Tear Me Apart

Tear Me Apart is the tenth album by Tanya Tucker. Most of her fans will be surprised at how little "country" music is on this album, however. Produced by British rocker Mike Chapman, who along with longtime songwriting partner Nicky Chinn, wrote two of its songs, it continues the more rock-based sound begun on the preceding TNT, but even more so. The album rose to the #33 position on the Billboard Country Albums chart, although there were no charting singles for the first time in Tucker's career. Perhaps the best song is "Better Late Than Never," one of the hardest rockers of Tucker's career.

Track listing

1. "Blind Love" (Dennis Linde) – 3:25
2. "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) – 4:11
3. "Somebody Must Have Loved You Right Last Night" (Ken Bell) – 3:30
4. "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) / I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (John Phillips, George Cory, Douglas Cross) – 3:20
5. "Tear Me Apart" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) – 3:05
6. "Crossfire of Desire" (Casey Kelly, Julie Didier, Lewis Anderson) – 4:09
7. "Better Late Than Never" (Steve Krikorian) – 3:42
8. "I've Never Said No Before" (Mark Gray) – 3:33
9. "Shady Streets" (Dickey Betts, Dan Toler, Billy Ray Reynolds) – 3:50
10. "By Day by Day" (Dennis Linde) – 3:13

Personnel

• Drums, Percussion: Beau Segal
• Bass: Jeff Eyrich
• Keyboards: Steve Goldstein
• Guitars: Bill Andersen, Jerry Swallow
• Mandolin: Jerry Swallow
• Saxophone: Jerry Peterson
• Backing Vocals: Rusty Buchanan, Lynda Lawley, Sue Richman, Andrea Robinson, Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters