Simple Mission | ||||
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Released | 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Studio | A&M Studios, Los Angeles, Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, and Distorto Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 53:59 | |||
Label | Capitol [1] | |||
Producer | Tom Werman | |||
Glass Tiger chronology | ||||
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Singles from Simple Mission | ||||
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Simple Mission is the third album by the Canadian band Glass Tiger, released in 1991. [2] [3]
The single " My Town" features Rod Stewart on lead vocals alongside Alan Frew, and reached No. 33 on the UK, marking the band's second highest position in that country. [4] [5] "Animal Heart" received a Juno Award nomination. [6] The album was certified platinum in Canada. [7]
The album was produced mostly by Tom Werman. [8] Tony Thompson played drums on the majority of its tracks. [9] The band attempted to incorporate rock styles alongside its pop. [10]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Windsor Star | B [11] |
The Toronto Star wrote: "By the fourth or fifth listen, one senses the pure, unvarnished Glass Tiger, and that's a band still very much rooted in the ethos of mid-'70s arena-rock, a hybrid of your basic REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Journey and Kansas." [9] The Windsor Star noted that the album "has a raunchier, gutsier sound on most of the tunes, a conscious effort on their part to emphasize guitar rather than keyboards." [11] The Edmonton Journal concluded that "every cut on this uneven effort is slathered with rackety electric guitar riffs and self-consciously aggressive vocals that ape everyone from Aerosmith's Steve Tyler to Corey Hart." [12]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Blinded" | Connelly, Frew, Dvoskin | 4:38 |
2. | "Animal Heart" | Connelly, Frew, Dvoskin | 3:50 |
3. | "Let's Talk" | Frew, Reid, Vallance | 4:23 |
4. | "Where Did Our Love Go" | Frew, Reid, Vallance | 4:31 |
5. | " My Town" | Connelly, Frew, Parker, Cregan | 4:49 |
6. | "The Rhythm of Your Love" | Connelly, Frew | 4:38 |
7. | "Spanish Slumber" | Frew, Reid | 1:29 |
8. | "Simple Mission" | Frew, Reid | 4:34 |
9. | "Stand or Fall" | Frew, Reid, Vallance, Sandford | 3:59 |
10. | "Rescued (By the Arms of Love)" | Frew, Parker, Washbrook | 4:16 |
11. | "One to One" | Frew, Reid, Vallance | 4:30 |
12. | "One Night Alone" | Frew, Reid, Vallance | 4:06 |
13. | "(She Said) Love Me Like a Man" | Frew, Reid, Vallance | 4:09 |
Produced by Tom Werman except: