1 	Believe Me Tonight 	3:43
2 	Quiet Crying 	4:16
3 	Before You 	3:32
4 	The Fight - Voices 	0:40
5 	Never Get Over You 	4:06
6 	Where You Gonna Run? 	3:55
7 	Pour It Out 	3:58
8 	Someone To Blame It On 	3:27
9 	Did You Order One? 	5:36
10 	Nothing From You 	4:07
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11 	I Can't Imagine
12 	All Or None  	
13 	Loose In The World 	
14 	Then It Came 

Michael Cottage 	Bass
Mitch Crane 	Guitar, Vocals
Michael Hughes 	Drums, Piano, Vocals
Jim King 	Bass, Piano, Synthesizer
Michael Carey Schneider 	Keyboards, Vocals
Tim Torrance 	Guitar 

I had really high hopes for this album. With Jeff "Skunk" Baxter producing and with how excellent the first record was, I thought this was really going to blow my skirt up. Sadly, with a couple exceptions, I'm not wowed.

Yes, the playing, arranging, recording, mixing and mastering are top-notch. Yes, I Can't Imagine is hauntingly beautiful. I can see Never Get Over You resonating with a number of people. But overall I'd say the material is not A+, in particular the opening cut. Really? Singing the line "Would you believe me tonight?" over and over equates to a song worthy of opening an album with? I think not.

The production of this album, the vocal arrangements, etc., all remind me of Ambrosia and the eponymous Pages album by Richard Page & Steve George. I hear a lot of Toto in this Sneaker album, too, as well as some Eagles. As I said, it's a very well done project with top-notch personnel. I just don't think that many of the songs are all that hot.

I'm sitting here listening to the album for the second time as I type this review. I wish it would grow on me, but many of the tunes just aren't. To me, some of the tracks on this album sound like the ones that didn't make the cut for the first album. ---Stephen J. Boone, amazon.com

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1 	Don't Let Me In 	3:45
2 	More Than Just The Two Of Us 	4:20
3 	One By One 	2:45
4 	Jaymes 	3:42
5 	In Time 	4:40
6 	Get Up, Get Out 	3:33
7 	Looking For Someone Like You 	4:08
8 	Millionaire 	4:20
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9 	No More Lonely Days 	5:05
10 	More Than Just the Two of US ( Demo Version ) 	3:32
11 	Don't Let Me in ( Demo Version ) 	3:53
12 	Easy With Your Love	3:07
13 	Lazy Lady 	3:19

Bass, Backing Vocals – Michael Cottage
Drums, Backing Vocals – Mike Hughes
Guitar – Tim Torrance
Guitar, Vocals – Mitch Crane
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vibraphone – Jim King
Vocals, Keyboards – Michael Carey Schneider

The band Sneaker was formed in Los Angeles in 1973 and would probably not be remembered at all aside from their status as one-hit wonders and their association with Doobie Brother/Steely Dan guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. Featuring dual lead vocalists Mitch Crane and Michael Carey Schneider, guitarist Tim Torrance, keyboardist Jim King, bass player Michael Cottage, and drummer Mike Hughes, they were signed to Handshake Records, releasing a self-titled collection of soft pop in 1981. In addition to Baxter's involvement, David Foster and noted session player Paulinho da Costa also contributed. Their one shot at glory came in the form of the airy ballad "More Than Just the Two of Us," which reached number 34 on the charts in early 1982. As a follow-up, Sneaker released a version of a Walter Becker/Donald Fagen composition "Don't Let Me In" and, once it fell off the charts after a mere five weeks, the band would not chart again. The group released another album, Loose in the World, during 1982, but for Sneaker, the proverbial 15 minutes of fame had expired. ---Tom Demalon, allmusic.com

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