Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet Explained

Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
Type:studio
Artist:Rick Springfield
Cover:Succes_Hasn't_Spoiled_Me_Yet_-_CD_album_coverA.jpg
Released:23 March 1982
Recorded:1981
Genre:Power pop
Length:36:37
Label:RCA
Producer:Keith Olsen
Prev Title:Working Class Dog
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Living in Oz
Next Year:1983

Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet is the sixth studio album by Australian rock musician Rick Springfield, released by RCA Records in 1982. The album was certified platinum in the United States, and produced three top 40 singles: "Don't Talk to Strangers" (No. 2 for four weeks), "What Kind of Fool Am I" (No. 21, not the show tune of the same name) and "I Get Excited" (No. 32). "Don't Talk to Strangers" and "Calling All Girls" also received considerable album rock airplay, charting at No. 11 and No. 4 respectively.

Billboard said of the single "I Get Excited" that it "lacks the irresistible dynamics and killer hook of 'Don't Talk to Strangers'" and that it "rehashes the formulas of Springfield's past hits," such as "the guitar opening of 'Jessie's Girl.'"[1]

As the follow-up to the breakout album Working Class Dog, the album features cover art with a return of Springfield's pet Bull Terrier dog, Ronnie, this time enjoying the fruits of success.

"Kristina" is a remake of the Bachman–Turner Overdrive song "Jamaica", using different lyrics.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Springfield, except where noted.

  1. "Calling All Girls" – 3:26
  2. "I Get Excited" – 2:32
  3. "What Kind of Fool Am I" – 3:19
  4. "Kristina" (Springfield, Jim Vallance) – 3:01
  5. "Tonight" – 3:19
  6. "Black Is Black" (Tony Hayes, Michelle Grainger, Steve Wadey) – 2:52
  7. "Don't Talk to Strangers" – 2:59
  8. "How Do You Talk to Girls" – 3:17
  9. "Still Crazy for You" (Charles Sanford) – 3:56
  10. "The American Girl" – 3:09
  11. "Just One Kiss" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:14
  12. "April 24, 1981" – 1:33

Production

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 28
Canada (Canadian Albums Chart)6
United States (Billboard 200)2

Notes and References

  1. Billboard. September 11, 1982. 2023-01-29. 55. Top Single Picks.
  2. Web site: Rick Springfield - Kristina . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124143055/http://jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-springfield-krist.html . 2010-11-24 .
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 289.