Tonight I'm Yours
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| Studio album by Rod Stewart | |||||
| Released | October 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, Pop, New Wave | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Producer | Jim Cregan, Rod Stewart | ||||
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Tonight I'm Yours is a 1981 album by Rod Stewart. Features hints of Classic Rock, Pop and New Wave. The album had two hit singles with, title track "Tonight I'm Yours" (#11 on charts) and "Young Turks" (#5 on charts). Another single released was a cover of the song "How Long".
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[edit] Album Information
Tonight I'm Yours saw Rod Stewart further adopting current musical trends after some disco-influenced songs on Blondes Have More Fun and Foolish Behaviour by adding elements of Synthpop and New Wave to a couple of songs (the title track, and "Young Turks"), while mostly keeping to his Rock traditions elsewhere. The album included three covers, "Tear It Up", "How Long", and "Just Like A Woman".
The song "Never Give Up On A Dream" was dedicated to Terry Fox, who ran 3,339 miles in the Marathon of Hope with one prosthetic leg. Fox died in 1981, the year the album was released. It also played during the audition process of the seventh season of American Idol, in 2008 [1].
[edit] Critical Reaction
The album was mostly well-received, receiving 4 stars alike from both All Music Guide and Rolling Stone. On All Music Guide, Stewart hasn't yet surpassed the 4-star rating that this album received, with any of his subsequent releases.
[edit] Chart Performance
The album reached #11 on the "Pop Album Charts" in the USA, eventually going platinum. The song "Young Turks" was the biggest hit from the album, reaching #5 on the "Pop Singles" chart. "Young Turks", and four further singles, "How Long", "Jealous", "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)", and "Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)", all peaked within the Top 50 of the "Pop Singles" and "Mainstream Rock" charts.
[edit] Track Listings
- "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar)
- "How Long" (Paul Carrack)
- "Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)" (Stewart)
- "Tear It Up" (Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Burnette)
- "Only A Boy" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar)
- "Just Like A Woman" (Bob Dylan)
- "Jealous" (Stewart, Carmine Appice, Jay Davis, Danny Johnson)
- "Sonny" (Stewart, Cregan, Savigar, Bernie Taupin)
- "Young Turks" (Stewart, Appice, Duane Hitchings, Savigar)
- "Never Give Up On A Dream" (Stewart, Cregan, Taupin)
[edit] Personnel
- Rod Stewart - vocals
- Jim Cregan - guitar, background vocals
- Jeff Baxter, Robin LeMesurier, Danny Johnson - guitar
- Byron Berline - fiddle
- Jimmy Zavala - harmonica, saxophone
- Kevin Savigar, Duane Hitchings - keyboards
- Jay Davis - bass
- Carmine Appice - drums, background vocals
- Tony Brock - percussion, background vocals
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Tommy Vig - tubular bells
- Linda Lewis, The Penetcostal Community Choir, Penny Jones - background vocals
