Melissa (Melissa Manchester album)

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Melissa
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Melissa "Original Master Recording" vinyl album from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Studio album by
Melissa Manchester
ReleasedJanuary 1975
Recorded1974
Studio
Genre Pop
Length39:34
Label Arista
Producer Vini Poncia
Melissa Manchester chronology
Bright Eyes
(1974)		Melissa
(1975)		Better Days And Happy Endings
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "We've Got Time" (Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) – 4:24
  2. "Party Music" (Manchester, David Wolfert) – 3:29
  3. "Just Too Many People" (Manchester, Vini Poncia) – 3:38
  4. "Stevie's Wonder" (Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:35
  5. "This Lady's Not Home Today" (Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) – 4:33
  6. "Love Havin' You Around" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 4:40
  7. "Midnight Blue" (Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) – 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


Production

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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.


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