Peter Cetera | ||||
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Released | September 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 36:22 | |||
Label | Full Moon/Warner Bros. | |||
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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]
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