The Hungry Years
The Hungry Years | |
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Studio album by Neil Sedaka | |
Released | 1975 |
Genre | Pop |
Label | The Rocket Record Company |
Producer | Neil Sedaka, Robert Appere |
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Source | Rating |
Christgau's Record Guide | C+[1] |
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 replaced.
"Bad Blood," a duet with Elton John, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, was certified gold, and was the most commercially successful single of his career; his follow-up, a slowed-down, bluesy remake of his 1962 #1 smash "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," hit #8 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart over December 1975-January 1976. "The Queen of 1964," from his British-released Overnight Success album, reached #35 in the UK in March 1975.
The title track, one of Sedaka's most frequently requested non-single tracks, marked Sedaka's reunion with Howard Greenfield after having broken off their partnership in 1973. Sedaka and Greenfield would again work together more regularly in the late 1970s.
The Captain and Tennille covered "Lonely Night (Angel Face)", a track from The Hungry Years; their version reached #3 on the Hot 100 and was certified gold.
Track listing
All music composed by Sedaka; lyricist in (parentheses).
Side One
- "Crossroads" (Phil Cody)
- "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" (Sedaka)
- "Stephen" (Howard Greenfield)
- "Bad Blood" (Cody) (duet with Elton John)
- "Your Favorite Entertainer" (Cody)
- "Baby Blue" (Greenfield)
Side Two
- "Tit for Tat" (Greenfield)
- "New York City Blues" (Cody)
- "When You Were Lovin' Me" (Cody)
- "The Hungry Years" (Greenfield)
- "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Greenfield; torch version originally arranged by Lenny Welch)
Bonus Tracks from the 1998 CD re-issue
- (12) "Hey Mister Sunshine" (Dara Sedaka)
- (13) "The Queen Of 1964"*
- (14) "Betty Grable"
- (15) "Goodman Goodbye"* (Sedaka, Cody)
- "The Queen of 1964" was from Overnight Success; it was replaced by "Tit For Tat" in The Hungry Years.
- "Goodman Goodbye" was from Overnight Success; it was replaced by "Your Favorite Entertainer" in The Hungry Years.
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[2] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[3] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Neil Sedaka – The Hungry Years". Music Canada. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "American album certifications – Neil Sedaka – The Hungry Years". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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- "Calendar Girl"
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- "La terza luna"
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- "Summer Symphony"
- "One More Mountain to Climb"
- "Ring Ring"
- "Solitaire"
- "Don't Hide Your Love"
- "The Other Side of Me"
- "The Way I Am"
- "Sad Eyes"
- "Love Will Keep Us Together"
- "Lonely Night (Angel Face)"
- "You Never Done It Like That"
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