Part of the Game

Part of the Game is the fifth album by the California band Pablo Cruise, released in 1979. The album marked a decline in the band's popularity, as it managed only to reach No. 39 in the United States. One single was released from the album: "I Want You Tonight", reaching No. 19 in the United States.

Critical reception
The Globe and Mail wrote that "the problem is songwriter Cory Lerios, an under-achiever who takes little care with his tunes; he evidently picks an inoffensive chord pattern and constructs a series of notes that don't conflict, making preposterously weak melodies, which he then places on top of predictable rhythm tracks."

Track listing
Side One
 * 1) "Part of the Game" (Jenkins, Lerios, Allee Willis, Day) - 3:44
 * 2) "I Want You Tonight" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 5:31
 * 3) "When Love Is at Your Door" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 4:31
 * 4) "Givin' It Away" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 5:18

Side Two
 * 1) "Tell Me That You Love Me" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 4:54
 * 2) "Lonely Nights" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis) - 5:23
 * 3) "How Many Tears?" (Jenkins, Lerios, Willis, David Lasley) - 6:15
 * 4) "For Another Town" (Lerios, Willis) - 4:28

Personnel

 * Pablo Cruise
 * David Jenkins - guitars, vocals
 * Steve Price - percussion, drums
 * Bruce Day - bass, vocals
 * Cory Lerios - piano, keyboards, vocals
 * Additional musicians
 * Mike Porcaro - bass
 * Michael Boddicker, David Foster, Steve Porcaro - synthesizer
 * Gene Meros - saxophone

Production

 * Bill Schnee: Producer, Engineer