| Tear Me Apart | ||||
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| Released | October 29, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Country, rock | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Mike Chapman | |||
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| Singles from Tear Me Apart | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Record Mirror | [2] |
Tear Me Apart is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Tanya Tucker released on October 29. 1979. Produced by British rocker Mike Chapman, who along with longtime songwriting partner Nicky Chinn, wrote two of its songs, it continues the more rock-based sound begun on the preceding TNT, but even more so. The album rose to the No. 33 position on the Billboard Country Albums chart, although there were no charting singles in the United States for the first time in Tucker's career.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blind Love" | Dennis Linde | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Somebody Must Have Loved You Right Last Night" | Ken Bell | 3:30 |
| 4. | "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) / I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | John Phillips, George Cory, Douglas Cross | 3:20 |
| 5. | "Tear Me Apart" | Chinn, Chapman | 3:05 |
| 6. | "Crossfire of Desire" | Casey Kelly, Julie Didier, Lewis Anderson | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Better Late Than Never" | Steve Krikorian [Tonio K] | 3:42 |
| 8. | "I've Never Said No Before" | Mark Gray | 3:33 |
| 9. | "Shady Streets" | Dickey Betts, Dan Toler, Billy Ray Reynolds | 3:50 |
| 10. | "By Day by Day" | Linde | 3:13 |
Personnel
- Tanya Tucker – lead vocals
- Beau Segal – drums, percussion
- Jeff Eyrich – bass guitar
- Steve Goldstein – keyboards
- Bill Andersen, Jerry Swallow – guitar
- Jerry Swallow – mandolin
- Jerry Peterson – saxophone
- Bill Andersen, Rusty Buchanan, Steve Goldstein, Lynda Lawley, Sue Richman, Andrea Robinson, Julia Tillman Waters, Tanya Tucker, Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
References
- ↑ AllMusic review
- ↑ Hall, Philip (1 March 1980). "Tanya tears in". Record Mirror. p. 17.
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