Change of Heart (Eric Carmen album)

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Change of Heart
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Studio album by
Eric Carmen
ReleasedSeptember 1978
StudioThe Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Genre Soft rock
Length29:36
Label Arista
Producer Eric Carmen
Eric Carmen chronology
Boats Against the Current
(1977)		Change of Heart
(1978)		 Tonight You're Mine
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Change of Heart is a 1978 album by Eric Carmen. It was his third solo LP, and reached No. 137 on the Billboard album chart.

Contents

The album yielded two charting singles, the title track which was a Top 20 hit in North America, as well as Carmen's remake of the Four Tops' 1964 song, "Baby I Need Your Loving". Both songs were also hits on the American and Canadian adult contemporary charts, reaching the Top 10 in Canada. [2] The single release, "Change of Heart" is ranked as the 135th biggest Canadian hit of 1978, [3] as well as the 160th biggest Canadian hit of 1979. [4]

The LP also contained Carmen's rendition of "Hey Deanie," a Top 10 hit which he wrote for Shaun Cassidy, which was the flip side of the title track 45 RPM.

Samantha Sang, who provides backing vocals on the LP, covered "Change of Heart" that same year, and it was featured as the B side of her second hit single, "You Keep Me Dancing" (US No. 56, Canada AC No. 10). [5] [6]

"Someday," the flip side of Carmen's previous hit, "She Did It," was omitted from Boats Against the Current but was included on this album. "Someday" was also included as the B side of the European release of "Haven't We Come a Long Way," a third single from the LP released in UK and the Netherlands but which failed to chart. [7] The North American release featured "End of the World" as the B side. [8]

The title song also reached number seven in France. [9] It was included on a 2005 album entitled, Nichehits, a compilation of songs by various artists. The album was issued by Victor Records. [10]

In 2017, Change of Heart was released in Japan for the sixth time. [11]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Eric Carmen; except where indicated.

  1. "Desperate Fools Overture" - 2:05
  2. "Haven't We Come a Long Way" - 3:17
  3. "End of The World" - 3:29
  4. "Heaven Can Wait" - 3:33
  5. "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) - 3:17
  6. "Change of Heart" - 3:30
  7. "Hey Deanie" - 4:26
  8. "Someday" - 2:52
  9. "Desperate Fools" - 3:07

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [12] 93
US Billboard 200 137

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References

  1. ↑ Greenwald, Matthew. Change of Heart at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2014-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  6. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada . 17 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Eric Carmen – Haven't We Come a Long Way (1978, Vinyl)". Discogs .
  8. ↑ "Eric Carmen – Haven't We Come a Long Way / End of the World (1978, Vinyl)". Discogs .
  9. ↑ "Song artist 892 - Eric Carmen".
  10. ↑ "Various Artists -".
  11. ↑ "Eric Carmen - Change of Heart". Discogs .
  12. ↑ Kent, David (1975). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 55. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
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