A Pauper in Paradise

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A Pauper in Paradise
A Pauper in Paradise.jpg
Studio album by
Gino Vannelli
Released1977
StudioAIR Recording Studios, London, England
EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre Pop rock
Length40:53
Label A&M
Producer Gino Vannelli
Joe Vannelli
Gino Vannelli chronology
The Gist of the Gemini
(1976)		A Pauper in Paradise
(1977)		 Brother to Brother
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)Star half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

A Pauper in Paradise is the fifth studio album by Italian-Canadian singer Gino Vannelli, released in 1977. It was notable for including contributions by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the second side, [3] including a fifteen-minute title track symphony that took Gino five months to write, [4] and which led A&M to offer a warning to Gino to expand his appeal or face rapid declines in album sales that since Powerful People had been a steady 300,000 albums per release. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gino Vannelli

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Mardi Gras"3:28
2."Valleys of Valhalla"4:23
3."The Surest Things Can Change"4:36
4."One Night with You"4:19
5."A Song and Dance"3:40
Total length:20:26
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Black and Blue"4:23
2."A Pauper in Paradise: 1st Movement [a] "4:46
3."A Pauper in Paradise: 2nd Movement [a] "2:39
4."A Pauper in Paradise: 3rd Movement [a] "4:22
5."A Pauper in Paradise: 4th Movement [a] "4:20
Total length:20:27


Detailed personnel

Technical personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak

position

Canada (RPM Magazine) [6] 29
US Billboard 200 [7] 33

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 On some issues of the album, the last four tracks were combined into a single track titled “A Pauper in Paradise (In Four Movements)”

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References

  1. ↑ Bil Carpenter. "A Pauper in Paradise – Gino Vannelli". All Music Group.
  2. ↑ DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly and Henke, James; The Rolling Stone Album Guide – Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist, p. 733 ISBN   0679737294
  3. ↑ Perkins, Don (1977-11-25). "Gino Vannelli – A Pauper in Paradise". The Star-Phoenix . Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. p. 6.
  4. ↑ Dunkin, Zach (1977-12-06). "Vannelli Repays Public". Indianapolis News . p. 22.
  5. ↑ d‘Agostino, John (1991-04-13). "Vannelli: Pop and Soulful". Los Angeles Times . p. F5.
  6. ↑ "Gino Vannelli - A Pauper in Paradise" (PDF). RPM . Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  7. ↑ "Gino Vannelli Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
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