Take Me Now Explained
Take Me Now is a solo album by David Gates of Bread.[2]
The album peaked at #62 on the Billboard chart.[3]
Critical reception
Billboard praised the title track, calling it "an attractive midtempo ballad that's more upbeat than [Gates's] seamless pop classics of the early '70s."[4]
Track listing
All tracks composed by David Gates except where noted
- "It's You" - 3:47
- "Take Me Now" - 3:23
- "She's a Heartbreaker" - 2:36
- "This Could Be Forever" - 3:23
- "Come Home for Christmas" - 3:07
- "Still in Love" (Hadley Hockensmith, Kelly Willard, David Gates) - 3:18
- "Vanity" - 3:15
- "Nineteen on the Richter Scale" - 3:31
- "Lady Valentine" - 3:34
- "It's What You Say" - 3:05
Personnel
- David Gates - acoustic guitar (1, 4); guitar (2, 3, 10), bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 7); all instruments (5); keyboards (7); slide guitar (8); piano (9)
- Hadley Hockensmith - lead guitar (1, 3, 7, 8); electric guitar (4, 6); bass (6)
- Larry Knechtel - Fender Rhodes electric piano (1, 4); piano (2, 8); keyboards (3, 10); bass (9, 10)
- Paul Leim - drums (1-4, 6, 8-10); percussion (4)
- Mike Botts - drums (7)
- Craig Gates - percussion (4)
- Tom Scott - alto saxophone (4)
- Chuck Findley - flugelhorn (9)
- Dick Hyde - bass trumpet (9)
Notes and References
- Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.
- Book: Hardy . Phil . The Da Capo Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music . 1995 . Da Capo Press . 107.
- Web site: David Gates | San Diego Reader. www.sandiegoreader.com.
- Top Single Picks. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. August 29, 1981. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
