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Photograph (Melanie album)

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Released
  
1976

Artist
  
Melanie Safka

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Sunset and Other Beginnings (1975)
  
Photograph (1976)

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Pop music

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Producer
  
Peter Schekeryk, David Paich, Marty Paich

Photograph (1976)
  
Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face (1978)

Similar
  
Melanie Safka albums, Pop music albums

Photograph is an album released by Melanie in 1976; her only release on Atlantic Records. The album contains "Cyclone" which was released as a single; despite making a publicity tour on American Bandstand and The Brady Bunch Hour to promote the single, it failed to chart.

Contents

Ahmet Ertegün, who had personally signed Melanie to his label, was credited with creative direction on the album, was very involved with its recording, and was present at all vocal sessions and mixes.

The album was heralded by the New York Times as one of the best albums of 1976; although the album went largely unnoticed by the public. The album was only released in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. For reasons unknown, Atlantic Records pulled the album from distribution shortly after its release.

The album was re-issued by Rhino Records in 2005 as an individually numbered limited edition of 3,500 copies. The re-issue contained the remastered album plus a second disc of tracks recorded during the same sessions.

Track listing

All songs written by Melanie Safka, except where noted.

  1. "Cyclone"
  2. "If I Needed You"
  3. "The Letter" (Wayne Carson Thompson)
  4. "Groundhog Day"
  5. "Nickel Song / Music! Music! Music!" (Stephan Weiss, Bernie Baum)
  6. "Photograph"
  7. "I'm So Blue"
  8. "Secret of the Darkness (I Believe)"
  9. "Save Me"
  10. "Raindance"
  11. "Friends and Company"

2005 CD re-issue

The 2005 CD re-issue, Photograph (Double Exposure), contained a bonus disc of material recorded during the Atlantic sessions:

  1. "Groundhog Day" (Alternate Version)
  2. "Cyclone" (Alternate Version)
  3. "Secret of the Darkness (I Believe), Pt. 1"
  4. "Secret of the Darkness (I Believe), Pt. 2"
  5. "Unfinished Business" (Selma Version)
  6. "Whamp Bhomp Song"
  7. "Ruby Tuesday" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
  8. "Love to Live Again"
  9. "Here We Go Again"
  10. "Jukebox Magazine"
  11. "Miranda" (Phil Ochs)
  12. "Unfinished Business" (West Version)
  13. "Remember Me Good"
  14. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg)
  • All songs written by Melanie Safka except where noted

    • Personnel

  • Melanie - guitar, vocals
  • Dave Doran - guitar, vocal
  • Dean Parks, Louie Shelton - guitar
  • David Jackson, Jerry Scheff - bass
  • David Paich, Jim Drennan - keyboards
  • Jeff Porcaro - drums, vocals
  • Jim Gordon, John Guerin - drums
  • Milt Holland, Victor Feldman - percussion
  • Angelo Mauceri - percussion, vocals
  • Richard Greene - violin
  • Carol Parks, Denny Bell, Edwin Hawkins Singers, Jay Wolfe - backing vocals
  • David Campbell - viola on "Photograph"
  • Art Pepper - saxophone on "I'm So Blue"
  • Robin Williamson - mandolin on "Raindance"
  • Marty Paich - arrangements

    • Songs

    1Cyclone4:11
    2If I Needed You3:49
    3The Letter2:51

    References

    Photograph (Melanie album) Wikipedia
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