No Protection (Starship album)

No Protection is the second studio album by American rock band Starship. It was released on July 27, 1987, by Grunt Records and RCA Records. The album featured the number-one single "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", and the top-10 single "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)", the former of which appears in the fantasy comedy film Mannequin and the latter of which was a tune originally performed the previous year by one-time Manfred Mann's Earth Band frontman Chris Thompson for the soundtrack to the film Playing for Keeps. Third single "Beat Patrol" was #46 on Billboard's Hot 100.

This was the last album which was released through Grunt Records, and the final Starship album to feature vocalist Grace Slick, who left the band in 1988 and rejoined Jefferson Airplane for their reunion tour and self-titled reunion album, Jefferson Airplane, in 1989. The Diane Warren-penned ballad "Set the Night to Music" was covered in 1991 as a duet between R&B singer Roberta Flack and reggae singer Maxi Priest, released as a single from Flack's album Set the Night to Music.

Cash Box said that the single "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)" is "a soaring, anthemic rocker with a winning chorus."

Personnel
Per liner notes
 * Mickey Thomas – lead vocals (1-6, 8, 9, 11), backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11)
 * Grace Slick – lead vocals (1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11), backing vocals (1-6, 8, 9, 11)
 * Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, backing vocals (5, 8-11)
 * Donny Baldwin – electronic drums (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11), drums (5-7, 9, 11), backing vocals (2, 4, 7-11)

Additional personnel
 * Pete Sears – bass (2)
 * Peter Wolf – keyboards (1, 4-7, 11), synth bass (1, 5, 6), bass (4, 7, 11)
 * Larry Williams – keyboards (3, 8-10)
 * Bill Cuomo – keyboards, bass (3, 8, 9)
 * Alan Pasqua – keyboards (3, 8, 9)
 * Walter Afanasieff – keyboards (2)
 * Corrado Rustici – Charvel MIDI guitar (2)
 * Narada Michael Walden – electronic drums (2)
 * Bongo Bob – drum sampling, percussion (2)
 * Bret Bloomfield, Maxi Anderson, Siedah Garrett, Sharon Hendrix, Phillip Ingram, Clif Magness, Jeff Pescetto, Oren Waters, Ina Wolf – backing vocals (1, 4-7, 11)
 * Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (3, 8, 9)
 * Kitty Beethoven, Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)

Production
 * Peter Wolf – producer (1, 4-7, 11)
 * Keith Olsen – producer (3, 8-10)
 * Narada Michael Walden – producer (2)
 * Brian Malouf – engineer for Peter Wolf
 * Ed Thacker, Dan Garcia, John VanNess – additional engineers for Peter Wolf
 * Brian Foraker – engineer for Keith Olsen
 * David Frazer – engineer for Narada Michael Walden
 * Bino Espinoza, Dana Chapelle, David Luke, Steve Holroyd, Steve Krause, Ron Dasilva – assistant engineers
 * Starship – arrangements (3, 8, 9)
 * Larry Williams – arrangements (10)
 * Skip Johnson – production coordinator
 * Bernie Grundman – mastering engineer
 * Raess Design (Ted Raess) – art direction
 * Jeff Katz – photographer
 * Lisa Marie Avila – make up
 * Recorded at Lighthouse Studios, Goodnight L. A., Tarpan Studios, Soundcastle Recording Studio, Fantasy Studios, Manzanita Studios
 * Mixed at Image Recorders
 * "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" mixed at Tarpan Studios
 * Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering
 * Michael Hill – reissue liner notes
 * Dalita Keumurian – reissue project director
 * Bill Lacey – reissue audio restoration
 * Paul Williams – reissue coordination vocal