Warmer (Randy VanWarmer album)

Warmer is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Randy VanWarmer.

Warmer
Studio album by Randy VanWarmer
Released	1979
Studio	Creative Workshop (Berry Hill, Tennessee) Scorpio Sound (London, UK) Bearsville (Woodstock, New York) Power Station (New York, New York)
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Label	Bearsville
Producer	Del Newman
Randy VanWarmer chronology
Warmer (1979) Terraform (1980)

Release

After moving back to the United States from Cornwall, England in 1978 and settling in Woodstock, New York, twenty-three-year-old VanWarmer signed to local label Bearsville Records.^[2] A year later Warmer was released and produced by Del Newman.^[3] It was initially released on vinyl, 8-track, and cassette, and in 1995 it was released on compact disc.^[1] "Just When I Needed You Most" was written by VanWarmer when he was eighteen and still in England,^[2][4] and the song has been described as "a ballad of heartbreak from a man's point of view."^[5] It reached No. 4 on Billboard in 1979.^[6]

Promotion

By December 1980, VanWarmer toured in Europe to support the release of Warmer, as well as Japan and Hong Kong.^[7]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[8]
Billboard	Mixed[3]
Rolling Stone	[9]

A brief review in a 1979 issue of Billboard compares VanWarmer's style of singing on Warmer to that of The Bee Gees, and although the writer felt the album lacked diversity, "Just When I Needed You Most" was regarded as a good cut.^[3] According to The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, "Just When I Needed You Most" was the song VanWarmer was "best remembered for."^[10]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Randy VanWarmer

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Losing Out on Love"	3:04
2.	"Just When I Needed You Most"	3:59
3.	"Your Light"	4:02
4.	"Gotta Get Out of Here"	3:01
5.	"Convincing Lies"	3:31

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Call Me"	4:24
7.	"Forever Loving You"	3:19
8.	"Deeper and Deeper"	3:47
9.	"I Could Sing"	3:17
10.	"The One Who Loves You"	4:34

Personnel

• Randy VanWarmer - vocals, guitar, backing vocals
• Arti Funaro, John Holbrook, John Tropea, Johnny Christopher, Mick Barakan, Steve Gibson - guitar
• Jack Williams, Tony Levin - bass
• John Holbrook, Mick Hodgkinson, Shane Keister, Warren Bernhardt - keyboards
• Kenny Malone, Steve Jordan - drums
• George Carnell, Ian Kimmet, John Holbrook, Ray Cooper - percussion
• John Sebastian - autoharp
• Stan Saltzman - saxophone
• Alan Williams, Chris Thompson, Gary Osborne, John Richardson, Katie Kissoon, Roger Moss, Stevie Lange - backing vocals
• Del Newman - string arrangements, conductor

Technical

• John Holbrook - additional production, engineer, remixing
• Ian Kimmet - additional production
• Brent Maher, George Carnell, Jeff Hendrickson, Richard Dodd, Scott Litt - engineer
• Desmond Strobel - art direction
• Aaron Rapoport - photography

Charts

Chart (1979)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11]	67