''Playing for Keeps'' is the third

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by American rock musician

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, released in July 1980, by Wolfgang Records and

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. It continues the expansion to include pop oriented tracks that began with the previous album. The inclusion of the

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-influenced "

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" as well as the syrupy duet " Let's Be Lovers Again" with

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are indicative of the attempt to maintain rocker status and successfully migrate into the pop charts at the same time. Several of the tracks were written in conjunction with band member Randy Nichols who toured and recorded with Money at the time. "

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"- also featured on the soundtrack from '' Americathon'' - received AOR airplay as did "Trinidad", but the singles chosen for release didn't stir much excitement with reviewers or radio. The album was briefly released on the CD format, but quickly withdrawn. It had not been reissued on CD until 2012 when the four first albums were remastered and re-released by a European label named

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. Following the end of the tour supporting this album, Money experienced a collapse and subsequent hospitalization. A notable break allowing for recuperation followed.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals *John Nelson – lead guitar *

Jimmy Lyon James Douglas Lyon (born May 22, 1955) is an American rock guitarist. He is known primarily as the guitarist for Eddie Money in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and as a member of The Greg Kihn Band in the early 1990s. Career Jimmy Lyon was a g ...

– guitars, solos (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8) *David Lewark – guitars, solos (tracks 6, 9) *John Nelson – slide guitar (track 4) *

Greg Douglass Greg Douglass (born 1949 in Oakland, California, United States) is an American rock guitarist. Career Douglass started his musical career in the late 1960s with his band The Virtues, which later turned into the acid-rock group Country Weather. ...

– guitars (track 1) *

Bob Glaub Bob Glaub (born May 10, 1952)Hageman, William (April 29, 2005)."The aces of bass: Five giants of an overshadowed instrument", Knight Ridder Tribune News Service. is an American bass player and session musician. He has played with such artists an ...

– bass guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7-9) *Kenny Lewis – bass guitar (tracks 3, 4, 6) *Lonnie Turner – bass guitar (track 1) *Randy Nichols – keyboards *Robert Blass – Keyboards (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8) *

Gary Mallaber Gary Mallaber (born October 11, 1946 in Buffalo) is a Los Angeles session drummer, percussionist and singer. He attended Lafayette High School, where he and Bobby Militello, along with other musicians, were mentored by saxophonist Sam Scam ...

– drums and percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5-9) *

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– drums (tracks 3, 4) *

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– horns (track 9) * Steve Kupka – horns (track 9) *

– vocal duet on "Let's Be Lovers Again"

Charts

References

1980 albums Eddie Money albums Albums produced by Ron Nevison Columbia Records albums {{1980s-pop-rock-album-stub