Melissa is the third album by Melissa Manchester, released on the Arista Records label in 1975. It reached #12 on the Billboard Albums chart on the strength of her first U.S. Top Ten hit "Midnight Blue" (#6). In 2001, the album was re-released.
Track listing All songs were written by Melissa Manchester and Carole Bayer Sager, unless stated otherwise.
Personnel Melissa Manchester – lead vocals, acoustic piano (1–4, 7, 8, 10), string conductor (3, 10), electric piano (5, 9), clavinet (6) James Newton Howard – electric piano (1–4, 7), clavinet (2, 8), ARP synthesizer (2, 4, 9), organ (5, 6), acoustic piano (6), celesta (9) David Wolfert – acoustic guitar (1, 7, 8), electric guitars (1–7), guitars (8) John "Cooker" Lo Presti – bass Kirk Bruner – drums (1–8), percussion (2, 4), cuica (4), talking drum (6), backing vocals (9) King Errisson – congas (2, 5, 8) Don Diego Gujo – cowbell (8) Morton K. Salt – percussion (9) Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone (3, 6, 8), horn arrangements (3, 6, 8), string arrangements (3, 5, 7, 10), soprano saxophone (5), baritone saxophone (6, 8), alto saxophone (10) John Rotella – baritone saxophone (3) Gene Dinwiddie – tenor saxophone (6, 8) Lew McCreary – trombone (3) Steve Madaio – trumpet (3, 6, 8) Sid Sharp – concertmaster (10) Vini Poncia – backing vocals (1, 3, 7, 9) Lucy Mike – backing vocals (2) David Lasley – backing vocals (6) Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (6) Brie Howard – backing vocals (9)
Production Richard Perry – executive producer Vini Poncia – producer Bob Schaper – recording engineer, remixing (10) Bill Schnee – remixing (1–9) at Sound Labs (Hollywood, California) Reed Stanley – assistant engineer The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location Bob Heimall – art direction Arton Associates – design Pacific Eye & Ear – illustration Ed Caraeff – photography Larry Brezner, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe – management
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