Tear Me Apart is the tenth album by Tanya Tucker

Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...

. Most of her fans will be surprised at how little "country" music is on this album, however. Produced by British rocker Mike Chapman

Mike Chapman (record producer)

Mike Chapman is an Australian born record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s...

, who along with longtime songwriting partner Nicky Chinn

Nicky Chinn

Nicky Chinn born Nicholas Barry Chinn, 16 May 1945, London, UK) is a British songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several number-one records...

, wrote two of its songs, it continues the more rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

-based sound begun on the preceding TNT

TNT (Tanya Tucker album)

TNT is the ninth album by Tanya Tucker. Working with a new producer in Jerry Goldstein, Tucker drifts away from her earlier country style to do a much more rock-based effort. She covers well-known rock songs originally performed by such artists as Buddy Holly , Elvis Presley , and Chuck Berry...

, but even more so. The album rose to the #33 position on the Billboard Country Albums chart, although there were no charting singles for the first time in Tucker's career. Perhaps the best song is "Better Late Than Never," one of the hardest rockers of Tucker's career.

Track listing

1. "Blind Love" (Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country musicHe is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love"...
   
   ) – 3:25
2. "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" (Nicky Chinn
   Nicky Chinn
   Nicky Chinn born Nicholas Barry Chinn, 16 May 1945, London, UK) is a British songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several number-one records...
   
   , Mike Chapman) – 4:11
3. "Somebody Must Have Loved You Right Last Night" (Ken Bell) – 3:30
4. "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) / I Left My Heart in San Francisco
   I Left My Heart in San Francisco
   "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a popular song, written in 1954 by George Cory and Douglass Cross, and best known as the signature song of Tony Bennett...
   
   " (John Phillips
   John Phillips (musician)
   John Edmund Andrew Phillips , was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter . Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas...
   
   , George Cory, Douglas Cross) – 3:20
5. "Tear Me Apart" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) – 3:05
6. "Crossfire of Desire" (Casey Kelly, Julie Didier, Lewis Anderson) – 4:09
7. "Better Late Than Never" (Steve Krikorian
   Tonio K
   Tonio K. is an American singer/songwriter who has released eight albums. His songs have been recorded by Al Green, Aaron Neville, Burt Bacharach, Bonnie Raitt, Chicago, Wynonna Judd and Vanessa Williams...
   
   ) – 3:42
8. "I've Never Said No Before" (Mark Gray) – 3:33
9. "Shady Streets" (Dickey Betts
   Dickey Betts
   Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his...
   
   , Dan Toler, Billy Ray Reynolds) – 3:50
10. "By Day by Day" (Dennis Linde) – 3:13

Personnel

• Drums, Percussion: Beau Segal
• Bass: Jeff Eyrich
• Keyboards: Steve Goldstein
• Guitars: Bill Andersen, Jerry Swallow
• Mandolin: Jerry Swallow
• Saxophone: Jerry Peterson
• Backing Vocals: Rusty Buchanan, Lynda Lawley, Sue Richman, Andrea Robinson, Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters