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Can't Fight Fate
Studio album by Taylor Dayne
Released	October 31, 1989
Studio	Cove City Sound Studios (Glen Cove, New York) Shakedown Sound Studios (New York City The Hit Factory (New York) Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood) The Complex (Los Angeles)
Genre	Dance pop rock
Length	43:41
Label	Arista
Producer	Ric Wake
Taylor Dayne chronology
Tell It to My Heart (1988) Can't Fight Fate (1989) Soul Dancing (1993)
Singles from Can't Fight Fate
"With Every Beat of My Heart" Released: October 10, 1989 "Love Will Lead You Back" Released: January 20, 1990 "I'll Be Your Shelter" Released: March 20, 1990 "Heart of Stone" Released: July 23, 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Can't Fight Fate is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Taylor Dayne, released on October 31, 1989, by Arista Records. The album continued her chart success and was certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It includes the Billboard Hot 100 singles "With Every Beat of My Heart" (No. 5) and "I'll Be Your Shelter" (No. 4), the number one "Love Will Lead You Back" and "Heart of Stone" (No. 12).

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis retrospectively declared the album's ballads "lush and dramatic", mentioning "Love Will Lead You Back". However, he felt that the "real killers" are the rock songs, which Dayne "delivers like a true, seasoned rock star", noting that "I'll Be Your Shelter" "brings to mind Tina Turner". Promis highlighted also "You Can't Fight Fate" and "Ain't No Good", and concluded, "Years after its release, this album stands the test of time, and can safely be classified as one of the more diverse and exciting dance/pop/rock albums of the late '80s/early '90s." People stated, "Not many singers can go from hot to dreamy and back again as smoothly as Dayne does on this first-rate album." The reviewer felt the singer "has the spirit and rhythmic sense" to turn "I'll Be Your Shelter" into "a vivacious party track", but remarked that she also can "dig for depth and rich tone" on ballads, such as "Love Will Lead You Back".

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• Taylor Dayne – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 5, 10), arrangements (10)
• Rich Tancredi – keyboards (1-4, 6–10), arrangements (1, 3, 4, 6–10)
• Tommy Byrnes – guitars (2, 10), rhythm guitar (5), backing vocals (10)
• Bob Cadway – guitars (3, 4, 7, 8, 9)
• Blues Saraceno – lead guitar (5)
• Kevin Jenkins – bass (2)
• T.M. Stevens – bass (5)
• Joe Franco – drums (1-5, 7–10)
• Richie Jones – drum programming (6)
• Joel Peskin – sax solo (1, 9)
• Richie Cannata – saxophone (4, 5, 7)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 9), trumpet arrangements (1), horn arrangements (9)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 9)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trumpet (1), trombone (9)
• Paul Tuthill – trumpet (5)
• Ric Wake – arrangements
• Jamillah Muhammad – backing vocals (1, 3–10)
• Ricky Nelson – backing vocals (1, 3, 7)
• Billy T. Scott – backing vocals (1, 3–10), BGV arrangements (1, 3, 4, 8)
• Gloria Weems – backing vocals (1, 4)
• Kathy Troccoli – backing vocals (2)

Production

• Clive Davis – executive producer
• Ric Wake – producer
• Bob Cadway – recording, mixing
• Greg Arnold – assistant engineer
• Thom Cadley – assistant engineer
• Robert "Void" Caprio – assistant engineer
• Susan Gibbons – assistant engineer
• Dan Hetzel – assistant engineer
• Rail Rogut – assistant engineer
• Brett Swain – assistant engineer
• Mario Vasquez – assistant engineer
• Thomas R. Yezzi – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• David Barratt – production coordinator
• Susan Mendola – art direction
• Wayne Maser – photography
• Philippe Becker – hair stylist, make-up artist
• Juliet Cuming – styling
• Champion Entertainment Organization, Inc. – management

Charts

Certifications

References

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• Taylor Dayne albums
• 1989 albums
• Arista Records albums
• Albums produced by Ric Wake
• Pop rock albums by American artists