Eric Carmen is the debut album by American rock musician and singer-songwriter Eric Carmen. It is also his first of two self-titled albums, the other released in 1984. It peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard album chart upon its release in 1975, the highest position of his career, and generated the No. 2 pop single "All by Myself" in the same year. The song reached No. 1 on the Cashbox and Record World charts. The album also included two follow-up top 40 hits, "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" (#11), and "Sunrise" (#34), both of which charted in 1976.
Eric Carmen wrote all of the songs on the album except for "On Broadway" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber). Several of his songs interpolate classical melodies:
Cash Box said of the opening track and third single "Sunrise" that "There's a beautiful introduction, with horns and everything, and then the music breaks into some serious rock ’n’ roll. Carmen's voice is in top form, and he makes the melody soar."[4]Billboard said of it that Carmen's "wonderfully unmistakable sad tenor voice attacks an uptempo lyric message this time and produces the effect of a breaking heart desperately winning through to an optimistic outlook. The melody and production are a sleek counterpoint to Carmen's emotional singing."[5] "Sunrise" peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6]
Track listingedit
All tracks are written by Eric Carmen, except where noted.
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Eric Carmen is the debut album by American rock musician and singer songwriter Eric Carmen It is also his first of two self titled albums the other released in 1984 It peaked at No 21 on the Billboard album chart upon its release in 1975 the highest position of his career and generated the No 2 pop single All by Myself in the same year The song reached No 1 on the Cashbox and Record World charts The album also included two follow up top 40 hits Never Gonna Fall in Love Again 11 and Sunrise 34 both of which charted in 1976 Eric CarmenStudio album by Eric CarmenReleasedNovember 1975RecordedAugust September 1975StudioO D O Sound Studios New York CityGenreSoft rockLength48 19LabelArista RecordsProducerJimmy IennerEric Carmen chronologyEric Carmen 1975 Boats Against the Current 1977 Singles from Eric Carmen All by Myself Released December 1975 Never Gonna Fall in Love Again Released April 1976 Sunrise Released August 1976 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 The Village VoiceC 2 All tracks were written by Carmen except the Drifters song On Broadway which was written by Barry Mann Cynthia Weil Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller This LP also contained Carmen s original version of That s Rock and Roll which became a No 3 hit for Shaun Cassidy in 1977 The album was Carmen s first solo production after leaving the Raspberries a power pop group which scored several top 40 hits in the early 1970s Contents 1 Songs 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Singles 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesSongs editEric Carmen wrote all of the songs on the album except for On Broadway Barry Mann Cynthia Weil Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber Several of his songs interpolate classical melodies Never Gonna Fall in Love Again is borrowed from Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff s Symphony No 2 in E minor All By Myself has elements from Rachmaninoff s Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor My Girl exploits a theme from Rachmaninoff s Piano Concerto No 2 Last Night quotes Etude Op 10 No 3 by Frederic Chopin 3 Cash Box said of the opening track and third single Sunrise that There s a beautiful introduction with horns and everything and then the music breaks into some serious rock n roll Carmen s voice is in top form and he makes the melody soar 4 Billboard said of it that Carmen s wonderfully unmistakable sad tenor voice attacks an uptempo lyric message this time and produces the effect of a breaking heart desperately winning through to an optimistic outlook The melody and production are a sleek counterpoint to Carmen s emotional singing 5 Sunrise peaked at 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 6 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Eric Carmen except where noted Side oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Sunrise 5 212 That s Rock n Roll 3 103 Never Gonna Fall in Love Again CarmenSergei Rachmaninoff3 454 All by Myself CarmenRachmaninoff7 115 Last Night 2 57 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length6 My Girl 3 027 Great Expectations 3 038 Everything 2 019 No Hard Feelings 5 4010 On Broadway Barry MannCynthia WeilJerry LeiberMike Stoller3 26Total length 48 19Personnel editEric Carmen piano lead vocals guitar Dan Hrdlicka lead guitar backing vocals Steve Knill bass backing vocals Richard Reising synthesizer organ backing vocals Dwight Krueger Michael McBride drums percussion backing vocals Jackie Kelso flute solo on Never Gonna Fall in Love Again Hugh McCracken slide guitar solo on All By Myself 7 Technical Jack Sherdel engineer Robert L Heimall art direction design Norman Seeff photographyCharts editSingles edit Year US Billboard US Cash Box US Record World US AC CAN CAN AC UK Title 1975 2 1 1 6 3 1 12 All By Myself 1976 11 9 9 1 1 1 Never Gonna Fall in Love Again 1976 34 38 28 33 36 29 Sunrise Year end charts edit U S year end chart 1976 Position All By Myself 8 40 Never Gonna Fall in Love Again 107 Sunrise 146 Canadian year end chart 1976 Position All By Myself 48 Never Gonna Fall in Love Again 26Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales Canada Music Canada 9 Gold 50 000 United States RIAA 10 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Ruhlmann William Eric Carmen 1975 Review AllMusic Christgau Robert 22 December 1975 Christgau s Consumer Guide The Village Voice Hogya Bernie 2002 Interview ericcarmen com CashBox Singles Reviews PDF Cash Box August 7 1976 p 18 Retrieved 2023 06 03 Top Single Picks PDF Billboard August 7 1976 p 70 Retrieved 2023 06 03 Eric Carmen Billboard Retrieved 2023 06 03 Eric Carmen interview 2005 Retrieved September 9 2017 Chartjunkie Top Songs of 1976 Canadian album certifications Eric Carmen Eric Carmen Music Canada American album certifications Eric Carmen Eric Carmen Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eric Carmen 1975 album amp oldid 1216021938 Songs, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
