World Falling Down in Bloomington, MN

Peter Cetera
collaborated with
Andy Hill
on
World Falling Down
for an album that maintained his usual production sheen but moved more toward a melodic
rock & roll
feel.
Cetera
's airy tenor didn't really have enough grit to carry such an approach off, and
Warner Bros
may have worried that he had veered too far from his traditional power-ballad base, since there are two added tracks produced by old partner
David Foster
that are more in keeping with
's old hits. The record company also was careful to release only
ballads
as the album's singles, with the perhaps predictable result that
"Restless Heart,"
"Feels Like Heaven"
(a duet with
Chaka Khan
), and
"Even a Fool Can See"
were all over
adult contemporary
radio. However, the album was a commercial failure. ~ William Ruhlmann