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Released
  
September 1, 1977

Artist
  
Player

Label
  
RSO Records

Recorded
  
1977

Release date
  
1 September 1977

Genres
  
Rock music, Soft rock

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Producers
  
Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter

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Player is the eponymous debut album from Los Angeles, California-based rock band Player, released on September 01, 1977 under RSO Records.

Contents

Reception

It was released in 1977 on RSO Records, and featured the hit single, "Baby Come Back", which was written by guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist J.C. Crowley & guitarist/vocalist Peter Beckett.

"Baby Come Back" peaked at number 1, interrupting a string of #1 Bee Gees hits also on RSO records, and stayed on the charts for a total of 32 weeks. It got as high as number 32 in the U.K. (for 7 weeks) as well. The follow-up single, "This Time I'm in It for Love" did almost as well, reaching number 10, and staying there for 17 weeks.

Track listing

  1. "Come On Out" (Crowley) – 3:43
  2. "Baby Come Back" (Beckett, Crowley) – 4:10
  3. "Goodbye (That's All I Ever Heard)" (Crowley) – 3:44
  4. "Melanie" (J. Crocker) – 3:39
  5. "Every Which Way" (Beckett, Crowley) – 3:34
  6. "This Time I'm in It for Love" (Larry Keith, Steve Pippin) – 4:20
  7. "Love Is Where You Find It" (Crowley, Crocker, Reed Kailing) – 4:00
  8. "Movin' Up" (Crocker, Kailing, Steve Kipner) – 2:50
  9. "Cancellation" (Crocker, Kailing, Kipner) – 4:07
  10. "Trying To Write a Hit Song" (R. L. Mahonin) – 4:36

Player

  • Peter Beckett – guitars, lead (2, 4, 5, 8, 9), co-lead (6, 7) and backing vocals
  • J.C. Crowley – guitars, lead (1, 3), co-lead (6, 7) and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Ronn Moss – bass, backing and lead (10) vocals
  • John Friesen – drums, percussion

    • Additional musicians

  • George Budd – sound effects
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Wayne Cook – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Jim Horn – saxophone, flute
  • Reed Kailing – guitars
  • Jay Lewis – electric & steel guitars, sound effects
  • Maria Newman – string arrangements
  • Michael Omartian – synthesizers
  • Jack White – drums, percussion

    • Songs

    1Come on Out3:43
    2Baby Come Back4:10
    3Goodbye (That's All I Ever Heard)3:44

    References

    Player (Player album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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