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. The album was released on September 10, 1991 by Columbia Records. It was the first album Loggins released after a divorce, and is notably longer than his previous solo albums. Singles from the album included "The Real Thing," "If You Believe," "Now or Never," and " Conviction of the Heart," the latter of which was later dubbed "the unofficial anthem of the

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. "I Would Do Anything" features Sheryl Crow who can also be heard in the title song along with Smokey Robinson.

Track listing

# "Will of the Wind" (Loggins,

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) – 2:00 # "Leap of Faith" (Loggins, Guy Thomas) – 7:23 # "The Real Thing" (Loggins,

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) – 5:39 # " Conviction of the Heart" (Loggins, Guy Thomas) – 6:52 # "If You Believe" (Loggins, Steve Wood) – 6:32 # "I Would Do Anything" – Duet with Sheryl Crow (Loggins,

) – 6:34 # "Sweet Reunion" (Loggins, Steve Wood) – 5:46 # "Now or Never" (Loggins, Guy Thomas) – 5:45 # "My Father's House" (Loggins, Will Ackerman) – 5:27 # "Cody's Song" (Loggins) – 4:39 # "Will of the Wind (Reprise)" (Loggins, Will Ackerman) – 1:14 # "Too Early for the Sun" (Loggins, John Barnes) – 8:06

Personnel

* Kenny Loggins – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (4), a cappella choir (7), arrangements (8, 12), acoustic classical guitar (10) *

– acoustic guitar (1, 9) *

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– acoustic guitar (2), voice solo (2) * James Harrah – electric guitar (2) * Guy Thomas – acoustic guitar (2, 10), electric guitar (4), guitar solo (6), classical guitar (8) * Paul Jackson Jr. – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (5, 6, 7), classical guitar (7) *

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– acoustic guitar (3, 12), classical guitar (6) * David Lindley – electric slide guitar (4, 5) *

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– classical guitar fade (6) *

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– electric guitar (8) * Steve Wood – synthesizers (2, 3, 7), keyboards (4), organ (5) *

– acoustic piano (3) *

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– acoustic piano (5) * John Barnes – vocal arrangements (5), Synclavier (6, 8, 12), acoustic piano (7), strings (7), arrangements (8, 12), synthesizers (12) *

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– keyboards (6), synth voices (7) * Randy Jackson – bass guitar (2) * Freddie Washington – fretless bass (3), bass guitar (4, 5, 7) * Nathan East – upright bass (6) * Keith Jones – fretless bass (8) *

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– drums (3), field snare (4) * Tris Imboden – drums (4) * Herman Matthews – drums (5), voice drums (7) * John Robinson – drums (5) *

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– cymbal (6), tom tom (6) * Munyungo Jackson – percussion (2, 4, 5, 7, 12), tambura (5) * Bill Summers – percussion (2, 4, 5, 7), tambura (5) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (6) *

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– percussion (8) * Kazu Matsui – shakuhachi (6, 11) * Marc Russo – sax solo (7), saxophone (10) * Enrique Cruz –

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(9) * Everette Harp – alto saxophone (12) * Steve Dubin – drum arrangement (3) * Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements (3, 10, 12) * Michael Marksman – string contractor (10) * Angeles String Quartet – strings (10) * Kate Price – backing vocals (1, 4, 8, 9) * Sheryl Crow – backing vocals (2, 5), intro choir (5), duet vocal (6) * Smokey Robinson – cameo vocal (2) * Terry Nelson – backing vocals (4) * Adult Choir – choir (4) *

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– choir director (4) * Colors of Love – children's choir (4, 5) * Nyna Shannon Anderson – children's choir director (4, 5) * Siedah Garrett – intro choir (5), backing vocals (5) *

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– intro choir (5), backing vocals (5) * Katrina Adams – vocal soloist (5) * Laurie Rubin – vocal soloist (5) * Thomas Patterson –vocal soloist (5) *

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– backing vocals (8) * Maureen McDonald Ferguson – backing vocals (8) * Michael McDonald – backing vocals (8) * The McDonald Family Choir – choir (8) * Mavis Staples – cameo vocal (12) * Morgan Ames – backing vocals (12) * Darlene Koldenhoven – backing vocals (12) * Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (12) * Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (12)

Production

* Producers – David Kershenbaum (Tracks 1, 2, 9 & 11); Kenny Loggins and Terry Nelson (Tracks 3–8, 10 & 12). * Engineer – Terry Nelson * Keyboard Programming - Dave Squatty Barrera * Assistant Engineers – Neal Avron, Tracy Chisholm, Juan Garza, Steve Harrison, Steve Holroyd, Anders Johansson, Leslie Jones, Julie Last, Scott Lovelis, Pat McDougal, Jack Roubin, David Russell, Andrew Scheps and John Whynot. * Recorded at Westlake Audio, Ocean Way Recording and Studio 55 (Los Angeles, CA); The Enterprise and Red Zone Studios (Burbank, CA); Capitol Studios,

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and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA); Gateway Studios (Carpinteria, CA); Lahaina Sound Recording (Lahaina, Maui). * Mixed by Brian Malouf at The Enterprise. * Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA). * Art Direction – Nancy Lane * Design – Tracy Veal * Photography – Annie Elliott Cutting * Management –

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and Denzyl Feigelson at Alive Enterprises.

Notes

{{Authority control 1991 albums Kenny Loggins albums Columbia Records albums Albums arranged by Paul Buckmaster Albums produced by David Kershenbaum