Simple Mission

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Simple Mission
SimpleMission.jpg
Studio album by
Glass Tiger
Released1991
Recorded1990
Studio A&M Studios, Los Angeles, Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, and Distorto Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre Pop
Length53:59
Label Capitol [1]
Producer Tom Werman
Glass Tiger chronology
Diamond Sun
(1988)		Simple Mission
(1991)		 Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger
(1993)
Singles from Simple Mission
  1. "Animal Heart"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Rhythm Of Your Love"
    Released: 1991
  3. "My Town"
    Released: August 1991
  4. "Rescued (By The Arms Of Love)"
    Released: 1991

Simple Mission is the third album by the Canadian band Glass Tiger, released in 1991. [2] [3]

Contents

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]

Production

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Blinded"Connelly, Frew, Dvoskin4:38
2."Animal Heart"Connelly, Frew, Dvoskin3:50
3."Let's Talk"Frew, Reid, Vallance4:23
4."Where Did Our Love Go"Frew, Reid, Vallance4:31
5."My Town"Connelly, Frew, Parker, Cregan4:49
6."The Rhythm of Your Love"Connelly, Frew4:38
7."Spanish Slumber"Frew, Reid1:29
8."Simple Mission"Frew, Reid4:34
9."Stand or Fall"Frew, Reid, Vallance, Sandford3:59
10."Rescued (By the Arms of Love)"Frew, Parker, Washbrook4:16
11."One to One"Frew, Reid, Vallance4:30
12."One Night Alone"Frew, Reid, Vallance4:06
13."(She Said) Love Me Like a Man"Frew, Reid, Vallance4:09

Produced by Tom Werman except:

Personnel

Glass Tiger

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. ↑ "A Simple Mission Turns Complicated". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. 4 Apr 1991. p. C9.
  2. ↑ Kawchuk, Brent (27 Mar 1991). "Band puts boots to audience". Calgary Herald. p. D10.
  3. ↑ "Glass Tiger sharpens claws in musical makeover". The Gazette. Montreal. 5 Dec 1991. p. D16.
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