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)

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 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. 1 2 Discogs.
  2. 1 2 Ankeny.
  3. 1 2 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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