Released 1975 Release date 1975 Label The Rocket Record Company | Artist Neil Sedaka Producer Neil Sedaka Genre Pop music | |
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Neil sedaka the hungry years
The Hungry Years is an album by Neil Sedaka, the title of which is an eponymous track from the album. It was released by The Rocket Record Company in 1975.
Contents
- Neil sedaka the hungry years
- Neil sedaka the hungry years 1975
- Track listing
- Side One
- Side Two
- Bonus Tracks from the 1998 CD re issue
- Songs
- References
The album is the American edition of Overnight Success, with two songs being replaced.
"Bad Blood," a duet with Elton John, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, was certified gold, and was the most commercially successful single of his career; his followup, a slowed-down, bluesy remake of his 1962 #1 smash "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," hit #8 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart over December 1975-January 1976. "The Queen of 1964," from his British-released Overnight Success album, reached #35 in the UK in March 1975.
Also, The Captain and Tennille's cover of Sedaka's "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" from The Hungry Years, hit #3 on the Hot 100 and was certified gold.
Neil sedaka the hungry years 1975
Track listing
All tracks composed by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield; except where indicated
Side One
- "Crossroads" (Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody)
- "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" (Sedaka)
- "Stephen"
- "Bad Blood" (Sedaka, Cody) (duet with Elton John)
- "Your Favorite Entertainer" (Sedaka, Cody)
- "Baby Blue"
Side Two
- "Tit for Tat"
- "New York City Blues" (Sedaka, Cody)
- "When You Were Lovin' Me" (Sedaka, Cody)
- "The Hungry Years"
- "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (slow version)
Bonus Tracks from the 1998 CD re-issue
Songs
1Crossroads3:29
2Lonely Night (Angel Face)3:19
3Stephen4:23