Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger

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Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger
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Greatest hits album by
Released1993
Recorded1985-1993
Genre Rock, pop rock
Length1:12:06
Label Capitol
Producer
Glass Tiger chronology
Simple Mission
(1991)
Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger
(1993)
No Turning Back
(2005)
Singles from Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger
  1. "Touch Of Your Hand"
    Released: 1993
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Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger is Glass Tiger's first Greatest Hits album. It contains all of their charting singles, both in their native Canada, and the United States from their first three studio albums. The compilation also includes two unreleased recordings: "After the Dance" and "Touch of Your Hand", this last song was released as a single: it entered in the Canadian charts and peaked at number 34 in January 1994. [2]

Contents

Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger was certified gold in Canada in 2005. [3]

Critical reception

AllMusic's Michael Sutton said the album "collects choice cuts from a group that is usually remembered for one song", drawing vocal comparisons of the band's singer Alan Frew to George Michael in "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" and musically similarities in "Animal Heart" with Def Leppard. However, he admits that the compilation "should've stopped with their second LP" because "by their third record, the group had become nearly unlistenable". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"4:05
2."Thin Red Line"
4:53
3."Someday"
  • Frew
  • Connelly
  • Vallance
3:34
4."I Will Be There"
  • Frew
  • Michael Hanson
  • Connelly
3:23
5."You're What I Look For"
  • Frew
  • Hanson
  • Connelly
3:48
6."After the Dance"
  • Frew
  • Reid
  • Connelly
4:11
7."Diamond Sun"
  • Frew
  • Vallance
5:21
8."I'm Still Searching"
  • Frew
  • Reid
  • Hanson
3:56
9."My Song" (with The Chieftains)
  • Frew
  • Reid
  • Vallance
3:23
10."(Watching) Worlds Crumble"
  • Frew
  • Reid
  • Vallance
4:50
11."Animal Heart"
3:49
12."Blinded"
  • Connelly
  • Frew
  • Dvoskin
4:36
13."Rhythm of Your Love"
  • Connelly
  • Frew
4:36
14."Rescued (By the Arms of Love)"
  • Frew
  • Wayne Parker
  • Rick Washbrook
4:13
15."Simple Mission"
  • Frew
  • Reid
4:34
16."My Town" (with Rod Stewart)
4:48
17."Touch of Your Hand" (Demo Version)
  • Frew
  • Reid
4:06
Total length:1:12:06

Certifications

Certifications for Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [4] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sutton, Michael. "Glass Tiger - The Best of Glass Tiger: Air Time Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  2. "Touch of Your Hand": "Top Singles - Volume 58, No. 25 Jan 10, 1994". Library and Archives Canada. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  3. "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  4. "Canadian album certifications – Glass Tiger – Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger". Music Canada . Retrieved 27 January 2022.