Making Every Moment Count

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Making Every Moment Count
Making Every Moment Count by Peter Allen.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 5, 1990
Recorded1988–89
Genre Pop
Length38:27
Label RCA
Producer Irwin Fisch, Larry Saltzman, Marc Shaiman, Michael Jay, Seth Swirsky
Peter Allen chronology
Captured Live at Carnegie Hall
(1985)
Making Every Moment Count
(1990)
The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Making Every Moment Count is the eighth and final studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, released in 1990, two years before his death from an AIDS-related illness. It was his first album of entirely new material since 1983's "Not the Boy Next Door".

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Reviews

William Ruhlmann from AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5, saying; "There may [be] nods to his past, but otherwise Allen was very up to date on Making Every Moment Count, employing five different producers to come up with a recording that had a timely sound, complete with icy synthesizer riffs and programmed drums coming on like torpedoes.” He added, “he remained most affecting on the ballads, which had a poignancy that would be accentuated by Allen's death from AIDS in 1992.” [1]

Track listing

  1. "Tonight You Made My Day" (Peter Allen, Seth Swirsky) - 4:12
  2. "Making Every Moment Count" (with Melissa Manchester) (Peter Allen, Seth Swirsky) - 3:58
  3. "When I Get My Name in Lights"(with Harry Connick Jr.) (Peter Allen) - 3:03
  4. "Nobody Can Break Us Up" (Michael Jay, Peter Allen) - 4:21
  5. "I Could Marry the Rain" (Peter Allen) - 3:08
  6. "See You in the Springtime" (Dean Pitchford, Peter Allen) - 4:08
  7. "So Much Depends On Love Today" (Peter Allen) - 4:41
  8. "Why Not?" (Dean Pitchford, Peter Allen) - 3:34
  9. "I Couldn't Have Done It Without You" (Peter Allen, Seth Swirsky) - 3:46
  10. "Love Don't Need a Reason" (Marsha Malamet, Michael Callen, Peter Allen) - 3:36

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References

  1. 1 2 "Peter Allen: Making Every Moment Count". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. "Peter Allen - Making Every Moment Count". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.