''Eric Carmen'' is the fifth album by

rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from Africa ...

musician

Eric Carmen Eric Howard Carmen (born August 11, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. He was first known as the lead vocalist of the Raspberries. He had numerous hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Rasp ...

. It was also his second self-titled LP after the 1975 album of the same name. The album spent ten weeks on the U.S. ''Billboard'' album charts and reached its peak position of #128 in early March 1985. It contained one Top 40 hit single, "I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips," which peaked at #35 on the ''

Billboard Hot 100 The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming ...

'' in the same month. The song was also a medium adult contemporary hit in both the United States (#10) and Canada (#17). "Spotlight" was featured as the B side of the 45 RPM. "I'm Through With Love" was a minor follow-up hit in the U.S., reaching #87 on ''Billboard''. In 2016, the album was reissued on Varese Vintage, and featured as bonus tracks the 7" Single remix and the 12" version of "I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips". In 1985, country singer Louise Mandrell covered "Maybe My Baby." Her version reached #8 on the U.S. Country singles chart.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Eric Carmen except where indicated. # " I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips" (Carmen, Dean Pitchford) – 3:17 # "I'm Through with Love" – 4:04 # "American as Apple Pie" (Carmen, Dean Pitchford) – 3:46 # "Living Without Your Love" (

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin
, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

, Doug James) – 4:07 # "Come Back to My Love" (

Bob Gaudio Robert John Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote and produced the vast majori ...

, Jerry Corbetta, John Bettis) – 3:38 # "She Remembered" - 4:31 # "You Took Me All the Way" – 3:36 # "

Maybe My Baby "Maybe My Baby" is a song written by Eric Carmen, included on his 1984 LP, ''Eric Carmen''. The song was later recorded by American country music artist Louise Mandrell. It was released in March 1985 as the first single and title track from the ...

" – 3:39 # "Spotlight" – 4:13 # "The Way We Used to Be" – 3:16

Personnel

* Eric Carmen – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers,

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

, guitars, drums, arrangements * Richard Reising – synthesizers, harpsichord, guitars, backing vocals * George Sipl – keyboards, synthesizers,

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

, backing vocals * Dan Hrdlicka – guitars, backing vocals * Steve Knill – bass, backing vocals * Dwight Krueger – drums, percussion, backing vocals * Michael McBride – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

* Bob Gaudio – producer (1, 2, 5-10) * Don Gehman – remixing (1, 2, 7), producer (3, 4), engineer * Jim Bell – engineer * Tony D'Amico – engineer * Dale Peters – engineer * Arnie Rosenberg – engineer * Michael Wagener – mixing (6) * Greg Fulginiti – mastering * Elaine Black – production coordinator * Roz Schrank – production coordinator * Tommy Steele – art direction, design * Victoria Pearson – photography * Mastered at

Artisan Sound Recorders Artisan Sound Recorders was one of Southern California's premier disk mastering facilities. It was founded by Robert M. MacLeod Jr. in the 1960s, and acquired by Kent Duncan in 1979 when MacLeod retired. In the early 1990s, it was sold to Jon Lo ...

2016 reissue

* Bob Gaudio – producer * Cary E. Mansfeld – producer * Bill Pitzonka – producer, art direction * Larry R. Watts – producer, liner notes * Don Gehman – remixing (11) *

John "Jellybean" Benitez John Benitez (born November 7, 1957), also known as Jellybean, is an American musician, songwriter, DJ, remixer, and music producer. He has produced and remixed artists such as Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and the Pointer Sisters ...

– remixing (12) * Michael Hutchinson – mixing (12) * Melanie West – assistant engineer (12) * Chas Ferry – CD mastering * Jimmy Bralower – additional drum programming (12) * Bashiri Johnson – percussion (12)

Notes

Eric Carmen albums 1984 albums Albums produced by Don Gehman Geffen Records albums Albums produced by Bob Gaudio {{1980s-rock-album-stub