Peter Cetera (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Peter Cetera
Type = Album
Artist = Peter Cetera


Released = December 1981
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Rock
Length = 36:22
Label = Full Moon Records
Producer = Peter Cetera, Jim Boyer
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sm6zefwkhgfj link]
Last album =
This album = "Peter Cetera"
(1981)
Next album = "Solitude/Solitaire"
(1986)

"Peter Cetera", released in 1981, is the self-titled first solo release by then-Chicago member and lead vocalist Peter Cetera.

A much more rock-oriented album than Chicago had been producing at the time, Cetera released the album in December 1981 while still a member of the band. Released on Full Moon Records, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, the album was not commercially successful. However, it was notable because all but one song ("I Can Feel It," which was co-written by Cetera) on the album was penned by Cetera himself. The single "Livin' In The Limelight," the only hit from the album, charted in the Billboard Mainstream Rock Top 10.

Many may not realize that this was his first album, believing 1986's "Solitude/Solitare" (released after leaving Chicago) was his first album. One year after "Peter Cetera" was released, Cetera and Chicago launched a major comeback with the #1 single "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" and album "Chicago 16". After 1985's "Chicago 17" was also a massive hit, Cetera left the band to concentrate fully on his solo career.

Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys, a friend of Cetera's, played guitar on some of the album.

ongs

# "Livin' In The Limelight" (Peter Cetera) – 4:22
# "I Can Feel It" (Cetera, Ricky Fataar, Carl Wilson) – 3:11
# "How Many Times" (Cetera) – 4:23
# "Holy Moly" (Cetera) – 4:27
# "Mona Mona" (Cetera) – 3:21
# "On The Line" (Cetera) – 4:03
# "Not Afraid To Cry" (Cetera) – 3:29
# "Evil Eye" (Cetera) – 2:36
# "Practical Man" (Cetera) – 3:53
# "Ivy Covered Walls" (Cetera) – 3:57

"Peter Cetera" reached a peak of #143 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.