No Brakes

No Brakes is the second solo album by British musician John Waite, released in 1984. It features Waite's biggest hit single "Missing You" which hit number 1 on the US Billboard's Album Rock Tracks and the Billboard Hot 100. No Brakes was certified Gold in September 1984 – three weeks prior to breaking into the Top 10 of Billboard's album chart.

The album's second single, "Tears", a cover of a song originally recorded by former Kiss drummer Peter Criss for his 1982 album Let Me Rock You, charted at number 8 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart and number 37 on the Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

Track listing

 * 1) "Saturday Night" (Gary Myrick, John Waite) – 2:46
 * 2) "Missing You" (Mark Leonard, Chas Sandford, Waite) – 4:30
 * 3) "Dark Side of the Sun" (Jean Beauvoir) – 3:57
 * 4) "Restless Heart" (Waite) – 4:27
 * 5) "Tears" (Vinnie Cusano, Adam Mitchell) – 3:59
 * 6) "Euroshima" (Gary Myrick, Waite) – 5:05
 * 7) "Dreamtime/Shake It Up" (Waite, Ivan Král) – 5:10
 * 8) "For Your Love" (Waite, Myrick, Donnie Nossov, Curly Smith) – 3:38
 * 9) "Love Collision" (Waite, Myrick, Nossov, Smith) – 3:51

Personnel

 * John Waite – lead and backing vocals
 * Bruce Brody – keyboards
 * Gary Myrick – guitars
 * Donnie Nossov – bass, backing vocals
 * Curly Smith – drums
 * Steve Scales – percussion


 * Production
 * Produced by John Waite, Gary Gersh and David Thoener
 * Engineered and Mixed by David Thoener
 * Recording assistants – John Agnello, Eddie DeLena, David Egerton and Jim Scott
 * Mix assistant – John Agnello
 * Recorded at Record Plant NYC and Record Plant Los Angeles
 * Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York
 * Art direction – Henry Marquez
 * Design – Michael Hodgson
 * Cover photo – David Bailey
 * Inner sleeve photos – Barry Linwell, Jeffrey Scales, Geoffrey Thomas and Mark Weiss
 * Management – Steven Machat and Rick Smith