Warmer (album)

Warmer
Studio album by Randy VanWarmer
Released 1979
Genre Blues, Funk/Soul, Jazz, Pop, Rock[1]
Label Bearsville Records
Producer Del Newman
Randy VanWarmer chronology

Warmer
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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.[2] A year later Warmer was released and produced by Del Newman.[3] It was initially released on vinyl, 8-track, and cassette, and in 1995 it was released on compact disc.[1] "Just When I Needed You Most" was written by VanWarmer when he was eighteen and still in England,[2][4] and the song has been described as "a ballad of heartbreak from a man's point of view."[5] It reached No. 4 on Billboard in 1979.[6]

Promotion

By December 1980, VanWarmer toured in Europe to support the release of Warmer, as well as Japan and Hong Kong.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
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Source Rating
Allmusic [8]
Billboard Mixed[3]
Rolling Stone [9]

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.[3] According to The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, "Just When I Needed You Most" was the song VanWarmer was "best remembered for."[10]

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Losing Out on Love"   3:04
2. "Just When I Needed You Most"   3:59
3. "Your Light"   4:02
4. "Gotta Get Out of Here"   3:01
5. "Convincing Lies"   3:31
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "Call Me"   4:24
7. "Forever Loving You"   3:19
8. "Deeper and Deeper"   3:47
9. "I Could Sing"   3:17
10. "The One Who Loves You"   4:34

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