Part of the Game

Part of the Game
Studio album by
Pablo Cruise
ReleasedOctober 1979
RecordedStudio 55, Cherokee Studios, Redwing Sound and Sunset Sound, Los Angeles and Record Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Length40:04
LabelA&M
ProducerBill Schnee
Pablo Cruise chronology
Worlds Away
(1978) 		Part of the Game
(1979) 		Reflector
(1981)

Part of the Game is the fifth album by the California band Pablo Cruise, released in 1979.[1] The album marked a decline in the band's popularity, as it managed only to reach No. 39 in the United States. One single was released from the album: "I Want You Tonight", reaching No. 19 in the United States.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the problem is songwriter Cory Lerios, an under-achiever who takes little care with his tunes; he evidently picks an inoffensive chord pattern and constructs a series of notes that don't conflict, making preposterously weak melodies, which he then places on top of predictable rhythm tracks."[3]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Part of the Game" (Jenkins, Lerios, Allee Willis, Day) - 3:44
  2. "I Want You Tonight" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 5:31
  3. "When Love Is at Your Door" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 4:31
  4. "Givin' It Away" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 5:18

Side Two

  1. "Tell Me That You Love Me" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 4:54
  2. "Lonely Nights" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 5:23
  3. "How Many Tears?" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis, David Lasley) - 6:15
  4. "For Another Town" (Lerios, Willis) - 4:28

Charts

Chart (1979/80) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 53
United States (Billboard 200) 39

Personnel

Pablo Cruise
Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. ^ Harrison, Ed (Nov 17, 1979). "Latest Album by Pablo Cruise Shows 'More Realistic' Sound". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 46. p. 34.
  2. ^ "Part of the Game Pablo Cruise". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ McGrath, Paul (10 Nov 1979). "Part of the Game Pablo Cruise". The Globe and Mail. p. F12.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 227. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.