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When disc jockey Brian Goslow left the Willie "Loco" Alexander MCA Records sessions for Meanwhile...Back in the States in 1978, he couldn't escape Barry Manilow's "Copacabana (At the Copa)" on the radio. Like a scene out of a movie as the radio station changed, the same song came blaring out of the speaker -- showing the radio power of Barry Manilow in 1978 -- every underground radio programmer's nightmare. Manilow had injected semi-disco into his previous albums, but this was an all out dance assault exacerbated by a 12" Spanish version, "En el Copa," also finding popularity. With a Number One live album following up the previous studio disc, This One's for You, another year's worth of hits launched off of Even Now, with the title track going Top 20 after the Top Three showing of a pop masterpiece, Barry Manilow's rendition of "Can't Smile Without You." Clive Davis must have heard Engelbert Humperdinck's excellent album track from his 1976 comeback, After the Lovin', and with a little change in the original lyric a superb pop confection manifested -- a sophisticated "Jingle Jangle"/"Sugar Sugar" produced by the singer of those Archies' hits, Ron Dante, along with Manilow. The pair didn't stop there. They took Helen Reddy's 1975 Top 20 version of "Mandy," cowriter Richard Kerr's "Somewhere in the Night" Top Ten in early 1979 (after Manilow charted with a song from the film Foul Play in between the four-song chart run from this LP). Yes, there are still excesses on the Even Now album (one being the successful "Copacabana,") lows that go hand-in-hand with incredible highs like "Can't Smile Without You" and "Somewhere in the Night," popular music that is as timeless and effective as it gets. Marty Panzer and Barry come up with a very impressive cocktail lounge essay, "I Was a Fool (To Let You Go)," while another Manilow cowrite, "Losing Touch," displays some progress in the songwriting department for the showman. England Dan and John Ford Coley songwriter Parker McGee lends his excellent "Where Do I Go From Here" with Jimmie Haskell orchestration to the mix and it works, bringing back that query from the previous album -- why didn't Barry Manilow cowrite with the talented songwriters who gave him some of his finest moments?
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
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Barry Manilow, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Ron Dante, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Bruce Sussman, Composer, Lyricist - Jack Feldman, Composer, Lyricist - Ginger Blake - Artie Butler, Orchestrator - Laura Creamer - Linda Dillard - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Will Lee, Bass, Bass Guitar - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Barry Manilow, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Ron Dante, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Richard Kerr, Composer - Will Jennings, Lyricist - Bob Babbit, Bass - Jimmy Young, Drums - Jeff Mirinoff, Guitar - Paul Shaffer, Piano - Jimmy Maelen, Percussion - Dick Behrke, Orchestrator - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Barry Manilow, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Composer, Piano, Producer - Enoch Anderson, Lyricist - Richard Winzeler, Orchestrator - Ron Dante, Producer - Lee Ritenour, Guitar - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Barry Manilow, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Associated Performer, Piano, Producer - Chris Arnold, Composer, Lyricist - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Ron Dante, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - David C. Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Geoff Morrow, Composer, Lyricist - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Will Lee, Bass - Artie Butler, Orchestrator - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Barry Manilow, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Composer, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Marty Panzer, Lyricist - Ron Dante, Producer - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Barry Manilow, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Parker McGee, Composer, Lyricist - Ron Dante, Producer - Jimmie Haskell, Orchestrator - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Barry Manilow, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano, Producer - Marty Panzer, Composer, Lyricist - Artie Butler, Orchestrator - Ron Dante, Producer - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1978 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Barry Manilow, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Composer, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Marty Panzer, Lyricist - Ron Dante, Producer - Artie Butler, Orchestrator - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Barry Manilow, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Composer, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Jack Feldman, Lyricist - Ron Dante, Producer - Bruce Sussman, Lyricist - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Jimmie Haskell, Orchestrator - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Barry Manilow, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Michael Price, Composer, Lyricist - Ron Dante, Producer - Dan Walsh, Composer, Lyricist - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Will Lee, Bass - Jimmie Haskell, Orchestrator - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Barry Manilow, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Composer, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Marty Panzer, Lyricist - Ron Dante, Producer - Jimmie Haskell, Orchestrator - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Barry Manilow, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Composer, Lyricist, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Adrienne Anderson, Composer, Lyricist - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Ron Dante, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Jay Graydon, Guitar - Jimmie Haskell, Orchestrator - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Barry Manilow, Composer, Main Artist, Piano, Producer, Composer, Piano, Producer - Derek Dunan, Recording Engineer - Adrienne Anderson, Lyricist - Michael DeLugg, Engineer - Ron Dante, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Ronnie Zito, Drums - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Mays, Keyboards - Mitch Holder, Guitar - Alan Estes, Percussion
(P) 1978 Arista Records LLC
Album review
When disc jockey Brian Goslow left the Willie "Loco" Alexander MCA Records sessions for Meanwhile...Back in the States in 1978, he couldn't escape Barry Manilow's "Copacabana (At the Copa)" on the radio. Like a scene out of a movie as the radio station changed, the same song came blaring out of the speaker -- showing the radio power of Barry Manilow in 1978 -- every underground radio programmer's nightmare. Manilow had injected semi-disco into his previous albums, but this was an all out dance assault exacerbated by a 12" Spanish version, "En el Copa," also finding popularity. With a Number One live album following up the previous studio disc, This One's for You, another year's worth of hits launched off of Even Now, with the title track going Top 20 after the Top Three showing of a pop masterpiece, Barry Manilow's rendition of "Can't Smile Without You." Clive Davis must have heard Engelbert Humperdinck's excellent album track from his 1976 comeback, After the Lovin', and with a little change in the original lyric a superb pop confection manifested -- a sophisticated "Jingle Jangle"/"Sugar Sugar" produced by the singer of those Archies' hits, Ron Dante, along with Manilow. The pair didn't stop there. They took Helen Reddy's 1975 Top 20 version of "Mandy," cowriter Richard Kerr's "Somewhere in the Night" Top Ten in early 1979 (after Manilow charted with a song from the film Foul Play in between the four-song chart run from this LP). Yes, there are still excesses on the Even Now album (one being the successful "Copacabana,") lows that go hand-in-hand with incredible highs like "Can't Smile Without You" and "Somewhere in the Night," popular music that is as timeless and effective as it gets. Marty Panzer and Barry come up with a very impressive cocktail lounge essay, "I Was a Fool (To Let You Go)," while another Manilow cowrite, "Losing Touch," displays some progress in the songwriting department for the showman. England Dan and John Ford Coley songwriter Parker McGee lends his excellent "Where Do I Go From Here" with Jimmie Haskell orchestration to the mix and it works, bringing back that query from the previous album -- why didn't Barry Manilow cowrite with the talented songwriters who gave him some of his finest moments?
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:10
- Main artists: Barry Manilow
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista
- Genre: Electronic Lounge
(P) 1996 Arista Records, Inc.
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