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Warmer (Randy VanWarmer album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Warmer

| type = album

| artist = Randy VanWarmer

| cover = Warmer (album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1979

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = *Creative Workshop (Berry Hill, Tennessee)

| genre = Soft rock{{sfn|Discogs}}

| length =

| label = Bearsville

| producer = Del Newman

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Terraform

| next_year = 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.{{sfn|Ankeny}} A year later Warmer was released and produced by Del Newman.{{sfn|Billboard|1979|p=94}} It was initially released on vinyl, 8-track, and cassette, and in 1995 it was released on compact disc.{{sfn|Discogs}} "Just When I Needed You Most" was written by VanWarmer when he was eighteen and still in England,{{sfn|Ankeny}}{{sfn|LA Times}} and the song has been described as "a ballad of heartbreak from a man's point of view."{{sfn|King|1979|p=158}} It reached No. 4 on Billboard in 1979.{{sfn|Katz|2004}}

=Promotion=

By December 1980, VanWarmer toured in Europe to support the release of Warmer, as well as Japan and Hong Kong.{{sfn|Billboard|1980|p=39}}

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{sfn|Allmusic}}

| rev2 = Billboard

| rev2Score = Mixed{{sfn|Billboard|1979|p=94}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{sfn|Rolling Stone|1983|p=527}}

}}

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.{{sfn|Billboard|1979|p=94}} According to The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, "Just When I Needed You Most" was the song VanWarmer was "best remembered for."{{sfn|Larkin|1995|p=4308}}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Randy VanWarmer

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Losing Out on Love

| length1 = 3:04

| title2 = Just When I Needed You Most

| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = Your Light

| length3 = 4:02

| title4 = Gotta Get Out of Here

| length4 = 3:01

| title5 = Convincing Lies

| length5 = 3:31

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title6 = Call Me

| length6 = 4:24

| title7 = Forever Loving You

| length7 = 3:19

| title8 = Deeper and Deeper

| length8 = 3:47

| title9 = I Could Sing

| length9 = 3:17

| title10 = The One Who Loves You

| length10 = 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

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (1979)

!scope="col"| Position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{sfn|Kent|1993|p=320}}

| style="text-align:center;"|67

References

=Citations=

{{reflist|20em}}

=Sources=

{{refbegin}}

  • {{citation|title=Billboard's Recommended LP's|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=May 19, 1979|volume=91|issue=20|issn=0006-2510 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0SQEAAAAMBAJ|ref={{harvid|Billboard|1979}}}}
  • {{citation|title=VanWarmer visits Orient|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=December 6, 1980|volume=92|issue=49|issn=0006-2510 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3SQEAAAAMBAJ|ref={{harvid|Billboard|1980}}}}
  • {{citation|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}}
  • {{citation|last=King|first=Jeff|title=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications|year=1979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo0qAQAAMAAJ}}
  • {{citation|title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide|publisher=Random House|year=1983|isbn=9780394721071 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QpXkSKRpMg0C|ref={{harvid|Rolling Stone|1983}}}}
  • {{citation|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Guinness Pub. |year=1995|isbn=9781561591763|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVwRAQAAMAAJ}}

{{refend}}

=Online sources=

{{refbegin}}

  • {{citation|title=Warmer|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corp. |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/warmer-mw0000522744|access-date=January 9, 2014|ref={{sfnRef|Allmusic}}}}
  • {{citation|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|title=Biography|work=Billboard|publisher=Rovi Corp. |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/361364/randy-vanwarmer/biography|access-date=January 9, 2014}}
  • {{citation|title=Warmer|work=Discogs|publisher=Discogs |url=http://www.discogs.com/Randy-Vanwarmer-Warmer/master/118017|access-date=January 9, 2014|ref={{sfnRef|Discogs}}}}
  • {{citation|title=Randy VanWarmer, 48; Singer, Country Songwriter|work=LA Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jan-15-me-vanwarmer15-story.html|access-date=January 9, 2014|ref={{sfnRef|LA Times}}}}
  • {{citation|last=Katz|first=J.|date=2004-01-14|title=Pop songwriter Randy VanWarmer dies at 48|work=USAToday |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-01-14-vanwarmer-dies_x.htm|access-date=January 9, 2014}}

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External links

  • {{Discogs master|master=118017|name=Warmer|type=album}}
  • {{MusicBrainz release group|id=dc769b75-9f0d-34e5-a2f2-a569b7d1c1e8|name=Warmer|type=album}}

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Category:1979 debut albums

Category:Bearsville Records albums

Category:Randy VanWarmer albums

Category:Albums produced by Del Newman