I'm Your Woman (album)

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I'm Your Woman
I'm Your Woman by Sandra Bernhard vinyl.png
Vinyl variant of official 1985 release
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Released1985
Recorded1985
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Label Mercury
Sandra Bernhard chronology
I'm Your Woman
(1985)
Without You I'm Nothing
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [1]

I'm Your Woman is the first album released by comedian and singer Sandra Bernhard. It was released on the Mercury label on vinyl and cassette [2] in 1985. [3] [4] It has never had an official release on compact disc, although CD-R copies were once available for sale on Bernhard's own website and at her live shows. The album is a studio recording and contains eight songs interspersed with spoken-word vignettes.

Contents

Track listing

Source: [5]

Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Hard to Believe Face"  0:50
2."I'm Your Woman"Rick MaslowBarry Reynolds4:57
3."Late Night Roads"  0:16
4."Love Comes Marching Through"Barry ReynoldsBarry Reynolds4:10
5."Out of Control with Young People"  0:33
6."Everybody's Young"Rick MaslowBarry Reynolds4:17
7."Relationships/Baby Talk"  1:02
8."Three Kisses for Sandy"  0:53
9."Losing Yourself"Rick Maslow, Sandra BernhardBarry Reynolds, Robert Kraft3:55
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."In the Future"  0:38
2."Don't Hold Me"  0:20
3."Hold Me, Promise Me"Rick Maslow, Sandra BernhardBarry Reynolds, Robert Kraft3:12
4."Almost Torture"Rick Maslow, Sandra BernhardBarry Reynolds4:29
5."Are You Sixteen?"  0:28
6."Boys Come Running"Rick Maslow, Sandra BernhardSamuel Franklin3:50
7."Airport"  3:38
8."Near The Top"Rick Maslow, Sandra BernhardSamuel Franklin4:19

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References

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