Take Me Now

For the song, see Take Me Now (song).
Take Me Now
Studio album by
David Gates
ReleasedAugust 1981
GenreSoft rock
Length32:59
LabelArista[1]
Pony Records
ProducerDavid Gates
David Gates chronology
Falling in Love Again
(1980) 		Take Me Now
(1981) 		Love Is Always Seventeen
(1994)
Singles from Take Me Now
  1. "Take Me Now"
    Released: September 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Take Me Now is a solo album by David Gates of Bread.[4]

The album peaked at #62 on the Billboard chart.[5]

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."[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Gates except where noted

  1. "It's You" - 3:47
  2. "Take Me Now" - 3:23
  3. "She's a Heartbreaker" - 2:36
  4. "This Could Be Forever" - 3:23
  5. "Come Home for Christmas" - 3:07
  6. "Still in Love" (Hadley Hockensmith, Kelly Willard, David Gates) - 3:18
  7. "Vanity" - 3:15
  8. "Nineteen on the Richter Scale" - 3:31
  9. "Lady Valentine" - 3:34
  10. "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)

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Take Me Now - David Gates | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 693.
  4. ^ Hardy, Phil (1995). The Da Capo Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music. Da Capo Press. p. 107.
  5. ^ "David Gates | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com.
  6. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (August 29, 1981). "Top Single Picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)


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