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Melissa Manchester – Melissa
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 1-028
Series: Original Master Recording –
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: May 1980
Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Soft Rock
Tracklist
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A1 We've Got Time
Written-By – Carole Bayer Sager, Melissa Manchester
4:22
A2 Party Music
Written-By – David Wolfert, Melissa Manchester
3:28
A3 Just Too Many People
Written-By – Melissa Manchester, Vini Poncia
3:38
A4 Stevie's Wonder
Written-By – Carole Bayer Sager, Melissa Manchester
3:33
A5 This Lady's Not Home Today
Written-By – Carole Bayer Sager, Melissa Manchester
4:31
B1 Love Havin' You Around
Written-By – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
4:40
B2 Midnight Blue
Written-By – Carole Bayer Sager, Melissa Manchester
3:55
B3 It's Gonna Be Alright
Written-By – Adrienne Anderson, Melissa Manchester
3:32
B4 I Got Eyes
Written-By – Melissa Manchester
2:43
B5 I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore
Written-By – Randy Newman
5:02
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Distributed By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Licensed From – Arista Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Arista Records, Inc.
Credits
Engineer – Bob Schaper
Executive Producer – Richard Perry
Producer – Vini Poncia
Remastered By [Half-Speed Mastering By] – Stan Ricker
Remix – Bill Schnee
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....................Track Listings : .....
Song Titles: ..................
- "We've Got Time; ..................
- Party Music; ..................
- Just Too Many People; ..................
- Stevie's Wonder; ..................
- This Lady's Not Home Today; ..................
- Love Havin' You Around; ..................
- Midnight Blue; ..................
- It's Gonna Be Alright; ..................
- I Got Eyes; ..................
- I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore". ..................
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...... Album Notes: ..................
# Fired by Columbia Records in 1973, Clive Davis took over tiny Bell Records in 1974 and turned it into Arista, determined to re-establish his record-selling credentials. One beneficiary of this was Melissa Manchester, who had made two good, but poor-selling albums for Bell. Davis turned on the money tap, and the result was this L.A.-recorded Vini Poncia/Richard Perry production that seemed determined to turn Manchester into a pop diva. She had demonstrated an eclecticism on her previous records, and she was run through a series of pop styles -- disco on "Party Music," Philly soul on "Just Too Many People" (a Top 4 hit), Stevie Wonder on both "Stevie's Wonder" and Wonder's own "Love Havin' You Around." Returning to pop lyricist Carole Bayer Sager, Manchester reined in the tendency toward sensitive singer/songwriterism she had revealed on Bright Eyes, with the hoped-for commercial result. "Midnite Blue" may have been more obvious and generic a romantic ballad than the beautiful "Inclined" from the previous album, but it was also sexier and had a more pronounced hook and a sweeter production, which, along with Arista's promotional muscle, made it a Top Ten hit and Melissa a gold album. (Originally released as Arista 4031, Melissa was reissued as Arista 8055.) ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide ..................
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Biography:
Melissa Manchester biography by Steve Huey, All Music Guide
# MOR singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester, whose father was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera, began singing commercial jingles at age 15 and went on to become a staff writer for Chappell Music while attending the High School of Performing Arts. After taking a songwriting class at New York University taught by Paul Simon, Manchester took her talents to the Manhattan club scene, where she was discovered by Bette Midler and Barry Manilow; the two hired her as a backup singer in 1971. She recorded her debut album, Home to Myself, in 1973, co-writing many of the songs with Carole Bayer Sager. 1975's Melissa produced her first Top Ten hit, "Midnight Blue," and set the tone for most of her career with its direct, slickly produced MOR pop sound. She and Kenny Loggins co-wrote the latter's 1978 duet hit with Stevie Nicks, "Whenever I Call You Friend," and the following year, Manchester returned to the Top Ten with "Don't Cry Out Loud." 1980 saw Manchester become the first singer to have two movie themes nominated for Academy Awards (Ice Castles and The Promise); two years later she achieved her highest Billboard singles chart placing with the number five hit "You Should Hear How She Talks About You," which won a Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance. Through the '80s and '90s, Manchester has alternated occasional recording with scriptwriting and acting, appearing with Bette Midler in For the Boys and on the television series Blossom as the title character's birth mother. In spring 2004, Manchester returned with her first album in 10 years. When I Look Down That Road, which included collaborations with Beth Nielsen Chapman and Keb' Mo, marked her first proper release with Koch. ......
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