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. A year later Warmer was released and produced by Del Newman. It was initially released on vinyl, 8-track, and cassette, and in 1995 it was released on compact disc. "Just When I Needed You Most" was written by VanWarmer when he was eighteen and still in England, and the song has been described as "a ballad of heartbreak from a man's point of view." It reached No. 4 on Billboard in 1979.
Promotion By December 1980, VanWarmer toured in Europe to support the release of Warmer, as well as Japan and Hong Kong.
Reception
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. According to The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, "Just When I Needed You Most" was the song VanWarmer was "best remembered for."
Track listing All tracks composed by Randy VanWarmer
Personnel Randy VanWarmer - vocals, guitar, backing vocals Arti Funaro, John Holbrook, John Tropea, Johnny Christopher, Mick Barakan, Steve Gibson - guitar Jack Williams, Tony Levin - bass John Holbrook, Mick Hodgkinson, Shane Keister, Warren Bernhardt - keyboards Kenny Malone, Steve Jordan - drums George Carnell, Ian Kimmet, John Holbrook, Ray Cooper - percussion John Sebastian - autoharp Stan Saltzman - saxophone Alan Williams, Chris Thompson, Gary Osborne, John Richardson, Katie Kissoon, Roger Moss, Stevie Lange - backing vocals Del Newman - string arrangements, conductor 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) PositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)67US Billboard 20081
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