Music, Music

Music, Music is the eighth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in the summer of 1976 by Capitol Records and later described by J. Scott McClintock for AllMusic: "There are breezy, Bacharach-ian excursions ('Gladiola,' 'You Make It So Easy'), bluesy numbers ('Get Off Me Baby,' 'Ladychain'), light country ('Mama'), jazzy ballads (Paul Williams' torchy contribution, 'Nice to Be Around'), and even a little Philly soul ('I Can't Hear You No More').^[2] On August 2 of that year the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.^[3]

Music, Music
Studio album by Helen Reddy
Released	July 8, 1976
Recorded	February – March 1976
Genre	Vocal Pop/Rock[1]
Length	30:04
Label	Capitol
Producer	Joe Wissert
Helen Reddy chronology
Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits (1975) Music, Music (1976) Ear Candy (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

It debuted on Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart that same month, in the issue dated August 14, and got as high as number 16.^[4] It stopped at #36 in Cash Box magazine and #30 in Record World but made it to #14 in Canada's RPM magazine.^[5] The third album recorded by Reddy with producer Joe Wissert, Music, Music was cited in 1977 by Reddy as a personal favorite from among her albums.^[6] On August 23, 2005, Music, Music was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two Helen Reddy albums on one CD, the other album being her 1975 studio release, No Way to Treat a Lady.^[2]

Singles

"I Can't Hear You No More" was released in the United States on July 26, 1976,^[7] and debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated August 7, eventually making it to number 29 over the course of nine weeks.^[8] In the following issue, dated August 14, it made its first appearance on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, where it spent 11 weeks, one of which was at number one.^[9] In RPM magazine the song got as high as number 36 pop.^[10]

In Billboard's August 28 issue the single's B-side, "Music Is My Life", started to be listed on the Hot 100 alongside "I Can't Hear You No More"^[8] as a "tag along" to indicate that some radio stations were opting to play the flip side of the original hit that charted.^[11] While "Music Is My Life" did not have any showings on the list of Easy Listening hits,^[9] a third song from the album, "Gladiola", began a 12-week chart run there in the issue dated November 13 of that year that included a number 10 peak position^[9] but saw no activity on the pop chart.^[8]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Music, Music" (Pamela Polland) – 3:14
   • Jeff Porcaro – drums
   • David Hungate – bass guitar
   • Fred Tackett – guitar
   • David Paich – piano
   • Bobbye Hall – congas
2. "Gladiola" (Alan Gordon) – 3:27
   • Harvey Mason – drums
   • Reini Press – bass guitar
   • Dean Parks – guitar
   • Mark Jordan – piano
   • Victor Feldman – percussions
   • Tom Scott – alto sax solo
3. "Mama" (Harriet Schock) – 4:03
   • Harvey Mason – drums
   • Scotty Edwards – bass guitar
   • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
   • Clarence McDonald – piano
4. "Hold Me in Your Dreams Tonight" (Marie Cain) – 2:42
   • Harvey Mason – drums
   • Reini Press – bass guitar
   • Dean Parks – guitar
   • Mark Jordan – piano
   • Victor Feldman – percussions
5. "Get Off Me Baby" (Jeff Langley, Holly Near) – 4:58
   • Harvey Mason – drums
   • Scotty Edwards – bass guitar
   • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
   • Clarence McDonald – piano

Side 2

1. "I Can't Hear You No More" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:49
   • Harvey Mason – drums
   • Dean Parks – guitar
   • Scotty Edwards – bass guitar
   • Larry Muhoberac – piano
2. "Ladychain" (Marcia Waldorf) – 3:58
   • Harvey Mason – drums
   • Scotty Edwards – bass guitar
   • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
   • Clarence McDonald – piano
   • Tom Scott – alto sax solo
3. "Music Is My Life" (Alan Gordon) – 2:29
   • Jeff Porcaro – drums
   • David Hungate – bass guitar
   • Fred Tackett – guitar
   • David Paich – piano
   • Victor Feldman – percussions
4. "Nice to Be Around" (John Williams, Paul Williams) – 2:58
   • Harvey Mason – drums
   • Reini Press – bass guitar
   • Dean Parks – guitar
   • Mark Jordan – piano
   • Tom Scott – alto flute solo
5. "You Make It So Easy" (Helen Reddy, Carole Bayer Sager) – 2:23
   • Harvey Mason – drums
   • Dean Parks – guitar
   • Scotty Edwards – bass guitar
   • Larry Muhoberac – piano

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada Albums (RPM)[12]	14
US Billboard 200[13]	16

Personnel

Helen Reddy – vocals Joe Wissert – producer Nick DeCaro – arranger and conductor Tom Perry – recording engineer Mike Reese – mastering engineer Jeff Wald – management Francesco Scavullo – photography Roy Kohara – art direction

Additional musicians Gary Grant – trumpet Chuck Findley – trumpet Bob Findley – trumpet Steve Madiao – trumpet Jay Daversa – trumpet Don Menza – saxophone Tom Scott – saxophone Bill Perkins – saxophone Jay Migliori – saxophone Jack Nimitz – saxophone Dick "Slyde" Hyde – trombone Lou McCreary – trombone Earl Dumler – oboe Harry Bluestone – string concertmaster Carolyn Willis – background vocals Jim Gilstrap – background vocals Myrna Matthews – background vocals Oren Waters – background vocals Lisa Roberts – background vocals Nick DeCaro – background vocals Frank DeCaro – contractor

Notes

1. "Music, Music - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
2. "No Way to Treat a Lady/Music, Music - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
3. RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Helen Reddy Archived 2015-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
4. Whitburn 2010, p. 646.
5. "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 25 September 1976. p. 39.
6. Orlando Sentinel 31 July 1977 "Helen Reddy Keeps Hectic Pace" by Sumner Rand p.93
7. (2006) The Woman I Am: The Definitive Collection by Helen Reddy [CD booklet]. Los Angeles: Capitol Records 09463-57613-2-0.
8. Whitburn 2009, p. 805.
9. Whitburn 2007, p. 226.
10. "Top Singles". RPM. 18 September 1976. p. 37.
11. Whitburn 2009, p. 14.
12. "Helen Reddy Album Discography". RPM. RPM Library Archives. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
13. "Helen Reddy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

References

• Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7
• Whitburn, Joel (2009), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008, Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0-89820-180-2
• Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3