Simple Mission

Simple Mission is the third album by the Canadian band Glass Tiger, released in 1991.^[2][3]

Simple Mission
Studio album by Glass Tiger
Released	1991
Recorded	1990
Studio	A&M Studios, Los Angeles, Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, and Distorto Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre	Pop
Length	53:59
Label	Capitol[1]
Producer	Tom Werman
Glass Tiger chronology
Diamond Sun (1988) Simple Mission (1991) Air Time: The Best of Glass Tiger (1993)
Singles from Simple Mission
"Animal Heart" Released: 1991 "Rhythm Of Your Love" Released: 1991 "My Town" Released: August 1991 "Rescued (By The Arms Of Love)" Released: 1991

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

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Windsor Star	B[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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blinded"	Connelly, Frew, Dvoskin	4:38
2.	"Animal Heart"	Connelly, Frew, Dvoskin	3:50
3.	"Let's Talk"	Frew, Reid, Vallance	4:23
4.	"Where Did Our Love Go"	Frew, Reid, Vallance	4:31
5.	"My Town"	Connelly, Frew, Parker, Cregan	4:49
6.	"The Rhythm of Your Love"	Connelly, Frew	4:38
7.	"Spanish Slumber"	Frew, Reid	1:29
8.	"Simple Mission"	Frew, Reid	4:34
9.	"Stand or Fall"	Frew, Reid, Vallance, Sandford	3:59
10.	"Rescued (By the Arms of Love)"	Frew, Parker, Washbrook	4:16
11.	"One to One"	Frew, Reid, Vallance	4:30
12.	"One Night Alone"	Frew, Reid, Vallance	4:06
13.	"(She Said) Love Me Like a Man"	Frew, Reid, Vallance	4:09

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

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)