Take Me Now
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| Take Me Now | ||||
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| Released | August 1981 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 32:59 | |||
| Label | Arista[1] Pony Records | |||
| Producer | David Gates | |||
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| Singles from Take Me Now | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Take Me Now is a solo album by David Gates of Bread.[4]
The album peaked at #62 on the Billboard chart.[5]
Critical reception
[edit]Billboard praised the title track, calling it "an attractive midtempo ballad that's more upbeat than [Gates's] seamless pop classics of the early '70s."[6]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by David Gates except where noted
- "It's You" - 3:47
- "Take Me Now" - 3:23
- "She's a Heartbreaker" - 2:36
- "This Could Be Forever" - 3:23
- "Come Home for Christmas" - 3:07
- "Still in Love" (Hadley Hockensmith, Kelly Willard, David Gates) - 3:18
- "Vanity" - 3:15
- "Nineteen on the Richter Scale" - 3:31
- "Lady Valentine" - 3:34
- "It's What You Say" - 3:05
Personnel
[edit]- David Gates - acoustic guitar (1, 4); guitar (2, 3, 10), bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 7); all instruments (5); keyboards (7); slide guitar (8); piano (9)
- Hadley Hockensmith - lead guitar (1, 3, 7, 8); electric guitar (4, 6); bass (6)
- Larry Knechtel - Fender Rhodes electric piano (1, 4); piano (2, 8); keyboards (3, 10); bass (9, 10)
- Paul Leim - drums (1–4, 6, 8–10); percussion (4)
- Mike Botts - drums (7)
- Craig Gates - percussion (4)
- Tom Scott - alto saxophone (4)
- Chuck Findley - flugelhorn (9)
- Dick Hyde - bass trumpet (9)
References
[edit]- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Take Me Now - David Gates | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 693.
- ^ Hardy, Phil (1995). The Da Capo Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music. Da Capo Press. p. 107.
- ^ "David Gates | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (August 29, 1981). "Top Single Picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
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