Tonight I'm Yours

{{Infobox album

| name = Tonight I'm Yours

| type = Studio Album

| artist = Rod Stewart

| cover = Tonight I'm Yours.jpg

| alt =

| released = 6 November 1981

| recorded = November 1980{{snd}}June 1981

| venue =

| studio = Record Plant, Los Angeles

| genre = *Soft rock

| length = 41:29

| label = Warner Bros., Riva

| producer = Jim Cregan, Rod Stewart

| prev_title = Foolish Behaviour

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Absolutely Live

| next_year = 1982

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Tonight I'm Yours

| type = studio

| single1 = Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)

| single1date = October 1981 (UK){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rod+Stewart&titel=Tonight+I%27m+Yours&cat=s|title=Rod Stewart singles}}

| single2 = Young Turks

| single2date = October 1981 (US){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rod+Stewart&titel=Young+Turks&cat=s|title=Rod Stewart singles}}

| single3 = How Long

| single3date = February 1982

| single4 = Just Like a Woman

| single4date = March 1982 (EU){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rod+Stewart&titel=Just+Like+A+Woman&cat=s|title=Rod Stewart singles}}

}}

Tonight I'm Yours is the eleventh studio album by Rod Stewart, released in 1981. It features hints of classic rock, pop and new wave. The album had three hit singles, with the title track "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (US Billboard No. 20, US Cash Box No. 15; Canada No. 2{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=456&|title=Item|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=17 July 2013|website=bac-lac.gc.ca|accessdate=18 July 2017}}), "Young Turks" (US No. 5), and "How Long" (US No. 49).

Album information

Tonight I'm Yours saw Rod Stewart further adopting current musical trends, after some disco-influenced songs on Blondes Have More Fun and Foolish Behaviour, by adding elements of synth-pop and new wave to a couple of songs (the title track, and "Young Turks"), while mostly keeping to his rock traditions elsewhere. The album included three covers: "Tear It Up", "How Long", and "Just Like a Woman".

The song "Never Give Up on a Dream" was dedicated to Canadian athlete Terry Fox, who ran 3,339 miles with one prosthetic leg in the Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer research. Fox succumbed to cancer in 1981, the year the album was released.

The music video for "Tonight I'm Yours" was shot by Australian film director, Russell Mulcahy.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19120|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

|rev2score = B{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=rod+stewart|title=Robert Christgau: CG: rod stewart|website=www.robertchristgau.com|accessdate=18 July 2017}}

|rev3 = Rolling Stone

|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/tonight-im-yours-19820204|title=Tonight I'm Yours|website=rollingstone.com|date=4 February 1982 |accessdate=18 July 2017}}

}}

The album was mostly well received, being given four out of five stars in both Rolling Stone's contemporary review and in a retrospective from AllMusic. On AllMusic, Stewart has not yet surpassed the 4-star rating that the album received with any of his subsequent releases.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 41:34

| title1 = Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)

| title2 = How Long

| title3 = Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)

| title4 = Tear It Up

| title5 = Only a Boy

| title6 = Just Like a Woman

| title7 = Jealous

| title8 = Sonny

| title9 = Young Turks

| title10 = Never Give Up on a Dream

| writer1 = Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar

| writer2 = Paul Carrack

| writer3 = Stewart

| writer4 = Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Burnette, David Burlinson

| writer5 = Stewart, Cregan, Savigar

| writer6 = Bob Dylan

| writer7 = Stewart, Carmine Appice, Jay Davis, Danny Johnson

| writer8 = Stewart, Cregan, Savigar, Bernie Taupin

| writer9 = Stewart, Appice, Duane Hitchings, Savigar

| writer10 = Stewart, Cregan, Taupin

| length1 = 4:09

| length2 = 4:12

| length3 = 4:29

| length4 = 2:29

| length5 = 4:09

| length6 = 3:55

| length7 = 4:30

| length8 = 4:01

| length9 = 5:04

| length10 = 4:20

| all_writing =

}}

Personnel

Rod Stewart – vocals
Jim Cregan – guitar and backing vocals
Robin Le Mesurier – guitar
Jeff Baxter – guitar and pedal steel guitar
Danny Johnson – guitar
Byron Berline – fiddle
Jimmy Zavala – harmonica and saxophone
Kevin Savigar – keyboards
Duane Hitchings – keyboards
Jay Davis – bass
Carmine Appice – drums and backing vocals
Tony Brock – drums, tambourine and backing vocals
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Tommy Vig – tubular bells
Penny Jones – soloist
Linda Lewis, the Pentecostal Community Choir – backing vocals
Karat Faye – engineer

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (1981–1982) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
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scope="row"\| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite Kent\|page=295}} \| 11
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|12\|artist=Rod Stewart\|album=Tonight I'm Yours\|rowheader=true\|access-date=14 February 2021}}
{{album chart\|Germany4\|42\|id=31226\|artist=Rod Stewart\|album=Tonight I'm Yours\|rowheader=true\|access-date=14 February 2021}}
{{album chart\|New Zealand\|4\|artist=Rod Stewart\|album=Tonight I'm Yours\|rowheader=true\|access-date=14 February 2021}}
{{album chart\|Norway\|20\|artist=Rod Stewart\|album=Tonight I'm Yours\|rowheader=true\|access-date=14 February 2021}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|2\|artist=Rod Stewart\|album=Tonight I'm Yours\|rowheader=true\|access-date=14 February 2021}}
{{album chart\|UK\|8\|artist=Rod Stewart\|rowheader=true\|access-date=14 February 2021}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|11\|artist=Rod Stewart\|rowheader=true\|access-date=14 February 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1982)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1982&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1982|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=14 February 2021}}

| 97

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1982/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1982|magazine=Billboard|access-date=14 February 2021}}

| 47

Certifications

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{{certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Tonight I'm Yours|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1981|certyear=1979|accessdate=17 October 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Tonight I'm Yours|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1981|certyear=1983|accessdate=17 October 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Tonight I'm Yours|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1981|certyear=1981|accessdate=17 October 2019|id=7657-1824-2}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Tonight I'm Yours|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1981|certyear=1982|accessdate=17 October 2019}}

References

Category:1981 albums

Category:Riva Records albums

Category:Rod Stewart albums

Category:Warner Records albums