Stolen Moments (John Hiatt album)

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Stolen Moments
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Studio album by
John Hiatt
ReleasedJune 1990
Studio Ocean Way, Hollywood [1]
Genre Rock
Length52:45
Label A&M
Producer Glyn Johns
John Hiatt chronology
Slow Turning
(1988)		Stolen Moments
(1990)		 Perfectly Good Guitar
(1993)
Singles from Stolen Moments
  1. "Child of the Wild Blue Yonder"
    Released: June 1990
  2. "Bring Back Your Love to Me"
    Released: 1990

Stolen Moments is singer-songwriter John Hiatt's tenth album, released in 1990. It was his highest charting solo album upon its release, peaking at No. 61 on the Billboard 200. Joan Baez later covered "Through Your Hands" on her 1992 album Play Me Backwards , and David Crosby covered it on his 1993 record Thousand Roads . Don Henley's version reached No. 33 on the US Billboard charts and appeared in the film Michael . The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band covered "The Rest of the Dream" on a 1990 album of the same title. Ilse DeLange recorded "Child of the Wild Blue Yonder" on her live album Dear John. Earl Thomas Conley had a country hit with "Bring Back Your Love to Me"; it was issued as a single in February 1990 and reached No. 11 on both the US and Canadian country charts.

Contents

The album was produced by Glyn Johns, [2] and recorded at Ocean Way in Hollywood. [3]

Release

Stolen Moments was released by A&M Records in June 1990. [3] [4] The album debuted at No. 147, [5] and peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard 200 chart. [6] [7] "Child of the Wild Blue Yonder" was the lead single. It debuted at No. 45, [8] and peaked at No. 17 on the on the Mainstream Rock chart. [9] A music video was made for the song. [10] "Bring Back Your Love To Me" was also released as a single. The music video for the song features actress Ally Sheedy. It was directed by Blanche White, and shot in Nashville, Tennessee. [11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Select 4/5 [14]

Ira Robbins of Rolling Stone wrote, "Abandoning fiery youth for well-adjusted adulthood has left many artists with nothing to say. Not so with John Hiatt – now that he's settled down, he's just beginning to find his true voice." [15] William Ruhlmann says that the album is a "step down from the dizzy heights of Bring the Family and Slow Turning , as he abandons his more acid commentaries and turns in a self-deprecating set full of promises of reformation and celebrations of marriage and family life. But the observations remain acute, and Hiatt's singing (so much camouflaged in his early days) is becoming his secret weapon." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Hiatt.

No.TitleLength
1."Real Fine Love"4:21
2."Seven Little Indians"4:08
3."Child of the Wild Blue Yonder"4:26
4."Back of My Mind"4:04
5."Stolen Moments"4:12
6."Bring Back Your Love to Me"4:04
7."The Rest of the Dream"4:51
8."Thirty Years of Tears"4:08
9."Rock Back Billy"3:51
10."Listening to Old Voices"5:30
11."Through Your Hands"4:49
12."One Kiss"4:22

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [16] 92

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Johns, Glyn (2015). Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton, the Faces... New York City: Plume. p. 269. ISBN   978-0-14-751657-2.
  2. ↑ "John Hiatt Stolen Moments" (PDF). Billboard . 16 June 1990. p. 96 – via World Radio History.
  3. 1 2 "Cash Box April 14, 1990" (PDF). Cash Box . 14 April 1990. p. 26 – via World Radio History.
  4. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Stolen Moments Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic .
  5. ↑ "Billboard 200 - Week of July 7, 1990". Billboard .
  6. ↑ "Billboard 200 - Week of July 28, 1990". Billboard .
  7. ↑ "John Hiatt Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard .
  8. ↑ "Billboard Album Rock Tracks" (PDF). Billboard . 23 June 1990. p. 18 – via World Radio History.
  9. ↑ "Billboard Album Rock Tracks" (PDF). Billboard . 4 August 1990. p. 13 – via World Radio History.
  10. ↑ "Tighter TV Playlists Putting Squeeze On Labels' Music-Vid Output" (PDF). Billboard . 10 November 1990. p. 75 – via World Radio History.
  11. ↑ "Other Cities" (PDF). Billboard . 28 July 1990. p. 53 – via World Radio History.
  12. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Stolen Moments at AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  13. ↑ Robbins, Ira (12 July 1990). "John Hiatt: Stolen Moments: Music review". Rolling Stone . No. RS 582–583. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  14. ↑ Clodagh, O'Connell (August 1990). "Let The Heartaches Begin". Select . p. 98.
  15. ↑ Robbins, Ira (12 July 1990). "John Hiatt: Stolen Moments: Music review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 30 August 2008.
  16. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 128.


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