Simple Mission

Simple Mission
Studio album by
Released1991
Recorded1990
StudioA&M Studios, Los Angeles, Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, and Distorto Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GenrePop
Length53:59
LabelCapitol[1]
ProducerTom 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]

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

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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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Windsor StarB[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

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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:

  • 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

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Glass Tiger

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Additional musicians

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Production

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  • 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)

References

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  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.
  4. ^ Burliuk, Greg (20 Apr 1991). "Simple Mission Glass Tiger". Magazine. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Glass Tiger". Official Charts. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Barr, Greg (30 Mar 1991). "Glass Tiger back with new, sharper image". Ottawa Citizen. p. G1.
  9. ^ a b MacInnis, Craig (6 Apr 1991). "McTiger bellyaches into the '90s". Toronto Star. p. J8.
  10. ^ Sharp, Keith (2014). Music Express: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Canada's Music Magazine. Dundurn Press. p. 238.
  11. ^ a b Jones, Owen (13 Apr 1991). "Pop". Windsor Star. p. C2.
  12. ^ Metella, Helen (21 Apr 1991). "Simple Mission Glass Tiger". Edmonton Journal. p. D6.