Simple Mission is the third album by the Canadian band Glass Tiger, released in 1991.[2][3]
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.[4][5] "Animal Heart" received a Juno Award nomination.[6] The album was certified platinum in Canada.[7]
Production
The album was produced mostly by Tom Werman.[8]Tony Thompson played drums on the majority of its tracks.[9] The band attempted to incorporate rock styles alongside its pop.[10]
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."[9] 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."[11] 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."[12]
^"A Simple Mission Turns Complicated". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. 4 Apr 1991. p. C9.
^Kawchuk, Brent (27 Mar 1991). "Band puts boots to audience". Calgary Herald. p. D10.
^"Glass Tiger sharpens claws in musical makeover". The Gazette. Montreal. 5 Dec 1991. p. D16.
^Burliuk, Greg (20 Apr 1991). "Simple Mission Glass Tiger". Magazine. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
^"Glass Tiger". Official Charts. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
^Rubinoff, Joel (24 Apr 1992). "Rough as Glass: Well-manicured Tiger a tame cat compared to raunchy Sass Jordan". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. p. C7.
