''Timothy B'' is the second solo studio album by Timothy B. Schmit, the bassist and co-lead vocalist for the

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. The album was released in 1987 on

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in the United States and Europe, three years after Schmit's debut solo studio album, '' Playin' It Cool'' (1984) and seven years after the demise of the

. The album peaked at #106 on the ''

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'' 200 chart, and the single, " Boys Night Out", hit #25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, becoming Schmit's best selling single. The album was produced by Richard Rudolph, and it was co-produced by Bruce Gaitsch.

Background

When Schmit was asked about why there were less notable musicians compared to his last album, he said "I decided to stay out of the real glamour studios and to keep the clientele down too. I did it on purpose mainly for less distractions. I mean I really knew what I wanted to do on this album and I decided purposely not to use my famous and semi-famous friends just to have it be more of what I can do on my own. And that's really the reason."

Critical reception

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, critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "The tunes and the songs are good enough, and Schmit is in superb voice, and you have to love the luminous guitar sound in evidence throughout. But it's all a little reminiscent of what happened to the Eagles once they became a top arena act -- all of a sudden, their sound started to get bigger and heavier than their music could carry comfortably."

Track listing

Personnel

* Timothy B. Schmit – vocals, backing vocals (1, 9), bass (2),

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s (9) * Bruce Gaitsch – programming, guitars * Randy Waldman – keyboards (2), acoustic piano (4, 6, 7), trumpet (7), synthesizers (8) * Robert Irving – keyboards (2) *

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– guitars * Jonathan Moffett – cymbals (1, 3, 9), percussion (6) *

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– baritone saxophone (9) *

Larry Williams Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist from New Orleans. He is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to ...

– tenor saxophone (9) * Gary Grant – trumpet (9) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', '' Rock with Y ...

– trumpet (9), horn arrangements (9) *

Siedah Garrett Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand ...

– backing vocals (1, 9), chorus backing vocals (7) * Julia Waters – backing vocals (1, 9)

Production

* Richard Rudolph – producer, additional engineer * Bruce Gaitsch – co-producer, engineer * Robert Irving – additional engineer * Robbie Weaver – additional engineer * Bud Rizzo – assistant engineer * Bill Bottrell – mixing at Smoketree Ranch (Chatsworth, California) * Bob Fudjinski – mix assistant * Doug Parry – mix assistant *

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– mastering at

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(Hollywood, California) * Jeff Adamoff – art direction * Ron Larson – design * Randee St. Nicholas – photography * Front Line Management – management

Background

Critical reception

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Album

Singles

References

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