Ear Candy (Helen Reddy album)

Ear Candy
Studio album by Helen Reddy
Released 1977
Recorded 1977 at
Brother Studios
Santa Monica, CA
Genre Vocal
Pop/Rock[1]
Length 34:30
Label Capitol
Producer Kim Fowley
Earle Mankey
Helen Reddy chronology
Music, Music
(1976)		 Ear Candy
(1977)		 We'll Sing in the Sunshine
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Ear Candy is an album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in the spring of 1977 by Capitol Records and included a modern take on the doo-wop genre ("Long Distance Love"), a Cajun number that gave the Melbourne native her first and only appearance on Billboard magazine's Country chart ("Laissez les Bontemps Rouler"),[2] and a dark self-parody on which she proclaims, "I don't take no shit from nobody" ("Baby, I'm a Star" - not to be confused with the Prince song of the same name).[3] This was her first album since her 1971 eponymous LP that did not receive Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America[4] and her last album to reach Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart.[5] It debuted there in the issue dated May 21, 1977, and made it to number 75 during its 19 weeks there,[5] and in Canada's RPM magazine it got as high as number 84.[6] On February 23, 2010, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being her 1978 studio release, We'll Sing in the Sunshine.[7]

Singles

The first single from the album, "You're My World", was released on April 4, 1977,[8] debuted on Billboard's Easy Listening chart in the issue of the magazine dated April 16, and reached number five over the course of 21 weeks.[9] Two weeks later, in the issue dated April 30, it made its first appearance on the magazine's Hot 100, eventually getting as high as number 18 during a 22-week chart run and matching her record number of weeks spent there that was set by "I Am Woman" in 1972.[10] "You're My World" also reached number 49 on the Canadian pop chart.[11] Reddy reminisced about the original: "I used to sing along with Cilla Black on the radio when they played this song back in the early 1960s. When it was suggested -- nearly 20 years later -- as a track for me to record, I leapt like a trout to the fly."[8]

A second single from the album, "The Happy Girls", had its pop chart debut later that year, in the October 8 issue, and peaked at number 57 during its seven weeks there.[10] That issue also marked the beginning of an 11-week Easy Listening run for the song that resulted in a number 14 showing.[9] The single's flipside, "Laissez les Bontemps Rouler", had a separate run of one week at number 98 Country in the October 22 issue.[2] In November of that year, "The Happy Girls" reached number 65 pop in Canada.[12]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "You're My World" (Umberto Bindi, Gino Paoli, Carl Sigman) – 2:41
  2. "One More Night" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:32
  3. "Long Distance Love" (Becky Hobbs) – 2:56
  4. "If It's Magic" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:50
  5. "Aquarius Miracle" (Kim Fowley, Toni Lamond, Helen Reddy) – 2:36

Side 2

  1. "Laissez les Bontemps Rouler" (Julie Didier, Casey Kelly) – 2:28
  2. "The Happy Girls" (Kim Fowley, Rick Henn, Earle Mankey, Helen Reddy) – 5:02
  3. "Midnight Skies" (Kim Fowley, Rick Henn, Helen Reddy) – 3:32
  4. "Baby, I'm a Star" (Kim Fowley, Rick Henn, Earle Mankey, Helen Reddy) – 4:03
  5. "Thank You" (Kim Fowley, Rick Henn, Earle Mankey, Helen Reddy) – 4:00

Personnel

Production
Background vocalists
Musicians[A]
  • Richard Dickler
  • Assa Drori
  • Dave Duke
  • John Ethridge
  • Kim Fowley
  • Winterton Garvey
  • Nathan Gerschman
  • Harris Goldman
  • Gary Grant
  • Bob Henderson
  • Rick Henn
  • Mitch Holder

  • Sheldon Sanov
  • Gene Sipriano
  • Bobby Shew
  • Jack Shulman
  • Marshall Sosson
  • Gloria Strassner
  • Robert Sushel
  • Ernie Tack
  • Dorothy Wade
  • Bill Watrous
  • John Wittenberg

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Ear Candy - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Whitburn 2002, p. 285.
  3. ↑ (1977) "Ear Candy" by Helen Reddy. Los Angeles: Capitol Records SO-11640.
  4. ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Helen Reddy
  5. 1 2 Whitburn 2010, p. 646.
  6. ↑ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 1977-07-23. p. 24.
  7. ↑ "Ear Candy/We'll Sing in the Sunshine - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  8. 1 2 (2006) The Woman I Am: The Definitive Collection by Helen Reddy [CD booklet]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records 09463-57613-2-0.
  9. 1 2 Whitburn 2007, p. 227.
  10. 1 2 Whitburn 2009, p. 805.
  11. ↑ "100 Singles". RPM. 1977-07-02. p. 17.
  12. ↑ "100 Singles". RPM. 1977-11-26. p. 22.

References

  • Whitburn, Joel (2002), Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles, 1944-2001, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-151-9 
  • Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-169-1 
  • Whitburn, Joel (2009), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-180-2 
  • Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7 
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