Take Me Now

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

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

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" - 3:18 (Hadley Hockensmith/Kelly Willard/David Gates)
  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

Musicians
  • 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. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 693.CS1 maint: location (link)
  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.



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