''Overnight Success'' is a 1975 studio
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
containing the works of
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collabo ...
. It was released in the UK and throughout Europe on the
Polydor
Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...
label, and Australia on the Rainbow label. Later that same year, in the US, most of this album was issued under the title ''
The Hungry Years
''The Hungry Years'' is an album by Neil Sedaka, the title of which is an eponymous track from the album. It was released by The Rocket Record Company in 1975.
The album is the American edition of '' Overnight Success'', with two songs being rep ...
'', with two songs from the British album replaced on the American album.
Track listing
Side one
# "Crossroads" 3:28
# "
Lonely Night (Angel Face)
"Lonely Night (Angel Face)" is a song written by Neil Sedaka. The song was first recorded by Sedaka and appeared as a track on his 1975 studio album, ''The Hungry Years''.
The following year the song was made popular when covered by the pop music ...
" 3:19
# "Stephen" 4:23
# "
Bad Blood" (Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) 3:09
# "Goodman Goodbye"* 3:55
# "Baby Blue" 3:32
*(On the US album ''The Hungry Years'', "Goodman Goodbye" is replaced with "Your Favorite Entertainer", which is 3:32 in length.)
Side two
# "The Queen of 1964"* 3:57
# "New York City Blues" 4:22
# "When You Were Lovin' Me" 4:35
# "
The Hungry Years
''The Hungry Years'' is an album by Neil Sedaka, the title of which is an eponymous track from the album. It was released by The Rocket Record Company in 1975.
The album is the American edition of '' Overnight Success'', with two songs being rep ...
" 4:08
# "
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka, co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Sedaka recorded this song twice, in 1962 and 1975, in two significantly different arrangements, and it is considered to be his signature ...
" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) (ballad version) 3:21
*(On the US album ''The Hungry Years'', "The Queen of 1964" is replaced with "Tit for Tat")
Re-release
1998
All the tracks from the British album were included in the
Varese Sarabande
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559.
It is the ...
1998 re-issue of the American album ''The Hungry Years''; hence, although the re-issue contains the track listing of the American album, the British songs "Goodman Goodbye" and "The Queen Of 1964" were included as two of the four bonus tracks.
See also ''
The Hungry Years
''The Hungry Years'' is an album by Neil Sedaka, the title of which is an eponymous track from the album. It was released by The Rocket Record Company in 1975.
The album is the American edition of '' Overnight Success'', with two songs being rep ...
''
2012
In April 2012, the album ''Overnight Success'' was re-issued by BGO Records in combination with the album ''
The Tra-La Days Are Over
''The Tra-La Days Are Over'' is a 1973 album by American singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka.
Overview
The album was the second to be produced at Strawberry Studios in England in collaboration with Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley and Eric Ste ...
'' on CD.
Certifications
References
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1975 albums
Neil Sedaka albums
Polydor Records albums