We'll Sing in the Sunshine (album)

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We'll Sing in the Sunshine
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 2, 1978
RecordedJanuary - February 1978
Studio
  • Sound Lab, Los Angeles
  • A&M, Hollywood
Genre Pop/Rock [1]
Length34:11
Label Capitol
Producer Kim Fowley
Nick DeCaro
Helen Reddy chronology
Ear Candy
(1977)
We'll Sing in the Sunshine
(1978)
Live in London
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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We'll Sing in the Sunshine is the tenth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1978 by Capitol Records. The album included two songs that were also covered by Johnny Mathis in the first half of that year: "All I Ever Need", which came out on his March release, You Light Up My Life , and "Ready or Not", on which he duetted with Deniece Williams for their June release, That's What Friends Are For . Reddy also ventures into Beatles territory with their rockabilly number "One After 909" and takes on Jeff Lynne's "Poor Little Fool" with accompaniment in the vein of Electric Light Orchestra. This was her first album not to reach Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart. [2] On February 23, 2010, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being her 1977 release, Ear Candy . [3] "Blue" was originally featured on the 1977 animated film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure .

Contents

Singles

Just as the lead single ("You're My World") of Reddy's previous album, Ear Candy, was a cover, so was the case here. "We'll Sing in the Sunshine," a hit for Gale Garnett in 1964, was released on March 27, 1978, [4] and became Reddy's first lead single not to appear on the Billboard Hot 100. [5] It did, however, debut on Billboard's Easy Listening chart in the April 22 issue, and peaked at number 12 during its nine weeks there. [6] Of this song, Reddy writes, "For those who can't commit because they hear the call of the open road, this one is for you." [4]

"Ready or Not" had its Easy Listening chart debut as the second single from the album later that year, in the July 1 issue, and got as high as number 28 over the course of eight weeks. [6] The July 15 issue saw the start of the song's five-week run on the Hot 100, during which time it made it to number 73, [5] and in Canada's RPM magazine it reached number 70 pop. [7]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Ready or Not" (Amber DiLena, Jerry Keller) – 3:51
  2. "All I Ever Need" (Jacques Sawyer) – 3:28
  3. "Poor Little Fool" (Jeff Lynne) – 4:09
  4. "One After 909" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:02
  5. "I'd Rather Be Alone" (Bruce Roberts) – 4:16

Side 2

  1. "Lady of the Night" (Richard Germinaro, Evie Sands, Ben Weisman) – 3:17
  2. "Catch My Breath" (Alan O'Day) – 2:56
  3. "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" (Gale Garnett) – 3:34
  4. "Blue" (Joe Raposo) – 4:32
  5. "If I Ever Had to Say Goodbye to You" (Steve Gibb) – 3:02
Rarities from the Capitol Vaults tracks

In 2009 EMI Music Special Markets released Rarities from the Capitol Vaults, a 12-track CD of mostly what were previously unreleased Reddy recordings. [8] Four of the songs were taken from the recording sessions for We'll Sing in the Sunshine, including an alternate version of "Blue" and:

Personnel

Personnel on "All I Ever Need", "Catch My Breath", "I'd Rather Be Alone", "If I Ever Had to Say Goodbye to You", "Poor Little Fool", "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"
Additional personnel on "All I Ever Need", "Catch My Breath", "If I Ever Had to Say Goodbye to You", "Poor Little Fool"
Additional personnel on "I'd Rather Be Alone", "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"
Personnel on "Blue", "Lady of the Night", "One After 909", "Ready or Not"

Notes

  1. 1 2 "We'll Sing in the Sunshine - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. Whitburn 2010 , p. 646.
  3. "Ear Candy/We'll Sing in the Sunshine - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 (2006) The Woman I Am: The Definitive Collection by Helen Reddy [CD booklet]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records 09463-57613-2-0.
  5. 1 2 Whitburn 2009 , p. 805.
  6. 1 2 Whitburn 2007 , p. 227.
  7. "Top Singles". RPM . 26 August 1978. p. 34.
  8. (2009) Rarities from the Capitol Vaults by Helen Reddy [CD booklet]. Hollywood: EMI Music Special Markets 509996-98493-2-9

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