on the other hand, found it "long on craft but not without inspiration" and observed "deservedly shot radio-ready tunes" in "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Baby Hold On", while highlighting "Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" as the album's "spirited" highlight that "spells out the game plan" of Money and his collaborators. In The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992), the singer was appraised by the time of his first album as "defiantly retrograde" and a distillation or dilution of "the Seger-Springsteen approach into a pop formula", as "Eddie Money parlayed his straining vocals and average-guy stance into a pair of unremarkable but catchy hit singles. 'Baby, Hold On' and 'Two Tickets to Paradise' (both from the debut) came as a godsend to meat-and-potatoes rockers — and radio programmers — who felt vaguely threatened by the encroaching onslaught of punk and disco." Track listing Personnel Eddie Money – vocals, keyboards, harmonica, saxophone Jimmy Lyon – guitars Gary Mallaber – drums, percussion Lonnie Turner – bass guitar Gene Pardue – drums Bob "Pops" Popwell – bass guitar Tom Scott – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Alan Pasqua – keyboards Randy Nichols – keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals Freddie Webb – keyboards Kevin Calhoun – percussion Jo Baker – second vocal on "Baby Hold On" Production Produced by Bruce Botnick Engineered by Andy Johns Charts Certifications References 1977 debut albums Eddie Money albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Bruce Botnick