''Simple Mission'' is the third album by the Canadian band

Glass Tiger Glass Tiger is a Grammy Award-nominated Canadian rock band from Newmarket, Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album, '' The Thin Red Line'', went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the Uni ...

, released in 1991. The single " My Town" features

Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling ...

on lead vocals alongside Alan Frew, and reached No. 33 on the UK, marking the band's second highest position in that country. "Animal Heart" received a

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nomination. The album was certified platinum in Canada.

Production

The album was produced mostly by

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. Tony Thompson played drums on the majority of its tracks. The band attempted to incorporate rock styles alongside its pop.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' 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." The ''

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'' 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." The ''

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'' 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."

Track listing

Produced by

except: * track 5, produced by Tom Werman and

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* track 7, produced by Sam Reid * track 11, produced by Tom Werman and

Jim Vallance James Douglas Vallance (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian songwriter, arranger and producer. He is best known as the songwriting partner of Canadian musician Bryan Adams. Vallance began his professional career as the original drummer and main song ...

Personnel

Glass Tiger

Al Connelly Alan Connelly (born October 2, 1960) is a guitarist and songwriter. He is a founding member of Glass Tiger, the Canadian rock band. He and his band received five Canadian music industry JUNO Awards and multiple Canadian songwriter SOCAN Awards, ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s * Wayne Parker -

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck The ...

* Sam Reid -

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Alan Frew Alan Graham Frew (born November 8, 1956) is a Scottish-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, and author, who is the lead singer of the Canadian rock band Glass Tiger. He has also released three solo albums. Early life Born 8 November 1956 in Coatb ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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 Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and (briefly) the lead vocalist for Journey in 2006–2007. Soto also sa ...

, Mark Free, Paul Rafferty * Spanish voice: Maria Del Rey * Vocals on " My Town":

* Acoustic guitar on "My Town":

* Additional guitars:

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1959 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and the C ...

* Additional keyboards on "One to One":

* Saxophone solo on "Where Did Our Love Go": Gary Herbig * Extra percussion:

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* String Arrangement on "Where Did Our Love Go":

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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:

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(Precision Lacquer, Los Angeles)

References

{{Authority control Glass Tiger albums 1991 albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Tom Werman