When You Were Mine (album) explained
| When You Were Mine |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | John Waite |
| Cover: | John Waite When You Were Mine 1997 album cover.jpg |
| Released: | 23 September 1997[1] |
| Studio: | - Sear Sound, New York City
- Looking Glass, New York City
- A&M, Hollywood
- Encore, Burbank
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| Length: | 50:51 |
| Label: | Mercury
Pure Records |
| Producer: | John Waite |
| Prev Title: | Temple Bar |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Figure in a Landscape |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
When You Were Mine is the sixth studio album by English singer and musician John Waite, released by Mercury/Pure in 1997.[1]
Background
Speaking to Songwriting Magazine in 2013, Waite said of the album: "When You Were Mine was the best album I ever did. I kind of went country in an English way, but it's a beautiful record."[2] He told Classic Rock Revisited that year: "When You Were Mine has strong acoustic values, and tells stories. It was completely different to what I had done before."[3]
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considered the album to "tone down [Waite's] hard rock influences in an attempt to regain the adult contemporary radio audience he once had". He concluded: "Although the results aren't entirely successful, there's enough well-crafted mainstream pop here to satisfy longtime fans."[1]
Personnel
- John Waite – lead and backing vocals
- Chuck Kentis – Steinway grand piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, programming (10)
- Mindy Joysten – accordion, harmony vocals (5, 6, 11)
- Shane Fontayne – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, 6-string bass
- Jeff Golub – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
- Donnie Nossov – electric bass, acoustic bass
- Tony Beard – drums
- Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (1, 10)
- Mark Spiro – backing vocals (1, 10)
- Liz Constantine – harmony vocals (8)
Production
- John Waite – producer
- Tony Phillips – engineer, mixing
- Chad Bamford – assistant engineer
- Milton Chan – assistant engineer
- Peter Kepler – assistant engineer
- Tom Schick – assistant engineer
- Ken Villeneuve – assistant engineer
- Dave Collins – mastering
- Andrew Garver – mastering assistant
- Mick Rock – photography
Notes and References
- Web site: John Waite . When You Were Mine - John Waite | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic . 1997-09-23 . 2020-06-07.
- Web site: Publisher . Interview: John Waite – Songwriting Magazine . Songwritingmagazine.co.uk . 2013-09-01 . 2020-06-07.
- Web site: CRR Interview - John Waite: No One To Blame But Himself . Classicrockrevisited.com . 2020-06-07.
