Carole Bayer Sager (album)

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Carole Bayer Sager
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Released1977 (1977)
Studio Record Plant, Los Angeles
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Length33:59
Label Elektra Records
Producer Brooks Arthur
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Carole Bayer Sager is the debut studio album by American songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, released in 1977 by Elektra Records. It included the song "You're Moving Out Today", which became a 1977 Australian number one single and also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. The album itself was also a success in Australia, reaching the top 10, [2] as well as receiving a gold certification there. [3] It was produced by Brooks Arthur.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Carole Bayer Sager, with additional contributors noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come in from the Rain" Melissa Manchester 2:48
2."Until the Next Time"Johnny Vastano3:30
3."Don't Wish Too Hard"Peter Allen4:04
4."Sweet Alibis" Marvin Hamlisch 3:46
5."Aces" Bruce Roberts 3:20
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love"Allen2:48
7."Steal Away Again"
4:16
8."You're Moving Out Today"
  • Roberts
  • Midler
3:33
9."Shy as a Violet"Allen3:06
10."Home to Myself"Manchester2:48

Personnel

Musicians

  • Carole Bayer Sager – lead vocals, background vocals (5, 9)
  • Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6, 10), electric guitar (6, 10), guitar (4), mandolin (4)
  • Johnny Vastano – acoustic guitar (2), background vocals (2)
  • Al Gorgoni – acoustic guitar (7)
  • Thom Rotella – acoustic guitar (8, 9), electric guitar (8)
  • Jerry Friedman – acoustic guitar (9)
  • Bruce Roberts – background vocals (5–8), piano (5–8)
  • Madeline Kahn – background vocals (7)
  • Abigail Haness – background vocals (3)
  • Brenda Russell – background vocals (2, 3)
  • Melissa Manchester – background vocals (2, 10), harpsichord (10), arrangements (10), piano (1, 10)
  • Tony Orlando – background vocals (3)
  • Peter Allen – background vocals (9), piano (3, 9)
  • Bette Midler – background vocals (9)
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass guitar (3, 9)
  • Emory Gordy – bass guitar (4)
  • Lee Sklar – bass guitar (1, 2, 5, 6, 10)
  • Will Lee – bass guitar (7, 8)
  • Allan Schwartsberg – cabasa (3), drums (3)
  • Marvin Hamlisch – celesta (4), electric piano (4), piano (4)
  • Paul Buckmaster – strings and horns arrangements (1, 2, 4–10), synthesizer (4)
  • Gene Page – strings and horns arrangements (3)
  • Alan Estes – congas (3-7), percussion (3, 9)
  • Andy Newmark – drums (9)
  • Jim Keltner – drums (4, 5)
  • Roy Markowitz – drums (7, 8)
  • Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 6, 10)
  • Jerry Friedman – electric guitar (7)
  • Lance Quinn – electric guitar (3)
  • Nicky Hopkins – electric piano (2), piano (2)
  • Artie Butler – organ (2)
  • Bob Margouleff – programming (4)
  • Hugh McCracken – slide guitar (8)
  • Garnett Brown – trombone (8)

Production

  • Ivy Skoff – production coordination
  • Brooks Arthur – sound engineer, producer
  • Bob Merritt – sound engineer
  • David Thoener – sound engineer
  • David Latman – sound engineer
  • Connie Pappas – management
  • John Reid Ent – management

Design

  • Tony Lane – art direction, design
  • Anne Garner – design
  • Claude Mougin – photography
  • David Alexander – photography

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 4

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [3] Gold20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. Viglione, Joe. Carole Bayer Sager Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  3. 1 2 "Sager Gold Down Under" (PDF). Cashbox . October 8, 1977. p. 65. Retrieved August 17, 2022 via World Radio History.