Reflector (Pablo Cruise album)

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Reflector
Pablocruisereflector.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1981
Studio
Genre Pop rock
Length40:10
Label A&M
Producer Tom Dowd
Pablo Cruise chronology
Part of the Game
(1979)
Reflector
(1981)
Out of Our Hands
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Reflector is the sixth studio album by the California soft rock group Pablo Cruise. The album charted slightly higher than its immediate predecessor, but still managed only to reach #34 in the US. Two singles were released from the album; "Cool Love" and "Slip Away", reaching #13 and #75 respectively in the US. Produced by established and well-known R&B producer Tom Dowd, fans remarked that the album had a different feel to it. [2]

Contents

Two changes in members were made before the album was released. After just two albums, bassist and vocalist Bruce Day was replaced by John Pierce while additional guitarist Angelo Rossi was added. Furthermore, keyboardist Cory Lerios sang lead vocals on "This Time" and "Inside/Outside", something he had not done on previous albums.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "This Time" (Cory Lerios) - 3:38
  2. "Cool Love" (David Jenkins, Lerios, John Pierce) - 3:53
  3. "Don't Let the Magic Disappear" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 5:15
  4. "One More Night" (Jenkins, Lerios, Pierce) - 3:58
  5. "Jenny" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 3:48

Side Two

  1. "Slip Away" (Jenkins, Chuck Lutz, Pierce) - 3:46
  2. "That's When" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 3:53
  3. "Inside/Outside" (Lerios, Pierce) - 3:07
  4. "Paradise (Let Me Take You Into)" (Jenkins, Pierce) - 2:59
  5. "Drums in the Night" (Jenkins, Lerios) - 5:53

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 83
United States (Billboard 200)34

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. allmusic ((( Pablo Cruise > Discography > Main Albums )))
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 227. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.