Simple Mission
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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.[3][4] "Animal Heart" received a Juno Award nomination.[5] The album was certified platinum in Canada.[6]
Production
The album was produced mostly by Tom Werman.[7] Tony Thompson played drums on the majority of its tracks.[8] The band attempted to incorporate rock styles alongside its pop.[9]
Critical reception
Template:Album ratings 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."[8] 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."[10] 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."[11]
Track listing
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Produced by Tom Werman except:
- track 5, produced by Tom Werman and Jim Cregan
- track 7, produced by Sam Reid
- track 11, produced by Tom Werman and Jim Vallance
Personnel
Glass Tiger
- Al Connelly - guitars
- Wayne Parker - electric bass
- Sam Reid - keyboards
- Alan Frew - vocals
Additional musicians
- Drums: Tony Thompson (except tracks 4 and 6)
- Drums: John Keane (tracks 4 and 6)
- Backing vocals: Tom Kelly, Tommy Funderburk, Rique Franks, Jeff Scott Soto, Mark Free, Paul Rafferty
- Spanish voice: Maria Del Rey
- Vocals on "My Town": Rod Stewart
- Acoustic guitar on "My Town": Jim Cregan
- Additional guitars: Tim Pierce
- Additional keyboards on "One to One": Jim Vallance
- Saxophone solo on "Where Did Our Love Go": Gary Herbig
- Extra percussion: Alex Acuña
- String Arrangement on "Where Did Our Love Go": James Newton Howard
Production
- Associate Producer: Sam Reid
- Engineering: Eddie DeLena
- Mixing: Eddie DeLena and David Thoener
- Assistance: Neal Avron, Ed Goodreau, Greg Goldman, and Efren Herrera
- Additional Engineering: Neal Avron
- Recording: Jim Vallance
- Mastering: Stephen Marcussen (Precision Lacquer, Los Angeles)
Charts
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[12] | Platinum | 100,000 |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kawchuk, Brent (27 Mar 1991). "Band puts boots to audience". Calgary Herald. p. D10.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Glass Tiger sharpens claws in musical makeover". The Gazette. Montreal. 5 Dec 1991. p. D16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Burliuk, Greg (20 Apr 1991). "Simple Mission Glass Tiger". Magazine. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Glass Tiger". Official Charts. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rubinoff, Joel (24 Apr 1992). "Rough as Glass: Well-manicured Tiger a tame cat compared to raunchy Sass Jordan". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. p. C7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."You Say It's Your Birthday: Wayne Parker of Glass Tiger". MTV News. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barr, Greg (30 Mar 1991). "Glass Tiger back with new, sharper image". Ottawa Citizen. p. G1.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.MacInnis, Craig (6 Apr 1991). "McTiger bellyaches into the '90s". Toronto Star. p. J8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sharp, Keith (2014). Music Express: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Canada's Music Magazine. Dundurn Press. p. 238.
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