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Length
  
53:59

Release date
  
22 March 1991

Genre
  
Pop music

Artist
  
Glass Tiger

Label
  
EMI Music Canada

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Released
  
March 22, 1991 (1991-03-22)

Recorded
  
1990 at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, and Distorto Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Producer
  
Tom Werman, Jim Vallance, Jim Cregan, & Sam Reid

Simple Mission (1991)
  
Air Time The Best of Glass Tiger (1993)

Similar
  
Diamond Sun, The Thin Red Line, Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger, Then Now Next

Simple Mission is the third album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records March 22, 1991 (1991-03-22) and is the band's first (and to date, only) studio album without drummer Michael Hanson who left the group after the Diamond Sun album.

Contents

The single "My Town" features Rod Stewart on lead vocals alongside Alan Frew, and reached #33 in the UK, marking the band's second highest position in that country. The album also went certified Platinum in Canada.

Track listing

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

    • 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 Acũna
  • 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)
  • Management: Management West Int. (Toronto) and Stiefel Phillips (Los Angeles)
  • Guitar Technician: Jerry Snyder
  • Tour Manager: Joe Bamford
  • Tour Sound: Tracy Silverstone
  • Tour Lighting: Steve Baird
  • Photography: Randee St. Nicholas
  • Design: Ralph Alfonso
  • Tiger Design: Mason-Walden Computer Graphics

    • Songs

    1Blinded4:38
    2Animal Heart3:50
    3Let's Talk4:24

    References

    Simple Mission Wikipedia
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