Playing for Keeps (album)
Playing for Keeps | ||||
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Studio album by Eddie Money | ||||
Released | July 1980 | |||
Genre | Rock, pop rock | |||
Length | 36:32 | |||
Label | Wolfgang, Columbia | |||
Producer | Ron Nevison | |||
Eddie Money chronology | ||||
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Singles from Playing for Keeps | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Playing for Keeps is the third studio album by American rock musician Eddie Money, released in July 1980 by Wolfgang Records and Columbia Records. It continues the expansion to include pop oriented tracks that began with the previous album.
The inclusion of the reggae-influenced "Running Back" as well as the syrupy duet "Let's Be Lovers Again" with Valerie Carter are indicative of the attempt to maintain rocker status and successfully migrate into the pop charts at the same time.
Several of the tracks were written in conjunction with band member Randy Nichols who toured and recorded with Money at the time.
"Get a Move On"- also featured on the soundtrack from Americathon featuring John Nelson slide guitar - received AOR airplay as did "Trinidad", but the singles chosen for release didn't stir much excitement with reviewers or radio.
The album was briefly released on the CD format, but quickly withdrawn. It had not been reissued on CD until 2012 when the four first albums were remastered and re-released by a European label named Rock Candy.
Following the end of the tour supporting this album, Money experienced a collapse and subsequent hospitalization. A notable break allowing for recuperation followed.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Trinidad" | Lonnie Turner, Greg Douglass | 5:08 |
2. | "Running Back" | Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan | 4:01 |
3. | "The Wish" | Money, James Lyon | 3:58 |
4. | "Get a Move On" | Money, Paul Collins, Lloyd Chiate | 3:47 |
5. | "When You Took My Heart" | Randy Nichols, Darrell Verdusco, Jerry Marcellino, David Sieff | 3:36 |
6. | "Satin Angel" | David Lewark, Money | 4:04 |
7. | "Let's Be Lovers Again" | Money, Lyon | 3:54 |
8. | "Nobody Knows" | Nichols, Money | 3:54 |
9. | "Million Dollar Girl" | Money | 4:30 |
Total length: | 36:32 |
Personnel
- Eddie Money – vocals
- John Nelson – lead guitar
- Jimmy Lyon – guitars, solos (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8)
- David Lewark – guitars, solos (tracks 6, 9)
- John Nelson – slide guitar (track 4)
- Greg Douglass – guitars (track 1)
- Bob Glaub – bass guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7–9)
- Kenny Lewis – bass guitar (tracks 3, 4, 6)
- Lonnie Turner – bass guitar (track 1)
- Randy Nichols – keyboards
- Robert Blass – Keyboards (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8)
- Gary Mallaber – drums and percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5–9)
- Carmine Appice – drums (tracks 3, 4)
- Emilio Castillo – horns (track 9)
- Steve Kupka – horns (track 9)
- Valerie Carter – vocal duet on "Let's Be Lovers Again"
Charts
Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[2] | 35 |
References
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- Eddie Money
- Life for the Taking
- Playing for Keeps
- No Control
- Where's the Party?
- Can't Hold Back
- Nothing to Lose
- Right Here
- Love and Money
- Ready Eddie
- Wanna Go Back
- Unplug It In
- The Covers EP: Volume One
- The Covers EP: Volume Two
- Brand New Day
- Shakin' with the Money Man
- Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection
- Complete Eddie Money Live
- Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money
- Good as Gold
- Super Hits
- Shakin' with the Money Man
- The Best of Eddie Money
- Let's Rock and Roll the Place
- The Essential Eddie Money
- "Baby Hold On"
- "Two Tickets to Paradise"
- "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"
- "Maybe I'm a Fool"
- "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
- "Get a Move On"
- "Let's Be Lovers Again"
- "Running Back"
- "Think I'm in Love"
- "Shakin'"
- "The Big Crash"
- "Club Michelle"
- "Take Me Home Tonight"
- "I Wanna Go Back"
- "Endless Nights"
- "We Should Be Sleeping"
- "Walk on Water"
- "The Love in Your Eyes"
- "Forget About Love"
- "Let Me In"
- "Peace in Our Time"
- "Heaven in the Back Seat"
- "I'll Get By"
- "She Takes My Breath Away"
- "Fall in Love Again"
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