No Holding Back

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 in the United States.[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.

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
Studio album by
Wayne Wonder
ReleasedMarch 4, 2003
Recorded2001-2002
Genre
LabelVP
ProducerSteven 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
"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

References
  1. "Music Future CD Releases". Jam!. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  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.



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