''Player'' is the debut album from

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-based rock band

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, released on September 1, 1977 under

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Reception

It was released in 1977 on RSO Records and featured the hit single, " Baby Come Back", which was written by

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/keyboardist/vocalist J.C. Crowley and guitarist/vocalist Peter Beckett. "Baby Come Back" peaked at number one in the US and stayed on the charts for a total of 32 weeks. In the UK, it peaked at number 32 and remained on the chart for 7 weeks. The follow-up single, " This Time I'm in It for Love", reaching number 10 in the US, staying there for 17 weeks.

Track listing

#"Come On Out" (Crowley) – 3:43 #" Baby Come Back" (Beckett, Crowley) – 4:10 #"Goodbye (That's All I Ever Heard)" (Crowley) – 3:44 #"Melanie" (J. Crocker) – 3:39 #"Every Which Way" (Beckett, Crowley) – 3:34 #" This Time I'm in It for Love" (Larry Keith, Steve Pippin) – 4:20 #"Love Is Where You Find It" (Crocker, Reed Kailing, Crowley) – 4:00 #"Movin' Up" (Crocker, Kailing,

Steve Kipner Stephen Alan Kipner (born 1950) is an American-born Australian songwriter and record producer, with hits spanning a 40-year period, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Natasha Bedingfield's "These Words", an ...

) – 2:50 #"Cancellation" (Crocker, Kailing, Kipner) – 4:07 #"Trying to Write a Hit Song" (R. L. Mahonin) – 4:36

Personnel

Player

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–

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(2, 4, 5, 8, 9), co-lead (6, 7) and backing vocals * J.C. Crowley –

(1, 3), co-lead (2, 6, 7) and backing vocals,

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Ronn Moss Ronald Montague Moss (born March 4, 1952) is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the B ...

– bass, backing and

(10) vocals *John Friesen –

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Additional musicians

*George Budd – sound effects *Gary Coleman – percussion *Wayne Cook – keyboards, synthesizers *

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– saxophone, flute *Reed Kailing – guitars *Jay Lewis – electric & steel guitars, sound effects *Maria Newman – string arrangements *

Michael Omartian Michael Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He produced number-one records in three consecutive decades. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations and won three. He sp ...

– synthesizers *Jack White – drums, percussion

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Player-Player at Discogs
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