Bette (album)

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Bette
Bette cover
Studio album by Bette Midler
Released October 10, 2000
Genre Pop
Length 47:40
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Don Was, Rick Nowels,Marc Shaiman
Professional reviews
Bette Midler chronology
Bathhouse Betty
(1998)		 Bette
(2000)		 Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook
(2003)

Bette is a self titled album released in 2000 by Bette Midler.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "That's How The Heartache Are Made" (Ben Raleigh, Bob Haley) - 3:08
  2. "In These Shoes" (Kirsty MacColl, Pete Glenister) - 3:41
  3. "God Give Me Strength" (Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach) - 6:31
  4. "Just My Imagination" (Running Away From Me) (Norman Whitfield, Barrette Strong) - 3:54
  5. "Love TKO" (Cecil Womack, Gip Noble Jr., Linda Womack) - 4:47
  6. "Moses" (Patty Griffin) - 4:31
  7. "Nobody Else But You" (From the Columbia Tristar television Series Bette) (Bette Midler, Marc Shaiman) - 2:53
  8. "Color of Roses" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Matt Rollings) - 4:41
  9. "Bless You Child" (Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels, Marie Claire Cremers) - 4:35
  10. "When Your Life Was Low" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) - 3:55
  11. "Shining Star" (Leo Graham Jr., Paul Richmond) - 4:49

[edit] Credits

  • Produced by: Don Was
  • Recorded and Mixed by: Ed Cherney
  • "Bless You Child" Produced by: Don Was and Rick Nowels
  • "Nobody Else But You" (From the Columbia Tristar television Series "Bette") Produced by:Marc Shaiman and Don Was Band
  • Drums - Sonny Emory
  • Bass - Reggie Hamilton
  • Piano, Fender Rhodes, B3 - Bobby Lyle
  • Keyboards, Piano - Larry Cohn
  • Guitar - Mike Miller
  • Guitrr - Dwight Sills
  • Percussion - Lenny Castro

Additional Musicians:

  • Drums - James Gadsen
  • Bass - Abraham Laboriel
  • Guitar - Mark Goldenberg, Paul Jackson Jr., Prince Eyango, Tim Pierce and Dean Parks
  • Keyboards - Jamie Muhoberac, Rick Nowles, Greg Kursten and Mark Shaiman
  • Trumpet - Mark Isham, Darrell Leonard, Jerry Hey and Gary Grant
  • Tenor Sax - Plas Johnson, Joe Sublett, Dan Higgins and Jeey Vivino
  • Baritone Sax - Gary Herbig
  • Trombone - Eric M. Jorgensen
  • "Bless You Child" Programming - Charles Judge and Wayne Rodrigues
  • Background Singers: Hilard "Sweet Pea" Atkinson, Cynthia Bass, Harry Bowen, Carlos Cuevas, Donna LeLory, Cleto Escobedo II, David Lasley, Mirley Espinoza, Nikki Harris, Don McCrary, Howard McCrary, Leon McCrary, Arnold McCuller, Esther Nicholson, Martin Padilla, Melanie Taylor, Maria Vidal
  • "Nobody Else But You" Arranged by - Marc Shaiman and Jimmy Vivno
  • Project Coordinator and Contractor - Shari Sutcliffe
  • Assistant to Don Was - Jane Oppenhemier
  • Recorded at Cello Studios - Hollywood CA; Chung King - New York, NY; Record Plant -Hollywood CA and Sony Music Studios - New York, NY
  • Mixed at - Record Plant - Hollywood CA
  • "Nobody Else But You" Mixed at Sony Music Studios - New York, NY
  • Assistant Engineers - Alan Sanderson, Eliott Blakey, Dave Ashton, Alex Olsson, Katie Teasdale, Tulio Torrinello Jr. and Andy Manganello
  • Mastered by - Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab - Hollywood, CA
  • Mark Isham appears countesy of Columbia Records.
  • Art Direction + Design - Linda Cobb
  • Photography - Greg Gorman (cover) and Norman Jean Roy
  • Hair - Robert Ramos
  • Make-up - Eugenia Weston
  • Stylists - Michael Elsenhower, Bob Sparkman