''Tonight I'm Yours'' is the eleventh studio album by

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, released in 1981. It features hints of

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, 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), " 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

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-influenced songs on ''

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'' and '' Foolish Behaviour'', by adding elements of

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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

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, who ran 3,339 miles with one prosthetic leg in the

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to raise money for cancer research. Fox succumbed to

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in 1981, the year the album was released. The music video for "Tonight I'm Yours" was shot by Australian film director,

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Critical reception

The album was mostly well received, being given four out of five stars in both ''

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's'' contemporary review and in a retrospective from

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. On AllMusic, Stewart has not yet surpassed the 4-star rating that the album received with any of his subsequent releases.

Track listing

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 *

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– keyboards *Duane Hitchings – keyboards *Jay Davis – bass * Carmine Appice – drums and backing vocals * Tony Brock – drums, tambourine and backing vocals *

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– percussion * Tommy Vig – tubular bells *Penny Jones – soloist * Linda Lewis, the Pentecostal Community Choir – backing vocals *Karat Faye – engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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