Part of the Game
{{Infobox album
| name = Part of the Game
| type = studio
| artist = Pablo Cruise
| cover = Pablocruisepart.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1979
| recorded = Studio 55, Cherokee Studios, Redwing Sound and Sunset Sound, Los Angeles and Record Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=4}}
| label = A&M
| producer = Bill Schnee
| prev_title = Worlds Away
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Reflector
| next_year = 1981
}}
Part of the Game is the fifth album by the California band Pablo Cruise, released in 1979.{{cite magazine |last1=Harrison |first1=Ed |title=Latest Album by Pablo Cruise Shows 'More Realistic' Sound |magazine=Billboard |date=Nov 17, 1979 |volume=91 |issue=46 |page=34}} 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
{{music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |title=Part of the Game Pablo Cruise |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/part-of-the-game-mw0000712933 |website=AllMusic |access-date=19 January 2024}}
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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."{{cite news |last1=McGrath |first1=Paul |title=Part of the Game Pablo Cruise |work=The Globe and Mail |date=10 Nov 1979 |page=F12}}
Track listing
Side One
- "Part of the Game" (Jenkins, Lerios, Allee Willis, Day) - 3:44
- "I Want You Tonight" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 5:31
- "When Love Is at Your Door" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 4:31
- "Givin' It Away" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 5:18
Side Two
- "Tell Me That You Love Me" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 4:54
- "Lonely Nights" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 5:23
- "How Many Tears?" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis, David Lasley) - 6:15
- "For Another Town" (Lerios, Willis) - 4:28
Charts
| class="wikitable |
| scope="col"| Chart (1979/80)
!Peak |
|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=227}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 53 |
| United States (Billboard 200)
| style="text-align:center;"| 39 |
Personnel
;Pablo Cruise
- David Jenkins - guitars, vocals
- Steve Price - percussion, drums
- Bruce Day - bass, vocals
- Cory Lerios - piano, keyboards, vocals
;Additional musicians
- Mike Porcaro - bass
- Michael Boddicker, David Foster, Steve Porcaro - synthesizer
- Gene Meros - saxophone
Production
References
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{{Pablo Cruise}}
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