Peter Cetera (album)

Peter Cetera
Studio album by
Peter Cetera
ReleasedSeptember 1981
Recorded1981
GenreRock
Length36:22
LabelFull Moon/Warner Bros.
Producer
Peter Cetera chronology
Peter Cetera
(1981) 		Solitude/Solitaire
(1986)
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Peter Cetera, released in September 1981,[1] is the self-titled first solo release by American musician Peter Cetera, released while he was the bassist and lead vocalist of the band Chicago.

A much more rock-oriented album than the disco-influenced music Chicago had been producing at the time, Cetera released the album in September 1981 while still a member of the band. Released on Full Moon Records, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers[2] (reissued in 2004 on Wounded Bird Records), the album was not commercially successful, peaking at number 143 on the Billboard 200 chart in March 1982,[3] after making its first appearance on the Billboard 200 chart on January 23, 1982 at number 192.[4] However, it is notable because Cetera is the sole writer of all songs on the album save one—"I Can Feel It," which Cetera co-wrote with Ricky Fataar and Carl Wilson.[5] Wilson, a member of the Beach Boys and a friend of Cetera's,[6] also played guitar on the song. The single "Livin' in the Limelight," the only hit from the album, was released on November 18, 1981,[2] and peaked at number six in the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[7][8]

One year after Peter Cetera was released, Cetera and Chicago launched a major comeback with the number one single, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", and album, Chicago 16. After 1984's Chicago 17 was also a massive hit, Cetera left the band to concentrate fully on his solo career. The song, "On the Line", which appears on this album, was on the B-side of the 45 RPM single of Cetera's first number one song as a solo performer in 1986, "Glory of Love".[9][10]

  1. ^ Bishop, Pete (September 2, 1981). "Books & Music: Peter Cetera". The Pittsburgh Press. p. F-6. Retrieved September 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  2. ^ a b "Peter Cetera". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 46. November 21, 1981. p. 100 (Full page advertisement for album). Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via Google books.
  3. ^ "Top 200 Albums Week of March 20, 1982". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "Top 200 Albums: Week of January 23, 1992". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  5. ^ Peter Cetera (vinyl LP liner notes). Peter Cetera. U.S.A.: Warner Bros. Records Inc. 1981. FMH 3624.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Ruhlmann, William James (1991). Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) (CD booklet archived online) (Media notes). New York City, NY: Columbia Records. p. 7. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  7. ^ "Rock Music: Top Mainstream Rock Songs Chart Week of February 27, 1982". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  8. ^ "Billboard Rock Albums & Top Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 8. February 27, 1982. p. 24. Retrieved April 12, 2021 – via Google books.
  9. ^ Neely, Tim; Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records, 7th Ed. Krause Publications. p. 122.
  10. ^ Peter Cetera - Glory Of Love, 45cat, retrieved 2017-03-06