El Mirage is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in May 1977 by Atlantic Records. This was the first album for which Webb handed production and arrangement duties on to another person, George Martin, producer of The Beatles. The album is notable for containing “The Highwayman”, a song that later provided both […]
Sincerity is the 11th studio album by Riccardo Cocciante . The texts are by Etienne Roda-Gil and Riccardo Cocciante, who also edited the music. Keyboardist and composer James Newton Howard is a co-producer, arranger and orchestrator. Riccardo Cocciante , (born 20 February 1946), is an Italian singer, composer, theatre man and musician. His oeuvre includes […]
The Perfect Stranger is the tenth solo album by Jesse Colin Young, released in 1982. Jesse Colin Young is an American singer / songwriter / folksinger and a founding member and lead singer of the group The Youngbloods since the 1960s. Tracks 1 The Perfect Stranger (Jesse Colin Young, Wendy Waldman, Bill Cuomo) 4:34 2 […]
Angel Heart is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in April 1982 by Real West Production. Check out these pictures from the studio recording. In 2018 Jimmy Webb re-released the album (35th Anniversary Expanded Edition) with 3 bonus tracks and demos. Tracks 1 Angel Heart (Jimmy Webb) 3:24 2 God’s Gift […]
Friends in Love, Dionne Warwick‘s third studio album for the Arista label, was released in 1982. It was recorded during the winter of 1981-82 and was released that spring. The LP was originally issued as number AL 9585 in the Arista Catalog. The disc stalled at a disappointing #87 on the Billboard album chart, selling […]
This second selftitled album by Leon Ware was released in 1982 at the Elektra label. Tracks 1 Slippin’ Away (David Foster, David Paich, Leon Ware) 4:14 2 Lost In Love With You (Geoffrey Leib) 3:53 3 Shelter (Leon Ware, Allee Willis) 3:57 4 Why I Came To California (Janis Siegel, Leon Ware) 4:10 5 Deeper […]
World Radio is the ninth album by the English singer-songwriter, Leo Sayer, and was released in May 1982. It was (including the greatest hits compilation album, The Very Best of Leo Sayer) his tenth successive Top 50 chart entry in the UK Albums Chart, in a period of a little over eight years. Tracks 1 […]
If That’s What It Takes is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released in August 1982 and peaked at #6 on Billboard 200, while singles “I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)” and “I Gotta Try” went to #4 and #44 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Tracks 1 […]
Hey Ricky is the title of the tenth album release by Melissa Manchester issued on Arista Records in April 1982. During the interim between the release of Hey Ricky and that of the precedent For the Working Girl in September 1980 Melissa Manchester had attempted to extricate herself from her recording contract, filing suit in […]
White Horse is the title of the first solo album by Michael Omartian, released originally in 1974, on Dunhill Records and subsequently re-released on Myrrh Records as both a single album and as a compilation of White Horse and Adam Again. (Both are now out-of-print.) Integrating elements of funk, gospel, and progressive rock (and utilizing […]