Solitude/Solitaire

Solitude/Solitaire
Studio album by Peter Cetera
Released	June 23, 1986 (1986-06-23)
Recorded	1985-86
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	39:18
Label	Warner Bros
Producer	Michael Omartian, Erich Bulling
Peter Cetera chronology
Peter Cetera (1981) Solitude/Solitaire (1986) One More Story (1988)

Solitude/Solitaire, released on June 23, 1986, is the second solo album by former Chicago bassist and vocalist Peter Cetera, his first album after leaving the band. It includes the hits "Glory of Love" and "The Next Time I Fall" (with Amy Grant). Both reached the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Produced by Michael Omartian (who later produced Another Perfect World in 2001) the album was Cetera's greatest solo success.

Commonly mistaken for his first solo album, which was really the self-titled Peter Cetera, Cetera recorded this album after leaving Chicago in 1985. Being a prominent songwriter for the band, many of the songs on Solitude/Solitaire are rumored to originally have been slated for Chicago 18, especially "Big Mistake" and "Daddy's Girl".

While "Big Mistake" was due to be the first single from the album, "Glory of Love", co-written by Cetera and producer David Foster was released instead. That song, from the film The Karate Kid Part II, topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts, and helped Solitude/Solitaire to eventually go platinum. The follow-up single, "The Next Time I Fall", was also a major success and topped the charts. Later singles released from the album included "Big Mistake" and "Only Love Knows Why".

Solitude/Solitaire, a slickly recorded and produced album, marked a high point in Cetera's career, where he achieved success for the first time on his own, selling more copies than Chicago 18, Chicago's first album without Cetera. As time progressed, he became less appealing to the general public and more appealing to the adult contemporary audiences, and consequently, this was his highest selling solo album.

Solitude/Solitare peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. It was certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over one million copies in the US.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Big Mistake" (Peter Cetera, Amos Galpin) - 5:39
2. "They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To" (Cetera, Erich Bulling) - 4:04
3. "Glory of Love" (Cetera, David Foster, Diane Nini) - 4:24
4. "Queen of the Masquerade Ball" (Cetera, Michael Omartian) - 3:50
5. "Daddy's Girl" (Cetera, Mark Goldenberg) - 3:46
6. "The Next Time I Fall" (with Amy Grant) (Bobby Caldwell, Paul Gordon^[2]) - 3:43
7. "Wake Up to Love" (Cetera, David Wolinski, Omartian) - 4:29
8. "Solitude/Solitaire" (Cetera, Omartian) - 4:58
9. "Only Love Knows Why" (Cetera, George Bitzer, Omartian) - 4:29

Personnel

Modified from AllMusic^[3] and album liner notes^[4]

• Peter Cetera – vocals
• Dann Huff – electric guitars
• Ray Parker, Jr. – electric guitars on "Wake Up to Love"
• Paul Leim – drums on "Glory of Love" and "Only Love Knows Why"
• Chester Thompson – drums on "The Next Time I Fall"
• Kenny Cetera – percussion, additional backing vocals
• Jeff Porcaro – percussion
• Michael Omartian – keyboards
• Willie Alexander – Fairlight programming
• Steve Azbill – PPG Wave Term synthesizer programming
• Erich Bulling – synthesizers, drum programming
• Amy Grant – vocals on "The Next Time I Fall"
• Michael Omartian – producer
• Erich Bulling – producer
• Britt Bacon – engineer
• Terry Christian – engineer
• Khaliq Glover – engineer
• John Guess – engineer
• Ray Pyle – engineer
• Laura Livingston – engineer
• Lion Share Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California – recording and mixing location
• Lighthouse Studios, Studio City, California – recording location
• Skyline Studios, New York, New York – recording location
• Terry Christian – mixing
• John Guess – mixing
• Steve Hall – mastering
• Future Disc, Hollywood, California – mastering location
• Herb Ritts – photography
• Jeri McManus – art direction and design

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