Warmer (album)

Warmer
Studio album by Randy VanWarmer
Released 1979
Genre Soft rock[1]
Label Bearsville
Producer Del Newman
Randy VanWarmer chronology
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Warmer is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Randy VanWarmer.

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 track 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

References

Citations

Sources

  • "Billboard's Recommended LP's", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 91 (20), 19 May 1979, ISSN 0006-2510
  • "VanWarmer visits Orient", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 92 (49), 6 December 1980, ISSN 0006-2510
  • 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

  • "Warmer", Allmusic, Rovi Corp., retrieved 9 January 2014
  • Ankeny, Jason, "Biography", Billboard, Rovi Corp., retrieved 9 January 2014
  • "Warmer", Discogs, Discogs, retrieved 9 January 2014
  • "Randy VanWarmer, 48; Singer, Country Songwriter", LA Times, retrieved 9 January 2014
  • Katz, J., "Pop songwriter Randy VanWarmer dies at 48", USAToday, retrieved 9 January 2014
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