Just Another Day in Paradise

{{for multi|the Phil Vassar song|Just Another Day in Paradise (Phil Vassar song)||Another Day in Paradise (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Just Another Day in Paradise

| type = Album

| artist = Bertie Higgins

| cover = Just Another Day in Paradise.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1982

| recorded = January–November 1981

| studio =

Pyramid "Eye" Recording Studio (Lookout Mountain, Georgia)
Southern Tracks Recording Studio (Atlanta, Georgia)

| genre = Soft rock

| length = 40:52

| label = Kat Family/Epic

| producer =

Sonny Limbo
Scott MacLellan

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Pirates and Poets

| next_year = 1983

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

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Just Another Day in Paradise is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Bertie Higgins, released in 1982.

Singles from the album include the title track, the Top 10 single "Key Largo" and "Casablanca", both tributes to the 1942 film of the same name.

"Casablanca" was covered by Japanese singer Hiromi Go in the same year and reached No. 2 on the Japanese chart. Higgins' original version and album also achieved commercial success, and was the second best-selling album of 1982 by a Western artist in Japan's official hit parade, Oricon.{{cite web|url=http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~ms-db/oricon/oricon%2082.htm|title=Japanese Oricon Year-End International Albums Chart of 1982|access-date=August 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014838/http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~ms-db/oricon/oricon%2082.htm|archive-date=September 30, 2007|url-status=dead}}

Track listing

All songs written by Bertie Higgins, except where noted.

{{Tracklist

|title1 = Just Another Day in Paradise

|writer1 = Higgins, Sonny Limbo, Columbia Jones

|length1 = 3:56

|title2 = Casablanca

|writer2 = Higgins, Limbo, John Healy

|length2 = 4:34

|title3 = Candledancer

|writer3 =

|length3 = 3:48

|title4 = Key Largo

|writer4 = Higgins, Limbo

|length4 = 3:20

|title5 = Port O' Call (Savannah '55)

|writer5 =

|length5 = 3:26

|title6 = White Line Fever

|writer6 = Higgins, Limbo

|length6 = 3:59

|title7 = The Heart Is the Hunter

|writer7 =

|length7 = 3:27

|title8 = She's Gone to Live on the Mountain

|writer8 =

|length8 = 3:26

|title9 = Down at the Blue Moon

|writer9 =

|length9 = 3:57

|title10 = The Tropics

|writer10 = Higgins, Limbo

|length10 = 7:00

}}

Personnel

Musicians

Bertie Higgins – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, finger cymbals (4)
John Healy – keyboards, grand piano, backing vocals
Steve Nathan – keyboards, grand piano, organ
Ken Bell – acoustic guitars, electric guitars
Shelton Irwin – acoustic guitars, electric guitars
Barry Richmond – electric guitars
Jeff Pinkham – acoustic guitars, mandolin
Norman Blake – additional mandolin
Gary Baker – bass
Arch Pearson – bass
Owen Hale – drums
Bill Marshall – drums
Mickey Buckins – congas, percussion
Edward Higgins – congas, percussion
Ed Leamon – saxophones
Scott MacLellan – flute, backing vocals
Linda Penny Baker – oboe
Gloria Higgins-Burke – backing vocals
Doug Johnson – backing vocals
Mann & Phyllis Loiacono – backing vocals
Lu Moss – backing vocals
David Powell – backing vocals
Suzi Smith – backing vocals
Mike Sullivan – backing vocals
Cheryl Wilson – backing vocals

The Atlanta Strings

Wayne Mosley – string arrangements and conductor
Nan Maddox and Dona Vellek Klein – cello
Robert Jones and Marion Kent – viola
Lorentz Ottzen, Benjamin Picone, Patricio Salvatierra, Bradley Stewart and Frank Walton – violin

= Production =

Sonny Limbo – producer, additional engineer
Scott MacLellan – producer, additional engineer
Doug Johnson – engineer
Jim Stabile – additional engineer
M.C. Ratner – mastering at CBS Studios Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee)
Bertie Higgins – cover concept
Mike McCarty – cover concept, cover artwork, design
Rick Mullins – set design
Joe Kahl – photography
Dawn Carr – hand lettering
Kat Family Management – management
TTI Management – management
Columbia Jones – management

Charts

=Album=

class="wikitable"

!align="left" valign="top"|Year

!align="left" valign="top"|Country

!align="left" valign="top"|Chart

!align="left" valign="top"|Position

align="left" valign="top"|1982

|align="left" valign="top"|Australia{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=138}}

|align="left" valign="top"|Kent Music Report

|align="left" valign="top"|32

align="left" valign="top"|1982

|align="left" valign="top"|Japan

|align="left" valign="top"|Oricon Weekly Albums Chart

|align="left" valign="top"|4

align="left" valign="top"|1982

|align="left" valign="top"|United States

|align="left" valign="top"|Billboard 200

|align="left" valign="top"|38

=Singles=

Year	Country	Chart	Single	Position
class="wikitable"
1982	United States	Billboard Hot 100	"Key Largo"	8
1982	United States	Billboard AC	"Key Largo"	1
1982	United States	Billboard Country	"Key Largo"	50
1982	Australia	Kent Music Report	"Key Largo"	2
1982	United States	Billboard Hot 100	"Just Another Day in Paradise"	46
1982	United States	Billboard AC	"Just Another Day in Paradise"	10
1982	United States	Billboard Country	"Just Another Day in Paradise"	90
1982	Japan	Oricon Weekly	"Casablanca"	13

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|type=single|artist=Bertie Higgins|title=Just Another Day in Paradise|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|accessdate=December 6, 2021}}

References

Category:1982 debut albums

Category:Bertie Higgins albums

Category:Epic Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Sonny Limbo