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

of AllMusic considered the album to "tone down 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."

Track listing