If We Fall in Love Tonight

Infobox Album |
Name = If We Fall in Love Tonight
Type = Compilation
Artist = Rod Stewart


Released = November 4, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, pop
Length = 67:32 (U.S. version)
73:51 (International version)
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Various
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfyxqehld6e~T0 link]
Last album = "A Spanner in the Works"
(1995)
This album = "If We Fall in Love Tonight"
(1996)
Next album = "When We Were the New Boys"
(1998)

"If We Fall in Love Tonight" is a ballad album released by Rod Stewart on November 1, 1996 (see 1996 in music). It includes mostly previously released songs. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records (WEA 9362-46460-2) in both the US and UK, though the versions differ slightly. It produced the singles “If We Fall in Love Tonight” and “When I Need You”.

Album Information

"If We Fall in Love Tonight" contains two tracks, the title track and “For the First Time”, which were written for the album. Two more of the songs had not been released on an album. “So Far Away”, by Carole King, had been released as a single in 1995. “All for Love”, with Bryan Adams and Sting is from the 1993 film The Three Musketeers and had been released on its soundtrack. The album includes two cover versions. “Sometimes When We Touch”, originally sung by Dan Hill, was first released on this album as was “When I Need You”, originally sung by Leo Sayer. Additionally, two songs were remade for "If We Fall in Love Tonight". “Have I Told You Lately” by Van Morrison, which was originally released on "Vagabond Heart" was remixed, while “Forever Young”, originally on "Out of Order", was completely re-recorded. The remaining tracks had all been previously released on Rod Stewart albums.

Charts

"If We Fall in Love Tonight" reached #8 in the UK and #19 in the US. On September 9, 1997 it received platinum certification by the RIAA.

Track listing

US release

#“If We Fall in Love Tonight” (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) – 5:42
#“For the First Time” (Jud Friedman, Allan Rich, James Newton-Howard) – 4:07
#“When I Need You” (Carole Bayer Sager, Albert Hammond) – 4:52
#“So Far Away” (Carole King) – 4:22
#“Have I Told You Lately” (remix) (Van Morrison) – 3:58
#“My Heart Can't Tell You No” (previously released on "Out of Order") – 5:14
#“You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)” (previously released on "Foot Loose & Fancy Free") – 4:28
#“The First Cut Is the Deepest” (previously released on "A Night on the Town") – 3:52
#“I Don't Want to Talk About It (1989)” (previously released on "") – 4:21
#“Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (previously released on "A Night on the Town") – 3:34
#“Sometimes When We Touch” (Barry Mann, Dan Hill) – 4:20
#“Downtown Train” (previously released on "Storyteller") – 4:38
#“Broken Arrow” (previously released on "Vagabond Heart") – 4:23
#“Forever Young” (new version) (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar) – 4:57
#“All for Love” (Bryan Adams, Robert Lange, Michael Kamen) – 4:44

International release

#“If We Fall in Love Tonight” – 5:42
#“For the First Time” – 4:07
#“When I Need You” – 4:52
#“Sometimes When We Touch” – 4:20
#“Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” – 3:34
#“I Don't Want to Talk About It (1989)” –4:21
#“Have I Told You Lately” (Van Morrison) (remix) – 3:58
#“Broken Arrow” – 4:23
#“Forever Young” (new version) – 4:57
#“You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)” – 4:28
#“My Heart Can't Tell You No” – 5:14
#“The First Cut Is the Deepest” – 3:52
#“Sailing” (previously released on "Atlantic Crossing") – 4:37
#“Downtown Train” – 4:38
#“Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)” (previously released on "Lead Vocalist") –
#“All for Love” – 4:44

Production Personnel

*Mastered by Doug Sax
*Compilation and Mastering Advisor: Bill Schnee
*Photography: Ken Schles and Randee St. Nicholas
*Art direction and design: Stephen Walker
*Management: Arnold Stiefel and Annie Challis
*“If We Fall in Love Tonight” and “When I Need You” produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
*“For the First Time” and “Sometimes When We Touch” produced by James Newton-Howard
*“So Far Away” produced by David Foster
*“Have I Told You Lately” produced by Rod Stewart & Bernard Edwards; Remixed by Steve MacMillan
*“Forever Young” produced by Kevin Savigar
*“All for Love” produced by Chris Thomas, Bryan Adams and David Nicholas

References

*cite book| title = If We Fall in Love Tonight album liner notes | publisher = Warner Bros. Records
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External links

*http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=33