Released November 15, 1984 Producer Barry Manilow Release date 15 November 1984 Genres Pop music, Easy listening | Length 49:15 Artist Barry Manilow Label Arista Records | |
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Barry manilow paradise cafe and where have you gone
2:00 AM Paradise Cafe is the fourteenth album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. The album was a radical departure from Manilow's previous work of highly polished pop. Manilow wrote in the liner notes that the record's concept came to him in a dream. Johnny Mercer's widow, Ginger, entrusted Manilow with a cache of Mercer's lyrics that had never been set to music. Although Manilow used only Mercer's "When October Goes" for the project, he created an album of all original songs with a torchy, smokey jazz style. He recruited veteran jazz musicians Bill Mays, Gerry Mulligan, Shelly Manne, Mundell Lowe, and George Duvivier. Also enlisted for vocal duets were Mel Tormé and Sarah Vaughan. The entire album was rehearsed for three days, then recorded entirely live (in one take) without overdubs at Westlake Studio 'C' in Los Angeles, California and released in 1984.
Contents
The album went platinum for Manilow, and peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard 200.
Track listing
All music composed by Barry Manilow.
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Paradise Cafe5:22
2Where Have You Gone4:34
3Say No More4:06