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{{Infobox album
| name       = Resolution
| type       = Studio album
| artist     = [[Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)|Andy Pratt]]
| cover      = Resolution (Andy Pratt album).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 1976
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = {{Collapsible list|title=Various|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;background:transparent;text-align:left|{{Plainlist|
* Columbia Recording Studios
* [[Atlantic Studios]]
* Sound Ideas Studios
* Northern Studios
}}}}
| genre      = {{flat list|
* Rock
* [[soft rock]]
* [[Religious music|religious]]
}}
| length     = 37:06
| label      = [[Nemperor Records|Nemperor]]
| producer   = [[Arif Mardin]]
| prev_title = [[Andy Pratt (album)|Andy Pratt]]
| prev_year  = 1973
| next_title = Shiver in the Night
| next_year  = 1977
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite news|last=Ofjord|first=Michael|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/resolution-mw0000209976|title=Resolution|work=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: P|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=P&bk=70|accessdate=March 10, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
}}
'''''Resolution''''' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)|Andy Pratt]], released in 1976 by Nemperor, and distributed by [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]. It was Pratt's first album of entirely new music since his second ''[[Andy Pratt (album)|Andy Pratt]]'' in 1973. The album was produced by [[Bee Gees]] producer [[Arif Mardin]], who was recruited for a more commercial approach.
On release, Pratt received a positive critical reception, it is also his best selling album, but had only modest commercial success.<ref>"About Andy". Andy Pratt NOW!. Retrieved 2013-08-07.</ref>
==Critical reception==
Many critics have praised the album. Reviewing the album ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine wrote, "By reviving the dream of rock as an art and then re-inventing it, Pratt has forever changed the face of rock".<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Ofjord |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/andy-pratt-mn0000755979/biography |title=Andy Pratt &#124; Biography |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2013-08-07}}</ref>  And in a retrospective review for [[AllMusic]], critic Michael Ofjord gave the album four and a half out of five stars and wrote that "Although this album never attained the commercial success that many predicted, it remains a classic that deserves to be heard by a wide audience."
On the other hand, reviewing the album in his consumer guide for [[The Village Voice]], [[Robert Christgau]] gave the album a B and claimed that the album is "Sententious pop at its best, recommended only to those whose taste for such junk amounts to a jones."
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side one
| all_writing     = [[Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)|Andy Pratt]], except where noted
| title1          = Resolution
| length1         = 3:13
| title2          = If You Could See Yourself (Through My Eyes)
| writer2         = {{flat list|
* Andy Pratt
* Lillian Rubin
}}
| length2         = 3:07
| title3          = Constant Heat
| length3         = 3:49
| title4          = Karen's Song
| writer4         = {{flat list|
* Mark Doyle
* Pratt
}}
| length4         = 3:21
| title5          = Can't Stop My Love
| length5         = 3:08
| title6          = Everything Falls into Place (Lillian's Song)
| length6         = 3:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side two
| total_length    = 37:06
| title7          = That's When Miracles Occur
| length7         = 3:52
| title8          = Some Things Go On Forever
| length8         = 3:10
| title9          = Treasure That Canary
| length9         = 3:32
| title10         = Set Your Sights
| length10        = 3:02
| title11         = Love Song
| length11        = 3:07
}}
==Personnel==
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="booklet">{{cite book|title=Resolution ''liner notes''|year=1976|publisher=Nemperor}}</ref>
*[[Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)|Andy Pratt]]&nbsp;– lead and background vocals; piano; percussion
*Mark Doyle&nbsp;– lead and bass guitars; piano; percussion
*Andy Mendelson&nbsp;– organ; synthesizer
*[[Ken Bichel]]&nbsp;– synthesizer; mellotron
*Richard Mendelson&nbsp;– drums; percussion
*[[Andy Newmark]]&nbsp;– drums
*[[Steve Gadd|Stephen Gadd]]&nbsp;– drums
*[[Tony Levin]]&nbsp;– bass guitars
*[[Hugh McDonald (American musician)|Hugh McDonald]]&nbsp;– bass guitars
*[[Arif Mardin]]&nbsp;– string arrangements; horn arrangements; percussion
*Ruben Bassini&nbsp;– percussion
*Carlos Martin&nbsp;– congas
*[[The Rowans]]&nbsp;– backing vocals
*[[Luther Vandross]]&nbsp;– backing vocals
*[[David Lasley]]&nbsp;– backing vocals
*Diane Sumler&nbsp;– backing vocals
==Chart performance==
===Peak position===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart
!Peak<br />Position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard 200 Chart
|104
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Discogs master|type=album|173463|name=Resolution}}
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[[Category:Albums produced by Arif Mardin]]
[[Category:Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter) albums]]
[[Category:1976 albums]]