Melissa (Melissa Manchester album)
1975 studio album by Melissa Manchester
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Melissa is the third album by Melissa Manchester, released on the Arista Records label in 1975. It reached #12 on the Billboard Albums chart on the strength of her first U.S. Top Ten hit "Midnight Blue" (#6). In 2001, the album was re-released.
ReleasedFebruary 1975
Recorded1974
Studio
- Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California)
- A & R Recording (New York City, New York)
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| Released | February 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
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| Length | 39:34 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Vini Poncia | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[1] |
Track listing
All songs were written by Melissa Manchester and Carole Bayer Sager, unless stated otherwise.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "We've Got Time" | 4:24 | |
| 2. | "Party Music" |
| 3:29 |
| 3. | "Just Too Many People" |
| 3:38 |
| 4. | "Stevie's Wonder" | 3:35 | |
| 5. | "This Lady's Not Home Today" | 4:33 | |
| 6. | "Love Havin' You Around" | 4:40 | |
| 7. | "Midnight Blue" | 3:55 | |
| 8. | "It's Gonna Be Alright" |
| 3:34 |
| 9. | "I Got Eyes" | Manchester | 2:45 |
| 10. | "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" | Randy Newman | 5:05 |
Personnel
- Melissa Manchester – lead vocals, acoustic piano (1–4, 7, 8, 10), string conductor (3, 10), electric piano (5, 9), clavinet (6)
- James Newton Howard – electric piano (1–4, 7), clavinet (2, 8), ARP synthesizer (2, 4, 9), organ (5, 6), acoustic piano (6), celesta (9)
- David Wolfert – acoustic guitar (1, 7, 8), electric guitars (1–7), guitars (8)
- John "Cooker" Lo Presti – bass
- Kirk Bruner – drums (1–8), percussion (2, 4), cuica (4), talking drum (6), backing vocals (9)
- King Errisson – congas (2, 5, 8)
- Don Diego Gujo – cowbell (8)
- Morton K. Salt – percussion (9)
- Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone (3, 6, 8), horn arrangements (3, 6, 8), string arrangements (3, 5, 7, 10), soprano saxophone (5), baritone saxophone (6, 8), alto saxophone (10)
- John Rotella – baritone saxophone (3)
- Gene Dinwiddie – tenor saxophone (6, 8)
- Lew McCreary – trombone (3)
- Steve Madaio – trumpet (3, 6, 8)
- Sid Sharp – concertmaster (10)
- Vini Poncia – backing vocals (1, 3, 7, 9)
- Lucy Mike – backing vocals (2)
- David Lasley – backing vocals (6)
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (6)
- Brie Howard – backing vocals (9)
Production
- Richard Perry – executive producer
- Vini Poncia – producer
- Bob Schaper – recording engineer, remixing (10)
- Bill Schnee – remixing (1–9) at Sound Labs (Hollywood, California)
- Reed Stanley – assistant engineer
- The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
- Bob Heimall – art direction
- Arton Associates – design
- Pacific Eye & Ear – illustration
- Ed Caraeff – photography
- Larry Brezner, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe – management
