Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
| Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet | ||||
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| Released | March 23, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Keith Olsen | |||
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| Singles from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
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| Rolling Stone |  [2] |
Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet is the fifth studio album by rock musician Rick Springfield, released by RCA Records in 1982. The album was certified Platinum in the United States, and produced three top 40 singles; "Don't Talk to Strangers" (#2 - for four weeks), "What Kind of Fool Am I" (#21, not the show tune of the same name) and "I Get Excited" (#32). "Don't Talk to Strangers" and "Calling All Girls" also received considerable Album Rock airplay, charting at #11 and #4 respectively.
In an interview with Songfacts, Springfield explained that "Don't Talk to Strangers" was about his paranoia that his girlfriend was being unfaithful when he was away.[3] The song melody is actually from the earlier recording called "Spanish Eyes", found on Rick's "Sound City Recordings" from 1978.
"Kristina" is a remake of the Bachman–Turner Overdrive song "Jamaica", using different lyrics.[4]
The album's name is a play on the question Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, the name used for a 1955 play and a 1957 film that were mostly unrelated to each other.
Track listing
All songs written by Rick Springfield, except where noted.
- "Calling All Girls" – 3:26
- "I Get Excited" – 2:32
- "What Kind of Fool Am I" – 3:19
- "Kristina" (Springfield, Jim Vallance) – 3:01
- "Tonight" – 3:19
- "Black Is Black" (Tony Hayes, Michelle Grainger, Steve Wadey) – 2:52
- "Don't Talk to Strangers" – 2:59
- "How Do You Talk to Girls" – 3:17
- "Still Crazy for You" (Charles Sanford) – 3:56
- "The American Girl" – 3:09
- "Just One Kiss" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:14
- "April 24, 1981" – 1:33
Production
- Produced by Keith Olsen
- Engineered by Chris Minto at Goodnight LA
- Assistant engineer: Kim Turner
- Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders
Personnel
- Rick Springfield: lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals
- Tim Pierce, Charles Sandford: guitars
- Gabriel Katona, Alan Pasqua: keyboards
- Dennis Belfield: bass
- Mike Baird: drums
- Tommy Funderburk, Tom Kelly, Richard Page: backing vocals
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Don't Talk To Strangers Songfacts
- ^ "Rick Springfield - Kristina". Archived from the original on 2010-11-24.