Just Another Day in Paradise

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Just Another Day in Paradise
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Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedPyramid "Eye" Recording Studio, Lookout Mountain, Georgia; and Southern Tracks Recording Studio, Atlanta, Georgia; January–November 1981
Genre Soft rock
Length40:52
Label Kat Family/Epic
Producer Sonny Limbo &
Scott MacLellan
Bertie Higgins chronology
Just Another Day in Paradise
(1982)
Pirates and Poets
(1983)
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Just Another Day in Paradise is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Bertie Higgins, released in 1982.

Contents

Singles from the album include the title track, the Top 10 single "Key Largo" and "Casablanca", both tributes to the 1942 film of the same name.

"Casablanca" was recorded by Japanese singer Hiromi Go in the same year and reached No. 2 on the Japanese chart. Higgins' original version and album also achieved commercial success, and was the second best-selling album of 1982 by a Western artist in Japan's official hit parade, Oricon. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Bertie Higgins, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Just Another Day in Paradise"Higgins, Sonny Limbo, Columbia Jones3:56
2."Casablanca"Higgins, Limbo, John Healy4:34
3."Candledancer" 3:48
4."Key Largo"Higgins, Limbo3:20
5."Port O' Call (Savannah '55)" 3:26
6."White Line Fever"Higgins, Limbo3:59
7."The Heart Is the Hunter" 3:27
8."She's Gone to Live on the Mountain" 3:26
9."Down at the Blue Moon" 3:57
10."The Tropics"Higgins, Limbo7:00

Personnel

Charts

Album

YearCountryChartPosition
1982Australia [3] Kent Music Report 32
1982Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart4
1982United States Billboard 200 38

Singles

YearCountryChartSinglePosition
1982United States Billboard Hot 100 "Key Largo"8
1982United States Billboard AC "Key Largo"1
1982United States Billboard Country "Key Largo"50
1982Australia Kent Music Report "Key Largo"2
1982United StatesBillboard Hot 100"Just Another Day in Paradise"46
1982United StatesBillboard AC"Just Another Day in Paradise"10
1982United StatesBillboard Country"Just Another Day in Paradise"90
1982Japan Oricon Weekly"Casablanca"13

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [4] Gold10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. "Japanese Oricon Year-End International Albums Chart of 1982". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 138. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  4. "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1983". IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved 6 December 2021.