Timothy B.

Timothy B
Studio album by Timothy B. Schmit
Released 7 September 1987
Genre
Label MCA
Producer Richard Rudolph
Timothy B. Schmit chronology
Playin' It Cool
(1984)
Timothy B
(1987)
Tell Me the Truth
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link

Timothy B is the second studio solo album by Timothy B. Schmit, the bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles. The album was released in 1987 on MCA in the United States and Europe, three years after Schmit's debut solo album, Playin' It Cool and seven years after the demise of the Eagles. The album peaked at #106 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the single, "Boys Night Out", peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, this song is Schmit's best selling single. The album was produced by Richard Rudolph, and it was co-produced by Bruce Gaitsch.

Background

When Schmit was asked about why there were less notable musicians compared to his last album, he said "I decided to stay out of the real glamour studios and to keep the clientele down too. I did it on purpose mainly for less distractions. I mean I really knew what I wanted to do on this album and I decided purposely not to use my famous and semi-famous friends just to have it be more of what I can do on my own. And that's really the reason."[1]

Critical reception

Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "The tunes and the songs are good enough, and Schmit is in superb voice, and you have to love the luminous guitar sound in evidence throughout. But it's all a little reminiscent of what happened to the Eagles once they became a top arena act -- all of a sudden, their sound started to get bigger and heavier than their music could carry comfortably."[2]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Boys Night Out" (Bruce Gaitsch, Will Jennings, Timothy B. Schmit) 4:36
2. "Don't Give Up" (Schmit) 3:57
3. "Hold Me in Your Heart" (Gaitsch, Jennings, Schmit) 4:42
4. "Everybody Needs a Lover" (Gaitsch, Jennings, Schmit) 4:30
5. "Into the Night" (Schmit) 4:37
6. "A Better Day is Coming" (Gaitsch, Jennings, Schmit) 4:29
7. "Jazz Street" (Gaitsch, Jennings, Schmit) 4:15
8. "I Guess We'll Go on Living" (Gaitsch, Jennings, Schmit) 5:32
9. "Down Here People Dance Forever" (Gaitsch, Jennings, Schmit) 6:27

Personnel

Sales chart performance

Album Peak position

Chart (1987) Position
North American Billboard chart 106

Singles Peak positions

Single Chart Position
"Boys Night Out" Mainstream Rock 17
"Boys Night Out" Billboard Hot 100 25
"Boys Night Out" Canadian Singles Chart 69
"Don't Give Up" Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart 22
"Don't Give Up" Adult Contemporary 30

References

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