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Tonight I'm Yours
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tonight I'm Yours |
| type | Studio Album |
| artist | Rod Stewart |
| cover | Tonight I'm Yours.jpg |
| released | 6 November 1981 |
| recorded | November 1980June 1981 |
| studio | Record Plant, Los Angeles |
| genre | *Soft rock |
| length | 41:29 |
| label | Warner Bros., Riva |
| producer | Jim Cregan, Rod Stewart |
| prev_title | Foolish Behaviour |
| prev_year | 1980 |
| next_title | Absolutely Live |
| next_year | 1982 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Tonight I'm Yours |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) |
| single1date | October 1981 (UK) |
| single2 | Young Turks |
| single2date | October 1981 (US) |
| single3 | How Long |
| single3date | February 1982 |
| single4 | Just Like a Woman |
| single4date | March 1982 (EU) |
- pop rock
- new wave Tonight I'm Yours is the eleventh studio album by Rod Stewart, released in 1981. It features hints of classic rock, pop and new wave. The album had three hit singles, with the title track "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (US Billboard No. 20, US Cash Box No. 15; Canada No. 2), "Young Turks" (US No. 5), and "How Long" (US No. 49).
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 synth-pop 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 Canadian athlete Terry Fox, who ran 3,339 miles with one prosthetic leg in the Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer research. Fox succumbed to cancer in 1981, the year the album was released.
The music video for "Tonight I'm Yours" was shot by Australian film director, Russell Mulcahy.
Critical reception
The album was mostly well received, being given four out of five stars in both Rolling Stone's contemporary review and in a retrospective from AllMusic. On AllMusic, Stewart has not yet surpassed the 4-star rating that the album received with any of his subsequent releases.
Track listing
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – vocals
- Jim Cregan – guitar and backing vocals
- Robin Le Mesurier – guitar
- Jeff Baxter – guitar and pedal steel guitar
- Danny Johnson – guitar
- Byron Berline – fiddle
- Jimmy Zavala – harmonica and saxophone
- Kevin Savigar – keyboards
- Duane Hitchings – keyboards
- Jay Davis – bass
- Carmine Appice – drums and backing vocals
- Tony Brock – drums, tambourine and backing vocals
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Tommy Vig – tubular bells
- Penny Jones – soloist
- Linda Lewis, the Pentecostal Community Choir – backing vocals
- Karat Faye – engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1981–1982) | Peak | |
|---|---|---|
| position | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | |
| 11 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1982) | Position | Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | US Billboard 200 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | |||
| 47 |
Certifications
References
References
- "Rod Stewart singles".
- "Rod Stewart singles".
- "Rod Stewart singles".
- Canada, Library and Archives. (17 July 2013). "Item".
- [{{AllMusic
- "Robert Christgau: CG: rod stewart".
- (4 February 1982). "Tonight I'm Yours".
- {{cite Kent
- "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1982".
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1982".
- "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)".
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