Glass Tiger "Simple Mission (Canada, EMI Of Canada, 7 92922 2)"

Simple Mission is the third album by the Canadian band Glass Tiger, released in 1991.

The single "My Town" features Rod Stewart 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 Juno Award nomination. The album was certified platinum in Canada.

The album was produced mostly by Tom Werman. Tony Thompson played drums on the majority of its tracks. The band attempted to incorporate rock styles alongside its pop.

The Toronto Star 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 Windsor Star 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 Edmonton Journal 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

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

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).