Games That Lovers Play (album)

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Games That Lovers Play
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Studio album by
Eddie Fisher
Released1966
Genre Vocal
Length34 minutes 27 seconds
LanguageEnglish
Label RCA Victor
Producer Al Schmitt
Eddie Fisher chronology
Mary Christmas
(1965)		Games That Lovers Play
(1966)		 People Like You
(1967)

Games That Lovers Play is an album recorded by the American singer Eddie Fisher in 1966, following the success of his "Games That Lovers Play" single. It was Eddie Fisher's 14th album. [1]

Contents

Background

By 1966 Eddie Fisher's recording career looked dim, with barely any charting songs and after his late 50s scandals and drug use, Fisher's career looked pretty much dead, but nonetheless his longtime RCA Records signed him again, and he recorded "Games That Lovers Play", which became a big success. Quickly after it, Fisher recorded an album with the same name, arranged by Nelson Riddle and Eddie Samuels as the pianist. [2]

Charts

The single, "Games That Lovers Play", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 29, 1966, and peaked at number 45 during a nine-week stay on the chart. [3] The song spent a week at number two on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, during its 14-week stay. [4] It reached number 41 on the Cashbox singles chart and stayed on the chart for nine weeks. [5]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 26, 1966, and remained on the chart for ten weeks, peaking at number 72. [6] It debuted on the Cashbox Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated November 26, 1966, remaining on that chart for a total of eight weeks and peaking at number 70. [7] It was his best selling album. [8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

The initial Cashbox review said that the album was a "A warm and tender offering of tunes from Eddie Fishers", and stated that it "Should go well with the artist’s fans." [2]

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said the album showed "Fisher was equally at home with an Antonio Carlos Jobim samba ("How Insensitive [Insensatez]," "Once I Loved"), a Rodgers & Hart standard ("Where's That Rainbow," "It Never Entered My Mind"), or a contemporary ballad (the Beatles' "Yesterday"), but gave special attention to songs like "Carnival (Manha de Carnaval)" and "Lara's Theme (Somewhere My Love)" that had sweeping melodies and a touch of melancholy. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Games That Lovers Play (Eine Ganze Nacht)" James Last / Günter Loose / Eddie Snyder2:33
2."Where's That Rainbow?" Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers 3:01
3."Carnival (Manha de Carnaval)" Luiz Bonfá / Luigi Creatore / Hugo Peretti / George David Weiss 3:47
4."Lara's Theme (Somewhere My Love)" Maurice Jarre / Paul Francis Webster 3:15
5."It Never Entered My Mind" Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers 2:47
6."Just Let Me Look at You" Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern 2:50
7."Yesterday" John Lennon / Paul McCartney 2:45
8."How Insensitive (Insensatez)" Norman Gimbel / Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes 3:07
9."I Get Along Without You Very Well" Hoagy Carmichael 3:46
10."Once I Loved"Ray Gilbert / Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes 3:15
11."You're Devastating"Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern 3:14
Total length:34:27

Charts

Album

Chart (1966–1967)Peak
position
U.S. Top LPs (Billboard) [6] 72
U.S. Top 100 Albums ( Cashbox ) [7] 70

Singles

YearTitleUS AC [4] US Cashbox [5] US Hot 100 [3]
1966"Games That Lovers Play"24145

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ruhlmann, William. "Eddie Fisher - Games That Lovers Play: Review". AllMusic . Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Cashbox magazine, November 12, 1966. Album Reviews, page 46
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 244. ISBN   0898201551.
  4. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 96. ISBN   978-0-8982-0169-7.
  5. 1 2 Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 120–121. ISBN   1-56308-316-7.
  6. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 266. ISBN   0898201179 . Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 120. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  8. ↑ Colin Larkin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2004-IA38. ISBN   978-0857125958. Archived from the original on July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 534. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved May 3, 2025.
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