Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Neil Sedaka, Dara Sedaka. | | The 1998 reissue of STEPPIN' OUT includes 4 bonus tracks. | | Personnel: Neil Sedaka (piano); Richie Zito (guitar); Davey Johnstone, Dean Parks, Steve Cropper (electric guitar); David Lindley (fiddle); Chuck Findley, Dick Hyde, Don Menze, Jackie Kelso, Jim Horn, Bob Findley (horns); Bill Payne (organ); Artie Butler (synthesizer); Gary Coleman (vibraphone, bells); Andrew Steele, Russ Kunkel (drums); Mark Howlett (hand claps); Nigel Olsson (percussion); Donny Gerrard, Nettie Gloud, Brian Russell, Cathy Collier, Venette Gloud, Brenda Russell, Carmen Twillie (background vocals). | | The third in a the trilogy of comeback albums that Sedaka recorded in the mid 1970s, this 1976 effort for Elton John's Rocket Records imprint featured the hits "You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine," "Love in the Shadows" and the title track. This compact disc reissue also features the addition of four bonus tracks, "Should've Never Let You Go," "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo," "(Baby) Don't Let It Mess Your Mind" and the previously unreleased "Time Waits for No One," written with Sedaka's great collaborator, Howard Greenfield. ~ Cub Koda | | Neil Sedaka's luck ran out on Steppin' Out, the third of his three "comeback" albums recorded with co-producer Graham Gouldman. It follows the same formula as its predecessors, Sedaka's Back and The Hungry Years, but the songs aren't nearly as strong. There are no memorable tunes here, and the craft simply doesn't offer the pleasures it once did. Consequently, it's only of interest to hardcore followers. [Varese Sarabande's 1998 CD reissue contained four bonus tracks, including "Should've Never Let You Go," his hit duet with his daughter Dara.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: Robert Appere |
Engineer: Robert Appere |
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