Melissa (Melissa Manchester album)

Melissa
Melissa "Original Master Recording" vinyl album from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Studio album by Melissa Manchester
Released	February 1975
Recorded	1974
Studio	Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) A & R Recording (New York City, New York)
Genre	Pop R&B soul
Length	39:34
Label	Arista
Producer	Vini Poncia
Melissa Manchester chronology
Bright Eyes (1974) Melissa (1975) Better Days & Happy Endings (1976)
Singles from Melissa
"Midnight Blue" Released: May 1975 "Just Too Many People" Released: September 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Christgau's Record Guide	B+ [1]

Melissa is the third album by Melissa Manchester, released on the Arista Records label in 1975. It reached #12 on the Billboard Albums chart on the strength of her first U.S. Top Ten hit "Midnight Blue" (#6). In 2001, the album was re-released.

Track listing

All songs were written by Melissa Manchester and Carole Bayer Sager, unless stated otherwise.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We've Got Time"		4:24
2.	"Party Music"	Melissa Manchester David Wolfert	3:29
3.	"Just Too Many People"	Manchester Vini Poncia	3:38
4.	"Stevie's Wonder"		3:35
5.	"This Lady's Not Home Today"		4:33
6.	"Love Havin' You Around"	Stevie Wonder Syreeta Wright	4:40
7.	"Midnight Blue"		3:55
8.	"It's Gonna Be Alright"	Manchester Adrienne Anderson	3:34
9.	"I Got Eyes"	Manchester	2:45
10.	"I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore"	Randy Newman	5:05

Personnel

• Melissa Manchester – lead vocals, acoustic piano (1, 4, 7, 8, 10), electric piano (5, 9), clavinet (6)
• James Newton Howard – electric piano (1–4, 7), clavinet (2, 8), ARP synthesizer (2, 9), organ (5, 6), acoustic piano (6), celesta (9)
• David Wolfert – acoustic guitar (1, 7), electric guitars (1–7), guitars (8)
• Cooker Lo Presti – bass
• Kirk Bruner – drums (1–8), percussion (2, 4), cuica (4), talking drum (6), backing vocals (9)
• King Errisson – congas (2, 5, 8)
• Don Diego Gujo – cowbell (8)
• Morton K. Salt – percussion (9)
• Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone (3, 6, 8), horn arrangements (3, 6, 8), string arrangements (3, 5, 7, 10), soprano saxophone (5), baritone saxophone (6, 8), alto saxophone (10)
• John Rotella – baritone saxophone (3)
• Gene Dinwiddie – tenor saxophone (6, 8)
• Lew McCreary – trombone (3)
• Steve Madaio – trumpet (3, 6, 8)
• Vini Poncia – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 9)
• The Rhinestones – backing vocals (2)
• David Lasley – backing vocals (6)
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (6)
• Brie Howard – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Executive Producer – Richard Perry
• Producer – Vini Poncia
• Engineer – Bob Schaper
• Assistant Engineer – Reed Stanley
• Remixed by Bill Schnee at Sound Labs (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Bob Heimall
• Design – Arton Associates
• Illustration – Pacific Eye & Ear
• Photography – Ed Caraeff

References

1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   0-89919-026-X . Retrieved March 4, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.