''Somebody's Waiting'' is the seventeenth studio album by Canadian

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artist

Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian country, pop and adult contemporary music singer who has sold over 55 million album copies worldwide during her over 40-year career. Murray has won four Grammys including the Grammy ...

, released in March 1980 via

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. The album charted lower in the U.S. than most of Murray's other releases from the same period, peaking at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Country Albums chart and number 88 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart. In Murray's native Canada, it reached number 32. The album's first single. "Lucky Me", reached the U.S. country Top Ten, peaking at number 9; it also reached number 42 on the U.S. pop singles charts. A second single, a cover of

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' "

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", made the country Top Thirty, and reached number 64 on the Hot 100 chart. The song, "The French Waltz", was later recorded by

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on his 1981 album, '' Scissors Cut''.

Critical reception

'' Billboard's'' reviewer praised Jim Ed Norman's production by saying that it "suited exactly to her warm vocal ambiance; imaginative musical flourishes show up all through this fine package". He also noted that on this LP Murray is "back to doing what she does best: wrapping her voice around a pleasant, well-chosen variety of tunes with ballads predominant throughout."

Track listing

Personnel

* Anne Murray – lead vocals, backing vocals * Brian Gatto – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 6),

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(5) * Pat Riccio, Jr. – keyboards (1-6, 9, 10) *

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– keyboards (1-4, 7, 8, 10) * Bob Mann – guitars (1-6, 10) * Brian Russell – guitars (1-3, 5, 6, 9, 10) * Jim Pirie – guitars (4) * Aidan Mason – guitars (6) * Bob Lucier –

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(3, 4, 8) * Jack Zaza –

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(5) * Tom Szczesniak – bass (1-5, 8-10) * Barry Keane – drums (1-5, 8-10) * Jørn Anderson – drums (6) *

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– saxophone (6, 7) *

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(8) * Rick Wilkins – horn and string arrangements (1, 2, 4, 7-10), conductor (1, 2, 4, 7-10) * Peter Cardinali – horn and string arrangements (3, 5, 6), conductor (3, 5, 6), bass (6) * Bruce Murray – backing vocals * Debbie Schaal – backing vocals

Production

* Balmur Ltd. – executive producers * Jim Ed Norman – producer * Ken Friesen – engineer * Peter Holcomb – assistant engineer * Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California, USA) * Paul Cade – art direction, design * Gord Marci – photography *

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 1980 albums Anne Murray albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Jim Ed Norman