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
Genre Pop
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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