''Winner'' is the fifth studio album by Australian

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and R&B singer,

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. It was released in November 1978 and peaked at number 69 on the

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. Geyer recorded it in Los Angeles with Frank Wilson producing and was joined by her backing band of Tim Partridge on bass guitar, Mark Punch on guitar and backing vocals, and Greg Tell on drums together with session musicians. Two singles were provided from the album, "

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" (April 1978) and "Baby Be Mine" (October). In her autobiography, released in 2000, Geyer wrote she was unhappy with the mixing of ''Winner'' and the lack of support from her American label,

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. She negotiated a release from her contract, brought the album tapes back to Australia where it was remixed and released. Geyer referred to the album as "a bit of a loser".

Track listing

;Vinyl/ cassette (VPL1-0164) Side One # "

" (

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) - 5.19 # "I Miss You" (Melvin Robinson, Judy Wieder) - 4.50 # "Save Me" (Mark Punch, Garry Paige) - 4.13 # "Baby I'm the One" (Dee Erwin, Alexandra Brown) - 4.36 # "Baby Be Mine" (

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) - 3.46 Side Two # "Sweet Kisses" (Mark Punch) - 6.28 # "The Magic is Still There" (Punch, Paige) - 3.58 # "Bad Side of the Blues" ( John Finley, Katherine Ornelas) - 4.03 # "Apartment C & D" (John Footman, Judy Wieder, Ron Cederlund) - 3.54 # "I Don't Wanna Lose a Good Thing" (Jack Allen,

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) - 3.50

Personnel

Renée Geyer Band *Renée Geyer – vocals, backing vocals *Mark Punch – guitar *Tim Partridge – bass guitar *Greg Tell – drums *Melvin Robinson – guitars *Nate Morgan – piano, clavinet, synthesizer *

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– synthesizer * Neil Larsen – keyboard (tracks: 1, 5) *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...

– saxophone * Tower Of Power Horns – horns (tracks 3, 5, 7) *

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– percussion *Frederick Lewis – percussion

Charts

References

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