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Melissa Manchester's seventh album, Don't Cry Out Loud, was preceded in the fall of 1978 by the single release of its title track, which went on to become a Top Ten hit, enabling the LP to become her highest and longest charting effort in several years. That's the way record company executives like things to work out, of course. But the success masked the essential differences between "Don't Cry Out Loud" the single and Don't Cry Out Loud the album. The song, written by Peter Allen and frequent Manchester collaborator Carole Bayer Sager, had been a minor R&B chart entry for the Moments in 1977 under the title "We Don't Cry Out Loud." Manchester's version, produced by Harry Maslin, used a tight band of top-flight Los Angeles session musicians -- Dennis Budimer and Lee Ritenour on guitars, Billy Payne on piano, David Hungate on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums. It was a moving, plaintive effort and a deserving hit. Don't Cry Out Loud the album was worthy, too, but it took a very different tack. Manchester collaborated with Motown-spawned writer/producer Leon Ware (Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are," Marvin Gaye's "I Want You") for this strictly New York session, which used another band of triple-scale session musicians including David T. Walker on guitar, Greg Phillinganes on electric piano, Richard Tee on acoustic piano, Chuck Rainey on bass, James Gadson on drums, and Lenny Castro on percussion. They produced a characteristically creamy jazz/pop sound, to which Ware added horn and string arrangements that made for a mild disco effect. He also brought in a minor Stevie Wonder song, "Bad Weather," which closed side one of the original LP. Otherwise, the songs were written or co-written by Manchester, with Ware joining in on "Almost Anything" and "Knowin' My Love's Alive." The R&B feel was less apparent on the second side (tracks six-ten), with Manchester even getting a solo piano performance on the ballad "Through the Eyes of Grace," a feeling examination of love and aging. The overall effect was a good mixture of artistic expression and commercial savvy, circa 1978, and although one might say the same thing of "Don't Cry Out Loud" the song, the single overshadowed the album to the extent that one of Manchester's better albums is rarely recognized as such.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Leon Ware, Producer - Melissa Manchester, Performer - Melissa Manchester, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Lyricist
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Leon Ware, Producer - Melissa Manchester, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Lyricist - Melissa Manchester, Performer
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Harry Maslin, Producer - Peter Allen, Composer - Peter Allen, Lyricist - Carole Bayer Sager, Composer - Carole Bayer Sager, Lyricist - Melissa Manchester, Vocal
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Leon Ware, Composer - Leon Ware, Lyricist - Leon Ware, Producer - Melissa Manchester, Performer - Melissa Manchester, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Lyricist
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Stevie Wonder, Composer - Stevie Wonder, Lyricist - Leon Ware, Producer - Ira Tucker, Composer - Ira Tucker, Lyricist - Melissa Manchester, Performer
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Leon Ware, Producer - Melissa Manchester, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Lyricist - Melissa Manchester, Performer
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Leon Ware, Producer - Carole Bayer Sager, Composer - Carole Bayer Sager, Lyricist - Melissa Manchester, Performer - Melissa Manchester, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Lyricist
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Leon Ware, Producer - Steve Cagan, Composer - Steve Cagan, Lyricist - Melissa Manchester, Performer - Melissa Manchester, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Lyricist
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Leon Ware, Producer - Leon Ware, Composer - Leon Ware, Lyricist - Melissa Manchester, Performer - Melissa Manchester, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Lyricist
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Leon Ware, Producer - Adrienne Anderson, Composer - Adrienne Anderson, Lyricist - Melissa Manchester, Performer - Melissa Manchester, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Lyricist
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Leon Ware, Producer - Larry Weiss, Lyricist - Larry Weiss, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Performer - Melissa Manchester, Composer - Melissa Manchester, Lyricist
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Albumbeschreibung
Melissa Manchester's seventh album, Don't Cry Out Loud, was preceded in the fall of 1978 by the single release of its title track, which went on to become a Top Ten hit, enabling the LP to become her highest and longest charting effort in several years. That's the way record company executives like things to work out, of course. But the success masked the essential differences between "Don't Cry Out Loud" the single and Don't Cry Out Loud the album. The song, written by Peter Allen and frequent Manchester collaborator Carole Bayer Sager, had been a minor R&B chart entry for the Moments in 1977 under the title "We Don't Cry Out Loud." Manchester's version, produced by Harry Maslin, used a tight band of top-flight Los Angeles session musicians -- Dennis Budimer and Lee Ritenour on guitars, Billy Payne on piano, David Hungate on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums. It was a moving, plaintive effort and a deserving hit. Don't Cry Out Loud the album was worthy, too, but it took a very different tack. Manchester collaborated with Motown-spawned writer/producer Leon Ware (Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are," Marvin Gaye's "I Want You") for this strictly New York session, which used another band of triple-scale session musicians including David T. Walker on guitar, Greg Phillinganes on electric piano, Richard Tee on acoustic piano, Chuck Rainey on bass, James Gadson on drums, and Lenny Castro on percussion. They produced a characteristically creamy jazz/pop sound, to which Ware added horn and string arrangements that made for a mild disco effect. He also brought in a minor Stevie Wonder song, "Bad Weather," which closed side one of the original LP. Otherwise, the songs were written or co-written by Manchester, with Ware joining in on "Almost Anything" and "Knowin' My Love's Alive." The R&B feel was less apparent on the second side (tracks six-ten), with Manchester even getting a solo piano performance on the ballad "Through the Eyes of Grace," a feeling examination of love and aging. The overall effect was a good mixture of artistic expression and commercial savvy, circa 1978, and although one might say the same thing of "Don't Cry Out Loud" the song, the single overshadowed the album to the extent that one of Manchester's better albums is rarely recognized as such.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:29
- Main artists: Melissa Manchester
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista - BMG Heritage
- Genre: Pop/Rock Internationaal variété
(P) 2002 BMG Heritage
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