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"An earthy mix of blues, R&B, and '40s boogie-woogie" is how Bill Carpenter describes Bette Midler's second album, a strangely elaborate transition containing some of the elements which made The Divine Miss M so divine. The album features superb production from her former piano player, Barry Manilow, and the man who would help craft 1979's disco effort, Thighs and Whispers, Arif Mardin. The result is a solid album without the Top 40 fascinations of "Do You Wanna Dance?," Buzzy Linhart /Mark "Moogy" Klingman's "Friends," or "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." Rather than focus on a hit the way Clive Davis helped Manilow go to number one with "Mandy" in 1974, this big cast concentrates on being artistic, and on that level, Bette Midler works. No, she isn't Shirley Bassey or Eartha Kitt, but material from Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, Kurt Weill, and Bertolt Brecht, along with a dash of Bob Dylan, really covers the gamut. Where Midler could excel is with the girl group stuff, touched upon on The Divine Miss M. The medley of "Uptown" and "Da Doo Run Run" is fun, but lacking the satisfying elements Phil Spector jammed into his 45s. Midler really needed to go for it here, an explosive remake of "He's a Rebel" or "Da Doo Run Run" would have been appropriate for 1973, not something that sounds like it was recorded during a live performance at the Continental Baths. It's literally a cast of thousands; Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Steve Gadd, and Luther Rix are just some of the drummers and guitarists Cornell Dupree and Hugh McCracken are onboard, as are Kenny Ascher, Don Grolnick, and Barry Manilow on keys, just to name a few. The talent was all lined up, and the music is immaculate, but there is no concentration on returning to the singles charts. "I Shall Be Released" as recorded here is just perfect for an album with a whisper of gospel, but still holds something back. A choir of voices and a production like Melanie Safka's "Lay Down" would have broken this wide open on radio. It wasn't until Mardin produced "Married Men" six years later on the Thighs and Whispers album that Midler would return to contemporary radio, and like "Friends," her hit from 1973, "Married Men" only lingered at the bottom rung of the Top 40 charts. Great vocals, great musicianship, but no focus for radio action. Rita Coolidge took Jackie Wilson's "Higher & Higher" Top Three in 1977, and Bette Midler ends the album with a marvelous version of that four years before Coolidge. The trouble is, it's all so artsy. It's a beautiful record ignoring the need to match the success of her first two singles, and in a world driven by radio, where timing is everything, the question to this day remains -- why? There's an excellent version of Johnny Mercer's "Drinking Again" which Rod Stewart had cut with the Jeff Beck Group; it's a song that should have dominated '70s radio which says, perhaps, the producers were being too careful for this record's own good.
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
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Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Percussion - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Johnny Mercer, Writer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Writer - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - Barry Manilow, Producer, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gene Orloff, Contributor - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Percussion - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Johnny Mercer, Writer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - Barry Manilow, Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - DORIS TAUBER, Writer - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Al Jackson, Writer - Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gene Orloff, Contributor - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Additional Arrangement by, Percussion - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - Barry Manilow, Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - Timothy Matthews, Writer - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Kurt Weill, Writer - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gene Orloff, Contributor - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Percussion - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Bertolt Brecht, Writer - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - Barry Manilow, Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Herbert Hartig, Writer - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Percussion - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Bob Dylan, Writer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - Barry Manilow, Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gene Orloff, Contributor - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Percussion - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - Harold Arlen, Writer - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - AL DUBIN, Writer - Harry Warren, Writer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Herbert Stothart, Writer - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - E. Y. Harburg, Writer - Barry Manilow, Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, Writer - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Percussion - Charlie Calello, Arranger - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Andy Razaf, Writer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - JOE GARLAND, Writer - Barry Manilow, Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - Barry Mainlow, Writer - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
E. Greenwich, Writer - Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gene Orloff, Contributor - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Percussion - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - J. Barry, Writer - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - Barry Mann, Writer - Carole King, Writer - Gerry Goffin, Writer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Cynthia Weil, Writer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - PHIL SPECTOR, Writer - Jeff Barry, Writer - Ellie Greenwich, Writer - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - P. Spector, Writer - Barry Manilow, Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gene Orloff, Contributor - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Percussion - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Wardell Gray, Writer - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Annie Ross, Writer - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - Barry Manilow, Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ralph MacDonald, Percussion - Bette Midler, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gene Orloff, Contributor - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Percussion - Charlotte Crossley, Backing Vocals - David Spinozza, Guitar - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Kenneth Bichel, Synthesizer - Don Grolnick, Keyboards - Rick Marotta, Drums - Jimmy Douglas, AdditionalEngineer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - Hugh McCracken, Guitar - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer - Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar - Grady Tate, Drums - Tasha Thomas, Backing Vocals - Dennis King, MasteringEngineer - Myrna Smith, Backing Vocals - George Piros, MasteringEngineer - Sylvia Shemwell, Backing Vocals - Merle Miller, Backing Vocals - Bill Salter, Bass Guitar - Will Lee, Bass Guitar - Ken Ascher, Keyboards - Pat Rebillot, Keyboards - Barry Manilow, Producer, Arranger, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Ann Clark, Backing Vocals - Frank Vento, Guitar - Gale Kantor, Backing Vocals - Luther Rix, Drums - Robin Grean, Backing Vocals - Shirley Brewer, Backing Vocals - Steven Gadd, Drums - Stu Woods, Bass Guitar - Carl W Smith, Writer - Gary Lee Jackson, Writer - Raymond Miner, Writer - Sharon Redd, Backing Vocals - Buzz Richmond, AdditionalEngineer - Elliuot Scheiner, AdditionalEngineer - Robbert Warner, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Schreckengosf, AdditionalEngineer
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
"An earthy mix of blues, R&B, and '40s boogie-woogie" is how Bill Carpenter describes Bette Midler's second album, a strangely elaborate transition containing some of the elements which made The Divine Miss M so divine. The album features superb production from her former piano player, Barry Manilow, and the man who would help craft 1979's disco effort, Thighs and Whispers, Arif Mardin. The result is a solid album without the Top 40 fascinations of "Do You Wanna Dance?," Buzzy Linhart /Mark "Moogy" Klingman's "Friends," or "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." Rather than focus on a hit the way Clive Davis helped Manilow go to number one with "Mandy" in 1974, this big cast concentrates on being artistic, and on that level, Bette Midler works. No, she isn't Shirley Bassey or Eartha Kitt, but material from Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, Kurt Weill, and Bertolt Brecht, along with a dash of Bob Dylan, really covers the gamut. Where Midler could excel is with the girl group stuff, touched upon on The Divine Miss M. The medley of "Uptown" and "Da Doo Run Run" is fun, but lacking the satisfying elements Phil Spector jammed into his 45s. Midler really needed to go for it here, an explosive remake of "He's a Rebel" or "Da Doo Run Run" would have been appropriate for 1973, not something that sounds like it was recorded during a live performance at the Continental Baths. It's literally a cast of thousands; Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Steve Gadd, and Luther Rix are just some of the drummers and guitarists Cornell Dupree and Hugh McCracken are onboard, as are Kenny Ascher, Don Grolnick, and Barry Manilow on keys, just to name a few. The talent was all lined up, and the music is immaculate, but there is no concentration on returning to the singles charts. "I Shall Be Released" as recorded here is just perfect for an album with a whisper of gospel, but still holds something back. A choir of voices and a production like Melanie Safka's "Lay Down" would have broken this wide open on radio. It wasn't until Mardin produced "Married Men" six years later on the Thighs and Whispers album that Midler would return to contemporary radio, and like "Friends," her hit from 1973, "Married Men" only lingered at the bottom rung of the Top 40 charts. Great vocals, great musicianship, but no focus for radio action. Rita Coolidge took Jackie Wilson's "Higher & Higher" Top Three in 1977, and Bette Midler ends the album with a marvelous version of that four years before Coolidge. The trouble is, it's all so artsy. It's a beautiful record ignoring the need to match the success of her first two singles, and in a world driven by radio, where timing is everything, the question to this day remains -- why? There's an excellent version of Johnny Mercer's "Drinking Again" which Rod Stewart had cut with the Jeff Beck Group; it's a song that should have dominated '70s radio which says, perhaps, the producers were being too careful for this record's own good.
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:21
- Main artists: Bette Midler
- Label: Atlantic Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1973 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
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