Photograph (album)

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Photograph
Photograph cover
Studio album by Melanie
Released 1976
Genre Pop
Label Atlantic Records
Producer Peter Schekeryk
Professional reviews
Melanie chronology
Sunset and Other Beginnings
(1975)		 Photograph
(1976)		 Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face
(1978)

Photograph is an album released by Melanie in 1976; her only release on Atlantic Records. The album contains the single 'Cyclone'.

Ahmet Ertegün, who had personally signed Melanie to his label, was credited with Creative Direction on the album and was very involved with the making; present at all vocal sessions and mixes.

The album was heralded by the New York Times as one of the best albums of 1976; although the album went largely unnoticed by the public. The album was only released in the U.S, Australia and New Zealand.

Largely considered by fans to be her best work; the album was re-issed by Rhino Records in 2005 as an individually numbered limited edition of 3,500 copies. The album contained the remastered album, plus a second disc of tracks recorded during the same sessions.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Cyclone
  2. If I Needed You
  3. The Letter (Wayne Carson Thompson)
  4. Groundhog Day
  5. Nickel Song / Music! Music! Music! (Stephan Weiss / Bernie Baum)
  6. Photograph
  7. I'm So Blue
  8. Secret Of The Darkness (I Believe)
  9. Save Me
  10. Raindance
  11. Friends And Company

[edit] Re-Issue

The 2005 re-issue 'Photograph (Double Exposure)' contained a bonus disc of material recorded during the Atlantic sessions:

  1. Groundhog Day (Alternate Version)
  2. Cyclone (Alternate Version)
  3. Secret of the Darkness (I Believe), Pt. 1
  4. Secret of the Darkness (I Believe), Pt. 2
  5. Unfinished Business (Selma Version)
  6. Whamp Bhomp Song
  7. Ruby Tuesday (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)
  8. Love to Live Again
  9. Here We Go Again
  10. Jukebox Magazine
  11. Miranda (Phil Ochs)
  12. Unfinished Business (West Version)
  13. Remember Me Good
  14. Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg)
  • All songs written by Melanie Safka except where noted

[edit] Charts

Album Charts Peak
position
Australian Charts 84

External Links:

  • Original Atlantic Press Release[1]