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

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References 

1984 albums
EMI America Records albums
John Waite albums