Simple Mission

Simple Mission
Studio album by Glass Tiger
Released	March 22, 1991
Recorded	1990 at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, and Distorto Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre	Pop
Length	53:59
Label	Capitol
Producer	Tom Werman, Jim Vallance, Jim Cregan, & Sam Reid
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: 1991 "Rescued (By The Arms Of Love)" Released: 1991

Simple Mission is the third album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records March 22, 1991 and is the band's first (and to date, only) studio album without drummer Michael Hanson who left the group after the Diamond Sun album.

The single "My Town" features Rod Stewart on lead vocals alongside Alan Frew, and reached #33 in the UK, marking the band's second highest position in that country. The album also went certified Platinum in Canada.

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 Acũna
• 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)
• Management: Management West Int. (Toronto) and Stiefel Phillips (Los Angeles)
• Guitar Technician: Jerry Snyder
• Tour Manager: Joe Bamford
• Tour Sound: Tracy Silverstone
• Tour Lighting: Steve Baird
• Photography: Randee St. Nicholas
• Design: Ralph Alfonso
• Tiger Design: Mason-Walden Computer Graphics