Released 1981 Release date 1981 Genre Pop rock | Length 33:33 | |
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Recorded 1981 atDevonshire Sound StudiosLos Angeles, CA Label Insomniac/Interscope Records Similar Take What You Find, Feel So Young, Live in London, Long Hard Climb, Imagination |
helen reddy i can t say goodbye to you 1981 play me out
Play Me Out is an album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1981 by her new label, MCA Records. Having recorded 12 studio albums at Capitol Records over a 10-year period, she felt the move was "'long overdue... For the last three years I didn't feel I was getting the support from them.'" Whatever support she received from the new label was not enough to get the album onto Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart.
Contents
- helen reddy i can t say goodbye to you 1981 play me out
- helen reddy optimism blues 1981 play me out
- Single
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
helen reddy optimism blues 1981 play me out
Single
The album includes the song that has been her last, thus far, to reach Billboard's Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. "I Can't Say Goodbye to You" made its pop chart debut in the issue of the magazine dated May 23, 1981, and peaked at number 88 during its three weeks there. That same issue also marked its first appearance on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it spent four weeks and got as high as number 42. It also reached number 43 on the UK singles chart.
The album's producer, Joel Diamond, had helmed a recording of "Save Me" by Donna McDaniel in 1977 that got as high as number 90 on the Hot 100, but MCA did not release Reddy's cover from this album as a single. Country artist Louise Mandrell did, however, have a number six Country hit with it two years after the release of this album, in 1983.
Track listing
Side 1
- "Optimism Blues" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:10
- "Do It Like You Done It When You Meant It" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) – 3:28
- "I Can't Say Goodbye to You" (Becky Hobbs) – 3:46
- "Save Me" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 3:10
- "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" (Pino Donaggio, Simon Napier-Bell, Vicki Wickham) – 2:43
Side 2
- "The Stars Fell on California" (Johnny Bristol) – 3:54
- "I Don't Know Why (I Love That Guy)" (Becky Hobbs) – 2:35
- "When I Dream" (Sandy Mason) – 3:54
- "Let's Just Stay Home Tonight" (Lotti Golden, Richard Scher) – 3:09
- "Play Me Out" (Lesley Gore, Carol Hall) – 3:07
Personnel
Songs
1Optimism Blues3:12
2Do It Like You Done It When You Meant It3:32
3I Can't Say Goodbye To You3:50