Fleetwood Mac "Tango In The Night [1990 Reissue, Germany, Warner Bros., 7599-25471-2]"

Tango in the Night is the fourteenth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 13 April 1987. As a result of Lindsey Buckingham's departure later that year, it is the fifth and final studio album with the band's most successful lineup of Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Stevie Nicks, though Christine McVie would make guest appearances on the band's 2003 album, Say You Will. This lineup was not seen again until 1997's live album The Dance.

Produced by Buckingham with Richard Dashut, Tango in the Night began as one of Buckingham's solo projects, but in 1985, the production had morphed into Fleetwood Mac's next record. It contains several hit singles, including four US top 20 hits: "Big Love" (No. 5), "Seven Wonders" (No. 19), "Little Lies" (No. 4), and "Everywhere" (No. 14). Two additional songs, "Family Man" (No. 90) and "Isn't It Midnight", were released as singles to lower chart success. Tango in the Night has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. In March 2017, remastered deluxe editions of Tango in the Night were released, the first a double-CD set and the second a 3CD/1DVD/1-LP boxset.

The cover art for the album is a painting by Australian artist Brett-Livingstone Strong that was hanging in Buckingham's home. The painting is an homage to the 19th-century French painter Henri Rousseau, emulating his colourful jungle theme works such as The Snake Charmer and The Repast of the Lion. The painting was also used as the cover art for "Big Love", the album's lead single.

After the completion of The Mirage tour in 1982, four of the members of Fleetwood Mac released five solo albums with varying degrees of success. Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham each released one while Stevie Nicks released two. John McVie retreated from music to pursue his passion for sailing.

In 1985, Christine McVie was called to record a cover of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love" for the soundtrack of the movie, A Fine Mess. McVie contacted Richard Dashut, Fleetwood Mac's producer at the time, to produce the track. Buckingham, Fleetwood, and John McVie were eventually brought in to supply the instrumentation. Greg Droman, a relatively new producer at the time, was also brought in to participate. Droman had recently relocated to Los Angeles at the suggestion of Joe Walsh. Dashut and Droman eventually bumped into each other at a recording studio owned by the Captain & Tennille, and "just hit it off". Just a few weeks later, Droman worked with Buckingham on a song for the Back to the Future soundtrack. Droman was called once again to engineer a Buckingham solo album. The project later morphed into a Fleetwood Mac album instead.

Although the album took almost 18 months to complete, Stevie Nicks only spent a total of two weeks in the studio with the band as she was busy promoting her third solo album Rock A Little throughout most of this period. She sent demos of her songs to the band, recorded while she was on her world tour, for them to work on in her absence. The track "Welcome To The Room... Sara" was inspired by her 30-day stay at the Betty Ford Center to overcome her cocaine addiction in October 1986 (Nicks used the pseudonym "Sara Anderson" when she checked into the facility).

When Nicks did go to the studio, she often felt unmotivated. "I can remember going up there and not being happy to even be there...I guess I didn’t go very often..." With vocal sessions taking place in Buckingham's master bedroom, Nicks would ask for some brandy, drink a few shots, and eventually run through "four or five songs" intoxicated. Because of this, Buckingham had to remove most of Nicks' vocals. As a result, Nicks is almost entirely absent on the majority of Buckingham and McVie's tracks. To make ends meet, Buckingham recorded some of the vocals himself using a Fairlight, an early sampling synthesizer. For example, on "When I See You Again", some of the vocals weren't even sung by Nicks. Instead, Buckingham assembled the vocal track by taking words and sentences that weren't hers, then tampered with them until they somewhat resembled Nicks' voice. "I had to pull performances out of words and lines and make parts that sounded like her that weren’t her.” After the middle eight, the rest of the song is sung in Buckingham's normal register.  ”That was in my estimation when everybody in the band was personally at their worst...by the time we did Tango in the Night, everybody was leading their lives in a way that they would not be too proud of today."

Tango in the Night is, to date, the final studio album released by the 'classic' line-up of Fleetwood Mac consisting of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood, before Buckingham's departure from the band in the summer of 1987. This line-up has reconvened for live performances, however.

With pressure being placed on Buckingham to keep the project focused and moving forward, things came to a head shortly after the release of Tango in the Night when he announced his departure from the band shortly before their scheduled tour in 1987. Following Buckingham's sudden departure, two musicians were drafted in to replace him (Rick Vito and Billy Burnette), who proceeded to complete the tour in 1987-1988 with the rest of the band.

Track listing

1. "Big Love" 3:37
2. "Seven Wonders" 3:38
3. "Everywhere" 3:48
4. "Caroline" 3:50
5. "Tango in the Night" 3:56
6. "Mystified" 3:08
7. "Little Lies" 3:40
8. "Family Man" 4:08
9. "Welcome to the Room... Sara" 3:37
10. "Isn't It Midnight" 4:06
11. "When I See You Again" 3:49
12. "You and I, Part II" 2:40

Lindsey Buckingham – producer, arrangements, additional engineer, cover concept

Richard Dashut – producer, cover concept

Greg Droman – engineer

Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)

John Courage – studio coordinator

Roy Hopper – studio crew

Ray Lindsey – studio crew

Steve Matteucci – studio crew

Brett-Livingstone Strong – cover painting

Greg Gorman – cover photography

Jeri Heiden – art direction

Chris Rea "Auberge"

Auberge (a French word meaning "inn") is the eleventh studio album by Chris Rea, released in 1991. The album, as well as the title song, was mostly notable for the association of the Caterham Super Seven that he owned, in which he called it the "Blue Seven". That car appeared on the album cover, illustrated in oil by renowned motoring artist Alan Fearnley. The album makes several references to the car over several tracks, as well on the video of the title song, and its cover illustration was used for its adverts. In 2005, Rea sold the car in an auction. Auberge was a #1 album in the UK in 1991. 

The title track also gave Rea one of his biggest chart hits, reaching #16 in the UK charts. Other songs released as singles were "Heaven", "Looking For The Summer" and "Winter Song". Another song, "And You My Love", although not released as a single, has become a firm favourite among his fans and is regularly performed at live concerts.

Auberge reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and number one in the German Albums Chart in 1991. Q Magazine described the album as 'more of the same, with a few subtle differences to keep both doubters and aficionados guessing'.

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris Rea.

1. "Auberge" – 7:18
2. "Gone Fishing" – 4:41
3. "You're Not a Number" – 5:00
4. "Heaven" – 4:13
5. "Set Me Free" – 6:53
6. "Winter Song" – 4:35
7. "Red Shoes" – 3:54
8. "Sing a Song of Love to Me" – 3:34
9. "Every Second Counts" – 5:08
10. "Looking for the Summer" – 5:03
11. "And You My Love" – 5:28
12. "The Mention of Your Name" – 3:17

"Winter Song" did not appear on the initial album release; released as a stand-alone single in November 1991, it was included on some subsequent CD issues.

Jon Kelly – producer

John Mackswith – engineer

Justin Shirley-Smith – engineer

Russell Shaw – engineer

Willie Grimston – production coordination

Alan Fearnley – paintings

Chris Rea "Tennis"

Tennis is the third studio album by Chris Rea, released in 1980.

Track listing

All words and music by Chris Rea

1. "Tennis" - 5:18
2. "Sweet Kiss" - 4:33
3. "Since I Don't See You Anymore" - 3:41
4. "Dancing Girls" - 4:02
5. "No Work Today" (instrumental) - 2:33
6. "Every Time I See You Smile" - 6:18
7. "For Ever And Ever" - 4:09
8. "Good News" - 3:54
9. "Friends Across the Water" (instrumental) - 3:45
10. "Distant Summers" - 2:10
11. "Only With You" - 3:42
12. "Stick It" - 5:19

Chris Rea – producer

Barry Hammond – engineer, mixing

Hothouse – artwork

David Magnus – inner sleeve photography

Jim Beach – management

John McCoy – management

Pendulum Management Ltd. – management company

Recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios (Oxfordshire, England, UK).

Bryan Adams "So Far, So Good"

So Far So Good is a greatest hits album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on 2 November 1993 by A&M Records. The album reached number six on the Billboard 200 in 1994 and reached number one in the UK and many other countries.

The album contains songs from Cuts Like a Knife (1983) to Waking Up the Neighbours (1991), and a new single, "Please Forgive Me". Originally, the song "So Far So Good" was going to be included on the album so the album started and finished with a new song but it was dropped. The song was included on disc two of Anthology.

The only song on the album that has never been released as a single is "Kids Wanna Rock" from Reckless (1984), which replaced "One Night Love Affair", taken from the same album. Although the latter had been released as a single in 1985, charting in Canada and Japan, 'Kids Wanna Rock" proved to be a popular live staple during Adams' world tours. In fact, various live recordings of "Kids Wanna Rock" were issued as B-sides between 1984 and 1992. Other notable singles that were left off include "Hearts on Fire" and "Victim of Love" from 1987, the moderately successful "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" from 1991, and the 1992 US single "Touch the Hand". Early versions of the album had a circular black sticker on the jewelcase, covering the wheel, featuring the text "The Best of Bryan Adams" in red letters. Also, the album cover was available in different colour schemes, varying from dark green, to light brown and bright orange. The album has been repackaged several times; some versions included the singles "All for Love" from 1994 or "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from 1995.

Despite releasing two other compilation albums in the past decade, So Far So Good is Adams' best selling album in many countries, and continues to sell well. Sales have exceeded 13 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

1. "Summer of '69" Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance Reckless (1984) 3:35
2. "Straight from the Heart" Adams, Eric Kagna Cuts Like a Knife (1983) 3:30
3. "It's Only Love" Adams, Vallance Reckless 3:15
4. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange Waking Up the Neighbours (1991) 4:29
5. "Do I Have to Say the Words?" Adams/Lange/Vallance Waking Up the Neighbours 6:11
6. "This Time" Adams, Vallance Cuts Like a Knife 3:18
7. "Run to You" Adams, Vallance Reckless 3:54
8. "Heaven" Adams, Vallance Reckless 4:03
9. "Cuts Like a Knife" Adams, Vallance Cuts Like a Knife 5:12
10. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Adams, Lange, Michael Kamen Waking Up the Neighbours 6:34
11. "Somebody" Adams, Vallance Reckless 4:44
12. "Kids Wanna Rock" Adams, Vallance Reckless 2:36
13. "Heat of the Night" Adams, Vallance Into the Fire (1987) 5:06
14. "Please Forgive Me" Adams, Lange Previously unreleased 5:55

Bryan Adams "Reckless"

Reckless is the fourth studio album by the Canadian musician Bryan Adams. It was released on 5 November 1984 by A&M Records, the album was co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, and it's arguably Adams' most successful album. The album was a huge international hit, selling over 5 million copies in the United States alone and 12 million copies worldwide. It was the first Canadian album to sell more than one million copies within Canada. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 and reached high positions on album charts worldwide.

Six singles were released from the album: "Run to You", "Somebody", "Heaven", "Summer of '69", "One Night Love Affair", and "It's Only Love". All six singles made the top 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, which until that time had been accomplished previously only by Michael Jackson's Thriller and Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA. The album was ranked No. 49 on Kerrang!s "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" in 1989, and 99th Greatest Rock Album of All Time by Classic Rock and was also named the #12 Greatest Canadian Album of All Time by Bob Mersereau in his book The Top 100 Canadian Albums. The album was recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada. On 12 December 2009 the syndicated radio program In the Studio celebrated the 25th anniversary of the album.

A 30th Anniversary edition of the album, featuring previously unreleased material and a brand new 5.1 surround mix, was released on 10 November 2014 in both four and two-disc editions. The Reckless 30th Anniversary Tour also took place in November 2014, consisting of eleven exclusive arena shows in the United Kingdom.

In March 1984, recording for Reckless began after extensive touring for the support of Cuts Like a Knife. However, unhappy with the recording process, Adams decided to take a month off. In August, Adams headed back to the studio with Tina Turner for the track "It's Only Love"; he also returned with more new songs and started re-recording songs which would lead to the development of such tracks as "Run to You", Summer of '69", and "Heaven".

"Run to You" was recorded after a tour in Asia. The recording for "Run to You" started on 27 March 1984 and went through the summer at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver. It was mixed in New York by Bob Clearmountain, with mixing of the song completed on 21 September. The recording of "Heaven", co-written by Adams and Jim Vallance, started on 6 June and lasted only two days, ending on 7 June. The song was recorded for the film A Night in Heaven, and was mixed by Bob Clearmountain on 16 June 1984. "Summer of '69" was written on 25 January 1984 with Jim Vallance. The recording took place at Little Mountain Sound Studios where the song was recorded three times over the winter. It was mixed in New York by Bob Clearmountain on 22 November 1984.

"Run to You" was released as the debut single from Reckless on 18 October 1984 in Canada and the U.S. and became one of the most successful songs from the album on the American pop and rock charts; it would become arguably one of Adams' most recognizable and popular songs. The song was Adams' first number one hit on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, a position it held for four weeks, and reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100. It reached the top 20 on the Canadian singles chart and remained in the top 20 for seven weeks, peaking at number 4. With "Run to You", Adams reached the highest Canadian chart position in his career to that time; it was his third top 20 hit single in Canada. "Run to You" was released in November 1984 in Europe where it peaked at the top ten in Ireland at number 8 and reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart; it was his second single to chart in Europe.

"Somebody" was released as a single in January 1985 and became one of the most successful songs from Reckless on the American rock charts. The song was Adams' second number one hit on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. It reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was in the top 20 on the Canadian singles chart for six weeks. "Somebody" was Adams' fourth top 20 hit on the Canadian chart. "Somebody" was released the following month in Europe and peaked at the top 20 in Ireland at number 20 and reached the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart at 35; it was his third single to chart in Europe.

"Heaven" was the third single from Reckless. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in June 1985. The song previously peaked at number nine on the Billboard Top Tracks chart from the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album in February 1984. The song has appeared on all of Adams' compilation albums with the exception of The Best of Me. The single was certified Gold in Canada in 1985.

Upon the release of the album in November 1984, "Summer of '69" received some airplay on album-oriented rock radio stations but was mostly overshadowed by the tracks "Run to You" and "It's Only Love", only managing to reach number 40 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart. After it was released as a single in June 1985, "Summer of '69" reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was released in Australia, Europe and New Zealand in 1985. "Heaven" reached the UK top 40, while "Summer of '69" peaked at the top 40. "Summer of '69" continued the trend of higher-charting singles when it debuted and peaked at top 20 in most of the European countries it charted. Adams' previous singles had charted much weaker in Europe and "Summer of '69" would be Adams' second single to chart in mainland Europe.

Although "Summer of '69" reached the top ten in Norway and then the top 20 in the Austria, Ireland and Sweden, it was a moderate top 100 success in Germany, where it peaked at 62.

Co-writer Jim Vallance has always gone for the more conventional interpretation of the title being a reference to a year. He notes Jackson Browne's "Running on Empty", which contains references to 1965 and 1969, as his own influence, and recalls that Adams cited the film Summer of '42 as his.

Released as the fifth single from the album in September 1985, "One Night Love Affair" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 13 and at number 7 on the Top Rock Tracks chart. In Canada, "One Night Love Affair" was officially released to radio in February 1985. The song reached the top 20 on the Canadian Singles Chart and remained in the top twenty for another month. "One Night Love Affair" was the lowest charting single from Reckless.

While never released as a single, "Kids Wanna Rock" received airplay on album-oriented rock stations in Canada and the United States enabling it to chart on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at number 42. Due to its popularity in concert, it was included on the greatest hits collection "So Far So Good".

In December 1984, Adams and his touring band which consists of Keith Scott, Dave Taylor, Pat Steward and Johnny Blitz played concerts in Chicago, Detroit, New York City and Philadelphia. In early 1985, Adams' started a tour throughout the United States with opening act and Canadian musician Kim Mitchell and later in Japan, Australia, Europe and finally Canada after winning four Juno Awards. Later he headed south towards the American West Coast, culminating with two dates at the Paladium in Los Angeles.

After the tour in the United States Adams traveled to Ethiopia to aid famine relief efforts there. Adams later went to Europe for a fifty-city concert tour with Tina Turner, culminating in April with his return to London to headline three sold-out shows at the Hammersmith Odeon. Adams began the first leg of his tour entitled "World Wide in 85" which started in Oklahoma. The tour ended in October. Adams would later visit Vancouver, and afterwards he returned to the American East Coast to play two sold-out concerts in New York.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance.

Side one

1. "One Night Love Affair" 4:32
2. "She's Only Happy When She's Dancin'" 3:14
3. "Run to You" 3:54
4. "Heaven" 4:03
5. "Somebody" 4:44

Side two

1. "Summer of '69" 3:35
2. "Kids Wanna Rock" 2:36
3. "It's Only Love" (w/ Tina Turner) 3:15
4. "Long Gone" 3:57
5. "Ain't Gonna Cry" 4:06

Total length: 37:56