When You Were Mine (album)

When You Were Mine is the sixth studio album by English singer and musician John Waite, released by Mercury/Pure in 1997.

Background
Speaking to Songwriting Magazine in 2013, Waite said of the album: "When You Were Mine was the best album I ever did. I kind of went country in an English way, but it's a beautiful record." He told Classic Rock Revisited that year: "When You Were Mine has strong acoustic values, and tells stories. It was completely different to what I had done before."

Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considered the album to "tone down [Waite's] hard rock influences in an attempt to regain the adult contemporary radio audience he once had". He concluded: "Although the results aren't entirely successful, there's enough well-crafted mainstream pop here to satisfy longtime fans."

Personnel

 * John Waite – lead and backing vocals
 * Chuck Kentis – Steinway grand piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, programming (10)
 * Mindy Joysten – accordion, harmony vocals (5, 6, 11)
 * Shane Fontayne – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, 6-string bass
 * Jeff Golub – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
 * Donnie Nossov – electric bass, acoustic bass
 * Tony Beard – drums
 * Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (1, 10)
 * Mark Spiro – backing vocals (1, 10)
 * Liz Constantine – harmony vocals (8)

Production

 * John Waite – producer
 * Tony Phillips – engineer, mixing
 * Chad Bamford – assistant engineer
 * Milton Chan – assistant engineer
 * Peter Kepler – assistant engineer
 * Tom Schick – assistant engineer
 * Ken Villeneuve – assistant engineer
 * Dave Collins – mastering
 * Andrew Garver – mastering assistant
 * Mick Rock – photography