Lady Put the Light Out

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Lady Put the Light Out
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1977 (1977-11)
Studio Mediasound, New York City
Length38:48
Label Private Stock
Producer Charles Calello
Frankie Valli chronology
Valli
(1976)
Lady Put the Light Out
(1977)
Frankie Valli... Is the Word
(1978)

Lady Put the Light Out is an album by Frankie Valli, released in November 1977 on the Private Stock label.

Contents

Background, composition and recording

Frankie Valli assembled some New York City session players for the album Lady Put the Light Out, and chose songs by songwriters such as Eric Carmen, Paul Anka, Carole Bayer Sager, and the team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. The song "Native New Yorker", which was later covered in a hit version by the band Odyssey, was written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, who had been writing songs for the Four Seasons since the 1960s. [1] "I Need You" was also a hit for the band 3T.

Track listing

  1. "I Need You" (Eric Carmen) – 3:23
  2. "Second Thoughts" (Paul Anka) – 3:15
  3. "I Could Have Loved You" (Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:28
  4. "With You" (Carole Bayer Sager, Ken Ascher) – 3:48
  5. "Native New Yorker" (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer) – 5:18
  6. "Lady Put the Light Out" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 4:28
  7. "Boats Against the Current" (Eric Carmen) – 4:03
  8. "Rainstorm" (Chris Andrews) – 3:55
  9. "I'm Gonna Love You" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 3:04
  10. "There's Always a Goodbye" (Randy Richards) – 4:06

Personnel

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References

  1. "Lady Put the Light Out". AllMusic . Retrieved June 9, 2018.