Carole Bayer Sager

Studio album by

Released

1977

Studio

Record Plant, Los Angeles

Genre

Length

33:59

Label

Elektra Records

Producer

Brooks Arthur

Carole Bayer Sager chronology

Carole Bayer Sager
(1977)

...Too
(1978)

Singles from Carole Bayer Sager

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Carole Bayer Sager is the debut studio album by American songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, released in 1977 by Elektra Records. It included the song "You're Moving Out Today", which became a 1977 Australian number one single and also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. The album itself was also a success in Australia, reaching the top 10,^[2] as well as receiving a gold certification there.^[3] It was produced by Brooks Arthur.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Come in from the Rain"	Carole Bayer Sager Melissa Manchester	2:48
2.	"Until the Next Time"	Carole Bayer Sager Johnny Vastano	3:30
3.	"Don't Wish Too Hard"	Carole Bayer Sager Peter Allen	4:04
4.	"Sweet Alibis"	Carole Bayer Sager Marvin Hamlisch	3:46
5.	"Aces"	Carole Bayer Sager Bruce Roberts	3:20

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love"	Carole Bayer Sager Peter Allen	2:48
7.	"Steal Away Again"	Carole Bayer Sager Bruce Roberts Bette Midler	4:16
8.	"You're Moving Out Today"	Carole Bayer Sager Bruce Roberts Bette Midler	3:33
9.	"Shy as a Violet"	Carole Bayer Sager Peter Allen	3:06
10.	"Home to Myself"	Carole Bayer Sager Melissa Manchester	2:48

Personnel

Musicians

Carole Bayer Sager – lead vocals, background vocals (5, 9)
Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6, 10), electric guitar (6, 10), guitar (4), mandolin (4)
Johnny Vastano – acoustic guitar (2), background vocals (2)
Al Gorgoni – acoustic guitar (7)
Thom Rotella – acoustic guitar (8, 9), electric guitar (8)
Jerry Friedman – acoustic guitar (9)
Bruce Roberts – background vocals (5-8), piano (5–8)
Madeline Kahn – background vocals (7)
Abigail Haness – background vocals (3)
Brenda Russell – background vocals (2, 3)
Melissa Manchester – background vocals (2, 10), harpsichord (10), arrangements (10), piano (1, 10)
Tony Orlando – background vocals (3)
Peter Allen – background vocals (9), piano (3, 9)
Bette Midler – background vocals (9)
Bob Cranshaw – bass (3, 9)
Emory Gordy – bass (4)
Lee Sklar – bass (1, 2, 5, 6, 10)
Will Lee – bass (7, 8)
Allan Schwartsberg – cabasa (3), drums (3)
Marvin Hamlisch – celesta (4), electric piano (4), piano (4)
Paul Buckmaster – strings and horns arrangements (1, 2, 4–10), synthesizer (4)
Gene Page – strings and horns arrangements (3)
Alan Estes – congas (3-7), percussion (3, 9)
Andy Newmark – drums (9)
Jim Keltner – drums (4, 5)
Roy Markowitz – drums (7, 8)
Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 6, 10)
Jerry Friedman – electric guitar (7)
Lance Quinn – electric guitar (3)
Nicky Hopkins – electric piano (2), piano (2)
Artie Butler – organ (2)
Bob Margouleff – programming (4)
Hugh McCracken – slide guitar (8)
Garnett Brown – trombone (8)

Production[edit]

Ivy Skoff – production coordination
Brooks Arthur – sound engineer, producer
Bob Merritt – sound engineer
David Thoener – sound engineer
David Latman – sound engineer
Connie Pappas – management
John Reid Ent – management

Design[edit]

Tony Lane – art direction, design
Anne Garner – design
Claude Mougin – photography
David Alexander – photography

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	4

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	Gold	20,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

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