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Somebody's Waiting
1980 studio album by Anne Murray From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Somebody's Waiting is the seventeenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray, released in March 1980 via Capitol Records. The album charted lower in the U.S. than most of Murray's other releases from the same period, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and number 88 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. In Murray's native Canada, it reached number 32.
The album's first single. "Lucky Me", reached the U.S. country Top Ten, peaking at number 9; it also reached number 42 on the U.S. pop singles charts. A second single, a cover of the Beatles' "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You", made the country Top Thirty, and reached number 64 on the Hot 100 chart.
The song, "The French Waltz", was later recorded by Art Garfunkel on his 1981 album, Scissors Cut.
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Critical reception
Billboard's reviewer praised Jim Ed Norman's production by saying that it "suited exactly to her warm vocal ambiance; imaginative musical flourishes show up all through this fine package". He also noted that on this LP Murray is "back to doing what she does best: wrapping her voice around a pleasant, well-chosen variety of tunes with ballads predominant throughout."[1]
Track listing
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Personnel
- Anne Murray – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Brian Gatto – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 6), accordion (5)
- Pat Riccio, Jr. – keyboards (1-6, 9, 10)
- Doug Riley – keyboards (1-4, 7, 8, 10)
- Bob Mann – guitars (1-6, 10)
- Brian Russell – guitars (1-3, 5, 6, 9, 10)
- Jim Pirie – guitars (4)
- Aidan Mason – guitars (6)
- Bob Lucier – steel guitar (3, 4, 8)
- Jack Zaza – mandolin (5)
- Tom Szczesniak – bass (1-5, 8-10)
- Barry Keane – drums (1-5, 8-10)
- Jørn Anderson – drums (6)
- Michael Brecker – saxophone (6, 7)
- Charlie McCoy – harmonica (8)
- Rick Wilkins – horn and string arrangements (1, 2, 4, 7-10), conductor (1, 2, 4, 7-10)
- Peter Cardinali – horn and string arrangements (3, 5, 6), conductor (3, 5, 6), bass (6)
- Bruce Murray – backing vocals
- Debbie Schaal – backing vocals
Production
- Balmur Ltd. – executive producers
- Jim Ed Norman – producer
- Ken Friesen – engineer
- Peter Holcomb – assistant engineer
- Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California, USA)
- Paul Cade – art direction, design
- Gord Marci – photography
Chart performance
References
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