Take Me Now

Take Me Now is a solo album by David Gates of Bread.

The album peaked at #62 on the Billboard chart.

Critical reception
Billboard praised the title track, calling it "an attractive midtempo ballad that's more upbeat than [Gates's] seamless pop classics of the early '70s."

Track listing
All tracks composed by David Gates except where noted
 * 1) "It's You" - 3:47
 * 2) "Take Me Now" - 3:23
 * 3) "She's a Heartbreaker" - 2:36
 * 4) "This Could Be Forever" - 3:23
 * 5) "Come Home for Christmas" - 3:07
 * 6) "Still in Love" (Hadley Hockensmith, Kelly Willard, David Gates) - 3:18
 * 7) "Vanity" - 3:15
 * 8) "Nineteen on the Richter Scale" - 3:31
 * 9) "Lady Valentine" - 3:34
 * 10) "It's What You Say" - 3:05

Personnel

 * David Gates - acoustic guitar (1, 4); guitar (2, 3, 10), bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 7); all instruments (5); keyboards (7); slide guitar (8); piano (9)
 * Hadley Hockensmith - lead guitar (1, 3, 7, 8); electric guitar (4, 6); bass (6)
 * Larry Knechtel - Fender Rhodes electric piano (1, 4); piano (2, 8); keyboards (3, 10); bass (9, 10)
 * Paul Leim - drums (1-4, 6, 8-10); percussion (4)
 * Mike Botts - drums (7)
 * Craig Gates - percussion (4)
 * Tom Scott - alto saxophone (4)
 * Chuck Findley - flugelhorn (9)
 * Dick Hyde - bass trumpet (9)