''Too Young to Fight It'' is the debut full-length studio album by

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band Young Love. It was released on January 30, 2007, through

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. Recording sessions took place at Moles Studio in

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and at Stratosphere Sound in

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. Production was handled by

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, Dan Keyes,

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and

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Track listing

Personnel

*Dan Keyes – vocals, songwriter, guitar (tracks: 1-3, 5-11), keyboards (tracks: 2-6, 8, 10), bass (tracks: 3, 7-9), producer (tracks: 4, 8, 9, 11) *Robert Mann – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 5), lead guitar (track 1), percussion (track 3), guitar (tracks: 4, 10), bass (tracks: 5, 8), drums *Craig Tweedy – bass (track 1) *

– songwriter (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 10), additional keyboards (tracks: 1, 4, 10), programming (track 8), producer (tracks: 4, 8, 9, 11) *Damian Taylor – programming (tracks: 1, 3-5, 7-11) *

– drum programming & producer (tracks: 2, 6) *

– producer & recording (tracks: 1, 3-5, 7-11) *William "Bo" Boddie – recording & Pro Tools editing (tracks: 2, 6) *

Mark Needham Mark Needham is an American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music, including: Blue October, Newsboys, Fleetwood Mac, The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Chris Isaak, John Hiatt, Michelle Branch, ...

– mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) *James Brown – mixing (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) *

Paul Corkett Paul Corkett is a British record producer, engineer and arranger. Biography Corkett got his start as an engineer in the mid-1980s, engineering singles and albums for bands as varied as ABC, the Chameleons, Twelfth Night and the Heart Throbs. H ...

– engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 3-5, 7-11) *Nick Joplin – engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 3-5, 7-11) *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance-p ...

– mastering *Andy West – art direction, design *Kenneth Cappello – photography *Kristen Yiengst – photo and art coordinator *Jameelah Ricks – A&R *Terese Joseph – A&R *Robert Stevenson – A&R

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2007 debut albums Island Records albums Young Love (band) albums Albums produced by Dante Ross Albums produced by Steve Osborne