Beautiful Goodbye (album)

Richard Marx
Studio album by Richard Marx
Released	July 8, 2014
Recorded	Renegade Studio (Chicago), Area 44 (Chicago), Ocean Way (Westlake), Ocean Way (St. Barth)
Genre	Adult contemporary, soft rock
Length	47:01
Label	Zanzibar Records, Kobalt Label Services
Producer	Richard Marx, Walter Afanasieff
Richard Marx chronology
Now and Forever: The Ballads (2014)Now and Forever: The Ballads2014 Beautiful Goodbye (2014) The Ultimate Collection (2016)The Ultimate Collection2016
Singles from Richard Marx
"Just Go" Released: February 14, 2013 "Whatever We Started" Released: May 22, 2014 "Beautiful Goodbye" Released: September 13, 2014

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Beautiful Goodbye is the 11th studio album (30th overall) by singer/songwriter and record producer Richard Marx. It was released on July 8, 2014. It is his first new studio album since his 2008 albums Emotional Remains and Sundown, although a seasonal album Christmas Spirit was issued in 2012. The album was preceded by the single "Whatever We Started" on May 22. The title track was released as a single on September 13, 2014. "Just Go", a bonus track, had been previously released as a single on February 14, 2013.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, this disc had sold a total of 22,666 American copies as of January, 2016.

Track listing

1. "Whatever We Started" (Marx) 3:55
2. "Suddenly" (Marx) 4:45
3. "Inside" (Marx) 5:29
4. "Beautiful Goodbye" (Marx/Fuentes) 4:55
5. "Forgot To Remember" (Marx/Scannell/Mann) 3:49
6. "Turn Off The Night" (Marx/Hodges/Miller) 3:28
7. "Have A Little Faith" (Marx) 4:43
8. "Like The World Is Ending" (Marx) 4:15
9. "To My Senses" (Marx) 4:56
10. "Getaway" (Marx/Afanasieff) 3:41
11. "Eyes On Me" (Marx) 3:04

Bonus tracks

1. "Just Go" (Marx)
2. "Moscow Calling" (Marx)

Chart performance

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Billboard 200	39

Album credits

• Walter Afanasieff - writer, keyboards, programming, string arrangement
• J. Blynn - guitars
• Paul Bushnell - bass guitar
• Cliff Colnot - string arrangement
• Molly DeWolf - background vocals
• Daisy Fuentes - writer
• Bruce Gaitsch - guitars
• David Hodges - writer, background vocals, string arrangement
• Michael Jade - programming, keyboards, background vocals
• Michael Landau - guitars
• Jeremy Lubbock - string arrangement
• Chris Mann - writer
• Lucas Marx - drum programming
• Richard Marx - producer, arrangements, writer, guitars, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, string arrangement, programming, lead & background vocals
• Chip Matthews - mixer
• Herman Matthews - drums
• Steven Miller - writer, string arrangement
• Morgan Page - programming
• Heitor Pereira - guitars
• Matthew Prock - mixer
• Matt Scannell - writer, guitars
• Michael Thompson - guitars
• C.J. Vanston - keyboards, programming, string arrangement
• Chris Walden - string arrangement

Miscellaneous

• "Have A Little Faith" and "To My Senses" were previously released on Marx's Sundown album. "Suddenly" was also released on the Sundown album but as a duet with Toni Braxton and was released on Marx's Now And Forever: The Ballads album earlier in 2014 but as a solo track.
• There is no personal dedication listed on this album.