No Holding Back

This article is about the album by Wayne Wonder. For the album by Randy Travis, see No Holdin' Back. For the song by Hardwell, see No Holding Back (song).

No Holding Back is the eleventh studio album by Jamaican reggae fusion singer Wayne Wonder. It was released on March 4, 2003 via VP Records; and it remains Wonder’s only album to date to have charted on the Billboard 200, peaking at #29.^[1] The title of the album comes from the chorus of the single "No Letting Go", which helped make it Wonder's most successful album.

No Holding Back
Studio album by Wayne Wonder
Released	March 4, 2003
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	R&B dancehall
Label	VP
Producer	Steven Marsden, Joel Chin, Von Wayne Charles, Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett, Collin "Bulbie" York, Lynford "Fatta" Marshall, Tony "CD" Kelly, Craig "Leftside" Parks, Matthew "Esco" Thompson, O. McNaught & O. Rennalls, Troyton Rami & Roger Mackenzie, Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnson, Donovan Germain
Wayne Wonder chronology
Schizophrenic (2001) No Holding Back (2003) Foreva (2007)

Critical reception

In a positive review, Vibe magazine's Rob Kenner gave No Holding Back a four-out-of-five disc rating and called it "the right record at the right time" because of its mixture of innovative dancehall and decent R&B-pop songs.^[2] William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave it four out of five stars and said that the reggae-inflected R&B album is generally in the same vein as "No Letting Go", which shows that "the only thing on Wonder's mind is love, and if he has nothing new to say about it, he nevertheless keeps things moving along nicely."^[3] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic and graded the album as a "dud",^[4] indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought."^[5]

Track listing

Track listing
Title	Songwriter(s)	Performers	Samples
"Intro"	V. W. Charles	Wayne Wonder
"No Letting Go"	V. W. Charles S. Marsden	Wayne Wonder	Diwali Riddim by Steven "Lenky" Marsden
"Bounce Along"	V. W. Charles S. Marsden P. Edmund	Wayne Wonder Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnson (chorus)
"Friend Like Me"	V. W. Charles P. Edmund	Wanye Wonder
"Nobody But Me"	V. W. Charles P. Edmund	Wayne Wonder
"Glad You Came My Way"	V. W. Charles S. Marsden	Wayne Wonder
"Crazy Feeling"	V. W. Charles D. Bennett O. Brian	Wayne Wonder (chorus and bridge) Elephant Man (1st and 2nd verse)
"Definitely"	V. W. Charles P. Yubah C. York	Wayne Wonder
"Just Another Day"	V. W. Charles A. Kelly S. Marsden	Wayne Wonder
"Close Your Eyes"	V. W. Charles D. Bennett Daseka	Wayne Wonder
"My Kinda Lady"	V. W. Charles M. Gregory A. Kelly	Wayne Wonder
"The Mood Is Right"	V. W. Charles C. Parks	Wayne Wonder
"Slowly But Surely"	V. W. Charles O. Renalls	Wayne Wonder
"Perfect Proposal"	V. W. Charles A. Kelly S. Marsden	Wayne Wonder
"Enemies"	V. W. Charles D. Thompson T. Rami	Wayne Wonder Supriz (chorus)
"Metal And Steel"	V. W. Charles D. Johnson	Wayne Wonder Demo Delgado Showki Ru
"Saddest Day"	V. W. Charles C. Browne W. Johnson	Wayne Wonder

Personnel

Contributors
Producers
Producers	Steven Marsden, Joel Chin, Von Wayne Charles, Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett, Collin "Bulby" York, Lynford "Fatta" Marshall, Tony "CD" Kelly, Craig "Lef Side" Parks, Mathew "Esco" Thompson, O. McNaught & O. Rennalls, Troyton Rami & Roger Mackenzie, Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnso, Donovan Germain
Executive Producers	Christopher Chin, Joel Chin
Performers
Lead vocals and rapping	Wayne Wonder, Elephant Man, Supriz, Demo Delgado, Showki Ru
Background vocals	Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnson
Guitar	Dalton Browne
Percussion	Paul "Teetimus" Edmund (drums)
Synthesizer	Steven "Lenky" Marsden (keyboard)
Technicians
Engineers	Joel Chin, Fitzroy "Wizard" Blake, Tony Kelly, Michael MacDonald, A. "Rookie" Tyrell, Collin "Bulbie" York
Assistant Engineers	Backra, Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnson, Michael MacDonald, Richard "12" Brown, Denise "Bandit" Shields, Kevin Evil, Baddable
Mastering	Joel Chin, Chris Scott
Mixing	Joel Chin, Tony Kelly, Michael MacDonald, Troyton Rami, Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds, A. "Rookie" Tyrell, Collin "Bulbie" York
Mixing Assistant	Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds
Art Direction, Design	Kiku Yamaguchi
Photography	William Richards

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position US Billboard 200[6] 29 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7] 10 US Reggae Albums (Billboard)[8] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[9] 94

References

1. "Music Future CD Releases". Jam!. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. Kenner, Rob (April 2003). "Revolutions". Vibe. New York: 174. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
3. Ruhlmann, William. "No Holding Back - Wayne Wonder". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
4. Christgau, Robert (April 27, 2004). "Consumer Guide: We Got a Lot". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
5. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Key to Icons". Robert Christgau. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
6. "Wayne Wonder Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
7. "Wayne Wonder Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
8. "Wayne Wonder Chart History (Reggae Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
9. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2020.

External links

• No Holding Back at Discogs (list of releases)