Warmer (Randy VanWarmer album)

Warmer is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Randy VanWarmer.

Warmer
Studio album by
Randy VanWarmer
Released1979
StudioCreative Sound Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee; Scorpio Studios, Euston Road, London; Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York; Power Station, Manhattan, New York City
GenreSoft rock[1]
LabelBearsville
ProducerDel Newman
Randy VanWarmer chronology
Warmer
(1979)		 Terraform
(1980)

Release

After moving back to the United States from Cornwall, England in 1978 and settling in Woodstock, New York, twenty-three-year-old VanWarmer signed to local label Bearsville Records.[2] A year later Warmer was released and produced by Del Newman.[3] It was initially released on vinyl, 8-track, and cassette, and in 1995 it was released on compact disc.[1] "Just When I Needed You Most" was written by VanWarmer when he was eighteen and still in England,[2][4] and the song has been described as "a ballad of heartbreak from a man's point of view."[5] It reached No. 4 on Billboard in 1979.[6]

Promotion

By December 1980, VanWarmer toured in Europe to support the release of Warmer, as well as Japan and Hong Kong.[7]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[8]
BillboardMixed[3]
Rolling Stone[9]

A brief review in a 1979 issue of Billboard compares VanWarmer's style of singing on Warmer to that of The Bee Gees, and although the writer felt the album lacked diversity, "Just When I Needed You Most" was regarded as a good cut.[3] According to The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, "Just When I Needed You Most" was the song VanWarmer was "best remembered for."[10]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Randy VanWarmer

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Losing Out on Love"3:04
2."Just When I Needed You Most"3:59
3."Your Light"4:02
4."Gotta Get Out of Here"3:01
5."Convincing Lies"3:31
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Call Me"4:24
7."Forever Loving You"3:19
8."Deeper and Deeper"3:47
9."I Could Sing"3:17
10."The One Who Loves You"4:34

Personnel
Technical
  • John Holbrook - additional production, engineer, remixing
  • Ian Kimmet - additional production
  • Brent Maher, George Carnell, Jeff Hendrickson, Richard Dodd, Scott Litt - engineer
  • Desmond Strobel - art direction
  • Aaron Rapoport - photography

Charts
Chart (1979) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 67

References

Citations
  1. Discogs.
  2. Ankeny.
  3. Billboard 1979, p. 94.
  4. LA Times.
  5. King 1979, p. 158.
  6. Katz 2004.
  7. Billboard 1980, p. 39.
  8. Allmusic.
  9. Rolling Stone 1983, p. 527.
  10. Larkin 1995, p. 4308.
  11. Kent 1993, p. 320.

Sources
  • "Billboard's Recommended LP's", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., vol. 91, no. 20, May 19, 1979, ISSN 0006-2510
  • "VanWarmer visits Orient", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., vol. 92, no. 49, December 6, 1980, ISSN 0006-2510
  • Kent, David (1993), Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.), St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book, ISBN 0-646-11917-6
  • King, Jeff (1979), Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications
  • The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, Random House, 1983, ISBN 9780394721071
  • Larkin, Colin (1995), The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Guinness Pub., ISBN 9781561591763

Online sources
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