1980 Eric Carmen – Tonight You’re Mine

Carmen, Eric 1980Tonight You’re Mine is a 1980 album by Eric Carmen. There is speculation that its title was inspired by the opening line in the Shirelles song Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, though this is not confirmed. It peaked at #160 on the Billboard album chart. It contained the singles “It Hurts Too Much” (#75 Billboard Hot 100) and “All For Love”.

Tracks

It Hurts Too Much (Eric Carmen) 5:38
2  Lost In The Shuffle (Eric Carmen) 5:17
3  All For Love (Eric Carmen) 4:42
4  Tonight You’re Mine (Eric Carmen) 5:38
5  Sleep With Me (Eric Carmen) 4:35
6  Inside Story (Eric Carmen) 3:46
7  Foolin’ Myself (Eric Carmen) 4:07
8  You Need Some Lovin’ (Eric Carmen) 3:51

Musicians

1 It Hurts Too Much

Bass Kenny Passarelli
Drums Carmine Appice
Guitar Eric Carmen
Guitar Billy Peek
Acoustic Guitar Davey Johnstone
Acoustic Guitar Fred Tackett
Piano Duane Hitchings
Synthesizer Duane Hitchings
Sax David Woodford
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa
Background Vocals Jim Haas
Background Vocals Jon Joyce
Background Vocals Laura Creamer
Vocals Eric Carmen


2 Lost In The Shuffle

Bass Kenny Passarelli
Drums Carmine Appice
Guitar (solo) Billy Peek
Guitar Davey Johnstone
Piano Duane Hitchings
Vocals Eric Carmen


3 All For Love

Bass Bob Glaub
Drums Rick Shlosser
Guitar Fred Tackett
Piano Duane Hitchings
Percussion Harry Maslin
Background Vocals Jim Haas
Background Vocals Steve Farber
Background Vocals Joann Harris
Vocals Eric Carmen


4 Tonight You’re Mine

Bass Kenny Passarelli
Drums Carmine Appice
Guitar Davey Johnstone
Acoustic Guitar Fred Tackett
Acoustic Guitar Davey Johnstone
Piano Duane Hitchings
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa
Background Vocals Jim Haas
Background Vocals Jon Joyce
Background Vocals Laura Creamer
Background Vocals Davey Johnstone
Vocals Eric Carmen


5 Sleep With Me

Bass Bob Glaub
Drums Rick Shlosser
Guitar Fred Tackett
Piano Duane Hitchings
Percussion Harry Maslin
Vocals Eric Carmen


6 Inside Story

Bass Kenny Passarelli
Drums Carmine Appice
Guitar Eric Carmen
Guitar Davey Johnstone
Guitar Billy Peek
Acoustic Guitar Fred Tackett
Sax David Woodford
Background Vocals Eric Carmen
Background Vocals Davey Johnstone
Vocals Eric Carmen


7 Foolin’ Myself

Bass Kenny Passarelli
Drums Rick Shlosser
Piano Eric Carmen
Vocals Eric Carmen


8 You Need Some Lovin’

Bass Kenny Passarelli
Drums Carmine Appice
Guitar Steve Lukather
Guitar Billy Peek
Piano Duane Hitchings
Vocals Eric Carmen

Other Musicians

Background Vocals – Dee Dee Maslin & The Shufflettes (Track 2)
Bagpipes – Calvin H. Biggar, Angus MacKay, David Stanley Moyle, Argyle Watterston (Track 4)

Liner Notes

Producer – Harry Maslin
Arranged By (Strings) – Barry Fasman (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7)
Engineer – Harry Maslin
Engineer (Assistant) – Bill Thomas, Frank Damico, John Van Nest, Rick Ash, Sheridan Eldridge
Arranged By – Eric Carmen
Mixed By – Harry Maslin

Art Direction, Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro

Mixed At Allen Zentz Mastering
Mixed At Cherokee Studios
Recorded At Allen Zentz Recording
Recorded At Cherokee Studios