Notes & Personnel Info |  | This 1998 reissue contains one bonus track not included on the original release. | | Personnel: Barry Manilow (vocals, piano); Mitch Holder (guitar); Jim Horn (saxophone); Bill Mays, Jai Winding (keyboards); Michael Boddicker, Ian Underwood (synthesizer); Will Lee, David Hungate, Dennis Belfield (bass); Ed Greene (drums); Alan Estes (percussion); Ron Dante, Monica Burruss, Reparata, Muffy Hendricks (background vocals). | | Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Robert Vosgien (Tower Mastering/Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California). | | Personnel: Barry Manilow (vocals, piano); Mitch Holder (guitar); Bill Mays (keyboards); Michael Boddicker (synthesizer); Will Lee (bass guitar); Ed Greene, Jim Gordon (drums); Alan Estes (percussion). | | ONE VOICE is generally regarded as Barry Manilow's first commercial stumble, but the reappraisal of time has shown it to be one of the singer-songwriter's most interesting albums. The first single, an orchestral cover of Ian Hunter's ballad "Ships," is one of Manilow's better cover versions and easily his most unusual hit single, and many other songs delve into the jazzier realm that Manilow would explore further through the 1980s. This edition features remastered sound and four bonus tracks including three demos. | | As the '70s drew to a close, Manilow found himself at something of an artistic crossroads. He hadn't yet come far enough from his soft-pop roots to pursue the jazzier and more technological extremes of his '80s efforts, but he was beginning to feel the constrictions of the form that brought him so much success for the last several years. ONE VOICE can be seen as a compromise, then, between the crowd-pleasing populism of the sunny Jule Styne-Frank Loesser classic "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" and the more contemporary, mature side represented by such sophisticated ballads as "Ships" and the title tune. In this sense, ONE VOICE represents the end of an era in Manilow's career. |
Producer: Ron Dante; Barry Manilow |
Engineer: Michael DeLugg |
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