECORDS) - 2000
No Love to Be Found
Obsession Blues
Where Would I Be Now
Build upon It
Meaning of Love
Open the Door
Kikwit Town
Down by the River
Someday You Will
Ain't That Peculiar
You Can't Make It Love
(MCA RECORDS) - 2001
To Make a Miracle
Children Go Where I Send Thee
Every Time Christmas Comes Around
Peace
White Christmas/Winter Wonderland
One Gift
On This Night
House Full of Love
On Christmas Morning
World Out of a Dream
(RHINO RECORDS) - 2001
I Keep Forgettin'
I Gotta Try
Our Love
Yah Mo B There
On My Own
By Heart
Bad Times
Matters of the Heart
Sweet Freedom
Get the World Started
Any Foolish Thing
Take It to Heart
Higher Ground
Lost in the Parade
Blink of an Eye
(MOTOWN RECORDS) - 2003
You Are Everything
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
II'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Reflections
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
All In Love Is Fair
I Want You
Distant Lover
I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
Since I Lost My Baby
(MOTOWN RECORDS) - 2004
I was made to love her
Reach out, I'll be there
Stop, look, listen (to your heart)
Baby I need your loving
Loving you is sweeter than ever
The tracks of my tears
What's going on
I secon emotion
After the dance
Nowhere to run
Tuesday heartbreak
Mercy mercy me
Baby I'm for real
(RHINO RECORDS) - 2005
What a fool believes
I keep forgettin'
Yah mo B there
Takin' it to the streets
Sweet freedom
Minute by minute
On my own
You belong to me
Real love
I stand for you
It keeps you runnin
Take it to heart
No love to be found
I gotta try
No lookin' back
Blink of an eye
Open the door (urban remix)
Lost in the parade
(MOTOWN RECORDS) - 2008
living for the city
Love T.K.O.
Walk on by
Still not over you
For once in my life
Into the mystic
Hallelujah
Enemy within
You love keeps lifting me higher and higher
Only god can help me now
Baby I can change my mind
Redemption song
You don't know me