One More Story by Peter Cetera (1988)
I’m a sucker for 1980s music, so this album is a fun listen. And it’s a hidden gem because while Peter Cetera was famous in the 80s, this album wasn’t as popular as the prior one even though it’s better.
Of course, Peter Cetera was in the band Chicago until 1985….long enough to have three Top 5 hits on the Billboard Top 100 (including #1 “Hard to Say I’m Sorry) in early 80s. Then in 1986, he released Solitude/Solitare, which included the #1 hit “Glory of Love” and the top 5 “Next Time I Fall in Love” duet with Amy Grant. So that album was big, but One More Story is better.
It opens with “Best of Times”, a minor radio hit that will immediately date the album – which is a good thing for me. I like 80s synth sounds, and that track really grooves.
Next up is the top 10 hit, “One Good Woman”, which is the familiar formula Cetera used in the 80s to amass all these hits. From there, the album is just an enjoyable listen.
There are several guest appearances like Bonnie Raitt’s background vocals on “Save Me”, and Madonna doing similar on “Scheherazade”. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd played lead guitar on “Body Language” and “You Never Listen to Me”, the latter you can really tell his signature sound.
The album rotates in the same manner as the first two songs: odd numbered tracks are 80s syntonizer heavy, then the even numbers are soft ballads. Once you get to the David Gilmour tracks, the album stays firmly in the 80s until the final track: a piano ballad to (presumably) his daughter.
Great album all the way through when you want a taste of the 80s.
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