''Without You I'm Nothing'' is the second record released by comedian and singer
Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955) is an American actress, singer, comedian and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy, where she often critiqued celebrity culture and political figures.
She is perhaps b ...
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History
It was released at the height of her career and is a live performance recording that was issued on double-cassette, compact disc and double-vinyl in 1989; it was later re-released on double-compact disc and made available for sale on Bernhard's own website. The re-release included a second disc of bonus material.
Material
Bernhard developed the show with
Mitch Kaplan, her musical director, and
John Boscovich who co-wrote and directed. In an interview, she was quoted as saying “Almost every night, we went out afterwards, dancing, or hung out on Second Avenue. There were a lot more people on the street. It was just a more accessible, affordable situation back then.”
The recording features a combination of live music performance and comedy. The recording contains material from Bernhard's one-woman show of the same name, whose
motion picture adaptation would arrive
three years later.
Track listing
#"The Commitment"
#"Childhood Reminiscences"
#"
White Christmas"
#"
Time of the Season
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#"
Me & Mrs. Jones"
#"The Woman I Could Have Been"
#"Mighty Real"
#"The Women of Rock 'N' Roll"
#"
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is a song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla label, a division of Motown. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and ...
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#"Apocalyptic White Trash"
#"Finale:
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
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#"Encore: Little Red Corvette"
Bonus Tracks on Re-Release Disc 2
#"Undressed"
#"
Is That All There Is?
"Is That All There Is?", a song written by American songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller during the 1960s, became a hit for American singer Peggy Lee and an award winner from her album of the same title in November 1969. The song wa ...
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#""Until the Real Thing Comes Along"
#"Mighty Real" (Slow Remix)
#"Mighty Real" (Special Remix)
#"Mighty Real" (''Her'' Remix)
#"Mighty Real" (''The Remix'')
#"Mighty Real" (Rapid Remix)
Personnel
*Sandra Bernhard – lead singer & spoken-word
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Mitch Kaplan – acoustic piano
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Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...
– background vocals ("Little Red Corvette")
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Nancy Shanks
Nancy Shanks (–2019) was an American singer.
Shanks was the vocalist for the earliest but short-lived lineup of the all-woman band Vixen after changing its name from Genesis (formerly Lemon Pepper), initially playing pop rock. Vixen is known f ...
- background vocals ("Little Red Corvette")
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Tim Landers
Timothy Gerard Landers (born November 1, 1956) is an American bassist best known for his contribution to the 1970s-80s jazz-fusion genre and his work with Al Di Meola, Billy Cobham, and Gil Evans. Landers is a session musician and was a membe ...
– bass
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John S. Boskovich
References
External links
Sandra Bernhard official website
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Sandra Bernhard albums
1987 live albums
1980s comedy albums
Albums produced by Joe Chiccarelli