Stolen Moments by John Hiatt

Stolen Moments, John Hiatt's tenth album, came out on A&M in 1990 with Glyn Johns producing and the sessions cut at Ocean Way in Hollywood. Johns keeps the sound clean and warm, letting the players settle into a loose, rootsy groove while Hiatt's weathered voice does the heavy lifting on songs like "Real Fine Love". It climbed to number 61 on the Billboard 200, the best showing any of his solo records had managed up to then.

The real tell is how many other singers wanted these songs. Joan Baez and David Crosby both recorded "Through Your Hands", and Don Henley's version ended up in the film Michael; the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band took on "The Rest of the Dream", and Earl Thomas Conley turned "Bring Back Your Love to Me" into a country hit. For a man who started out writing songs for other people in Nashville, that's the review that counts.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.