Peter Cetera (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Peter Cetera
| type = Album
| artist = Peter Cetera
| cover = Peter_cetera_(album).jpg
| alt =
| released = September 1981
| recorded = 1981
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| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length = 36:22
| label = Full Moon/Warner Bros.
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| prev_year =
| next_title = Solitude/Solitaire
| next_year = 1986
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3506|pure_url=yes}} link] |}}
Peter Cetera, released in September 1981,{{cite news|last=Bishop |first=Pete |title=Books & Music: Peter Cetera |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date= September 2, 1981|page=F-6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13932354/the_pittsburgh_press/|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = September 22, 2017 }} {{free access}} is the self-titled first solo release by American musician Peter Cetera, released while he was the bassist and lead vocalist of the band Chicago.
A much more rock-oriented album than the disco-influenced music Chicago had been producing at the time, Cetera released the album in September 1981 while still a member of the band. Released on Full Moon Records, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers{{Cite news|title=Peter Cetera|date=November 21, 1981|newspaper=Billboard|volume=93|issue=46|url={{Google books|8iQEAAAAMBAJ|page=PT62|plainurl=yes}}|page=100 (Full page advertisement for album)|access-date=February 21, 2017|via=Google books}} (reissued in 2004 on Wounded Bird Records), the album was not commercially successful, peaking at number 143 on the Billboard 200 chart in March 1982,{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1982-03-20|title=Top 200 Albums Week of March 20, 1982|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2017}} after making its first appearance on the Billboard 200 chart on January 23, 1982 at number 192.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1982-01-23|title=Top 200 Albums: Week of January 23, 1992|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2017}} However, it is notable because Cetera is the sole writer of all songs on the album save one—"I Can Feel It," which Cetera co-wrote with Ricky Fataar and Carl Wilson.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Peter Cetera|others=Peter Cetera|year=1981|type=vinyl LP liner notes|publisher= Warner Bros. Records Inc. |id=FMH 3624 |location= U.S.A.}} Wilson, a member of the Beach Boys and a friend of Cetera's,{{cite AV media notes|title=Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set)|year=1991|url=http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_7.html|page=7|access-date=January 29, 2016|first=William James|last=Ruhlmann|format=CD booklet archived online|publisher=Columbia Records|location=New York City, NY}} also played guitar on the song. The single "Livin' in the Limelight," the only hit from the album, was released on November 18, 1981, and peaked at number six in the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/1982-02-27|title=Rock Music: Top Mainstream Rock Songs Chart Week of February 27, 1982|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2017-02-02}}{{Cite magazine|title=Billboard Rock Albums & Top Tracks|date=February 27, 1982|magazine=Billboard|issue=8|volume=94|page=24|url={{Google books|2yQEAAAAMBAJ|page=24|plainurl=yes}}|access-date=April 12, 2021|via=Google books}}
One year after Peter Cetera was released, Cetera and Chicago launched a major comeback with the number one single, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", and album, Chicago 16. After 1984's Chicago 17 was also a massive hit, Cetera left the band to concentrate fully on his solo career. The song, "On the Line", which appears on this album, was on the B-side of the 45 RPM single of Cetera's first number one song as a solo performer in 1986, "Glory of Love".{{cite book|last1=Neely|first1=Tim|last2=Popoff|first2=Martin|year=2009 |title=Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records, 7th Ed.|publisher=Krause Publications|url={{Google books|kO8Pj784_4YC|page=122|plainurl=yes}}|page=122}}{{Citation|title=Peter Cetera - Glory Of Love|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/728662|publisher=45cat|access-date=2017-03-06}}
Production
Artwork and packaging
The painting of Cetera playing the bass guitar, used for the album cover, was by John Nieto. Contemporary artist Nieto is known for his use of vibrant, electric hues and bold strokes in his paintings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nietofineart.com/about-nieto-fine-art|title=Contemporary Art Giclee Prints Native American Indian Art John Nieto|last=Stool|first=Nathan|website=www.nietofineart.com|language=en|access-date=September 22, 2017}} The photograph of Cetera on the dust cover inside was by Diane Nini.
Release, promotion, marketing
When Columbia Records dropped Chicago in 1981, Cetera was in the middle of recording his first solo album for the same label. He had to personally buy the rights to the album before it could be released.{{cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|title=Record of the Year: Chicago Sustaining Comeback Momentum|magazine= Billboard|location= New York, NY|date=January 26, 1985|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|volume=97|number=4|pages=6, 79|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT152|access-date=July 23, 2017|quote=. . . they were dropped by Columbia when Cetera was in the middle of recording his first solo album. 'I had to buy out my album,' Cetera remembers, 'so here I was, walking around with an album that was half done, looking for a record company.' }} According to Cetera, Chicago's new record company, Warner Bros., released the Peter Cetera album while it was waiting for Chicago 16 to be released.{{cite interview |last=Cetera |first=Peter |subject-link=Peter Cetera |interviewer=Jeff Giles |title=Old Interview: Peter Cetera, October 1, 1992 |url=http://listeningiseverything.com/old-interview-peter-cetera-october-1-1992/ |publisher=Jeff Giles |date=October 1, 1992 |work=Listening Is Everything |access-date=September 22, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922195109/http://listeningiseverything.com/old-interview-peter-cetera-october-1-1992/ |archive-date=September 22, 2017 }} Cetera has asserted that one reason for the album's poor commercial success, however, was lack of support from the record company: the record company didn't want it to be successful and didn't promote it for fear that he would leave the group.{{Cite web|url=http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Westhampton-Beach-Surrounding-Areas/491229/Peter-Cetera-To-Perform-Hits-From-Chicago-And-His-Solo-Career-At-WHBPAC|title=Peter Cetera To Perform Hits From Chicago And His Solo Career At WHBPAC - Westhampton Beach|last=O'Reilly|first=Brendan J.|date=August 16, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2017|website=27east.com}} In his 2011 autobiography, former Chicago bandmate, Danny Seraphine, backs up Cetera on this point, writing, "... [the album] sank like a stone due to lack of record company support. Warner Brothers didn't want it to interfere with their plans for Chicago."{{Cite book| last = Seraphine | first = Danny| year = 2011 | title = Street Player: My Chicago Story|publisher = John Wiley & Sons, Inc.| isbn = 978-0-470-41683-9}}{{rp|200}} A full-page advertisement announcing the album appeared on page 100 of the November 21, 1981 issue of Billboard magazine.
Songs and personnel
All songs written by Peter Cetera, except where noted.
Side One
1. "Livin' in the Limelight" – 4:20
- Steve Lukather – lead guitar and solo
- Craig Hull – 2nd guitar
- Mike Botts – drums
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
- Peter Cetera – bass, percussion
2. "I Can Feel It" (Cetera, Ricky Fataar, Carl Wilson) – 3:07
- Chris Pinnick – lead guitar and solo
- Carl Wilson – 2nd guitar
- Ricky Fataar – drums
- Mark Williams – percussion
- Peter Cetera – bass
3. "How Many Times" – 4:21
- Chris Pinnick – 1st guitar
- Rich Eames – electric piano
- David "Hawk" Wolinski – synthesizer and solo
- Ricky Fataar – drums
- Steve Foreman – percussion
- Peter Cetera – bass, acoustic guitar
4. "Holy Moly" – 4:25
- Chris Pinnick – electric guitar
- Steve Lukather – electric guitar
- Ricky Fataar – drums, percussion
- Tommy Morgan – harmonica and solo
- Peter Cetera – bass, acoustic guitar
5. "Mona Mona" – 3:18
- Chris Pinnick – 1st guitar
- Ricky Fataar – drums
- Gary Herbig – saxophone
- David "Hawk" Wolinski – synthesizer
- Peter Cetera – bass, 2nd guitar
Side Two
6. "On the Line" – 4:00
- Josh Leo – electric guitar and solo
- Craig Hull – electric guitar{{refn|group=Note|name="Huff"|A typographical error in the liner notes for the 2004 re-release in compact disc format on Wounded Bird Records lists Craig Hull as Craig "Huff" on this track.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Peter Cetera|others=Peter Cetera|year=2004|type=compact disc|publisher= Wounded Bird Records |id=WOU 3624 |location= Guilderland, New York, U.S.A.}}}}
- Kenny Edwards – acoustic guitar
- Bob Glaub – bass
- Craig Doerge – acoustic piano
- Michael Botts – drums
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizers
- Peter Cetera – percussion
7. "Not Afraid to Cry" – 3:27
- Chris Pinnick – electric 6-string guitar
- Mark Goldenberg – acoustic 12-string guitar and solo
- Ricky Fataar – drums
- Peter Cetera – bass, percussion
8. "Evil Eye" – 2:37
- Chris Pinnick – guitar, 12-string guitar
- Mark Goldenberg – 12-string guitar
- Ricky Fataar – drums
- Peter Cetera – bass, synthesizer
9. "Practical Man" – 3:49{{refn|group=Note|Incorrectly listed on LP label as 4:49.}}
- Chris Pinnick – guitar
- Craig Hull – guitar{{refn|group=Note|name="Huff"}}
- William "Smitty" Smith – organ
- David "Hawk" Wolinski – synthesizers
- Ricky Fataar – drums
- Peter Cetera – bass, percussion, vocoder, synthesizer
- Horns – written by Peter Cetera; arranged by Roland Vazquez
10. "Ivy Covered Walls" – 3:56
- Chris Pinnick – guitar and solo
- Carli Munoz – acoustic piano
- Ricky Fataar – drums
- Peter Cetera – bass, percussion
Notes
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References
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Category:Albums produced by Jim Boyer (audio engineer)