Heartbreak Radio
1981 studio album by Rita Coolidge
Heartbreak Radio is a 1981 album by Rita Coolidge and was released on the A&M Records label.
Track listing
Side one
"Walk On In" (Carole King ) – 3:24
"One More Heartache " (Bobby Rogers , Smokey Robinson , Marv Tarplin , Ronnie White , Pete Moore ) – 3:27
"The Closer You Get " (James P. Pennington, Mark Gray) – 4:28
"Wishin' and Hopin' " (Hal David , Burt Bacharach ) – 3:43
"Heartbreak Radio" (Troy Seals , Frankie Miller ) – 3:56
"Man and a Woman" (Jerry Piopelle, John Harris) – 3:38
Side two
"I Did My Part" (Naomi Neville ) – 4:05
"Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing)" (Will Jennings , Joe Sample ) – 4:58
"Basic Lady" (Allen Toussaint ) – 3:03
"Stranger To Me Now" (Donna Weiss , Mary Unobsky) – 4:57
"Take It Home" (Wilton Felder , Will Jennings) – 3:17
Personnel
Rita Coolidge – vocals
Michael Utley – electric piano (1, 2, 6), organ (1, 4, 7, 11), acoustic piano (5, 9, 10)
Nick DeCaro – accordion (6)
Bill Payne – electric piano (8, 11)
Andrew Gold – electric guitars (1, 3), guitar solo (1, 5, 7, 10), percussion (1–3, 5, 6, 10, 11), backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), electric slide guitar (2), keyboards (3), right electric guitar (4, 5, 8, 11), shaker (8), field drum (9), rolling snare drum (9), acoustic guitar (10)
Waddy Wachtel – middle electric guitars (1), electric guitars (2, 7, 9), acoustic guitar (3), left electric guitar (4, 5), electric volume pedal guitar (10)
Dean Parks – left acoustic guitar (6), left electric guitar (8, 11)
Fred Tackett – right acoustic guitar (6), acoustic guitar (7)
Bob Glaub – bass (1, 2, 4–11)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (1)
Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 5, 8–10), congas (8)
Mike Botts – drums (3, 4, 7, 11), congas (6)
Jim Horn – saxophone (2, 11)
Gordon Goodwin – horns (4)
Bill Green – horns (4)
Tom Saviano – horns (4)
David Campbell – string arrangements, horn arrangements (4)
Jim Gordon – horns (5)
Jerry Jumonville – horns (5), horn arrangements (5, 7)
Joel Peskin – horns (5, 7)
Bruce Paulson – horns (5, 7)
Steve Madaio – horns (5, 7)
Lee Thornburg – horns (5, 7)
Kenny Edwards – backing vocals (1, 3–5), bass (3)
Brock Walsh – backing vocals (1, 3, 5)
Rosemary Butler – backing vocals (2, 7)
Nicolette Larson – backing vocals (2, 4, 7)
Maureen McDonald – backing vocals (2, 7)
JD Souther – backing vocals (6)
Lenny Castro – backing vocals (9)
William "Smitty" Smith – backing vocals (9)
Choir (Tracks 8 & 11)
Production
Andrew Gold – producer
Jim Nipar – recording, mixing
Mitch Gibson – additional recording
Dennis Kirk – additional recording
Niko Bolas – recording assistant, mix assistant
Jamie Ledner – recording assistant, mix assistant
Liz Heller – production assistant
Jeff Ayeroff – art direction
Margery Melton – design
Antonio Lopez – illustration
Ella Braunstein – photography (UK release)
Charts
References
Studio albums Duet albums Soundtrack albums Compilation albums Singles Related topics