Somebody's Waiting

Somebody's Waiting
Studio album by Anne Murray
Released	March 1980
Genre	Country
Label	Capitol
Producer	Jim Ed Norman
Anne Murray chronology
I'll Always Love You (1979) Somebody's Waiting (1980) A Country Collection (1980)
Singles from Somebody's Waiting
"Lucky Me" Released: March 1980 "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" Released: June 1980

Somebody's Waiting is the seventeenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray, released in March 1980 via Capitol Records. The album charted lower in the U.S. than most of Murray's other releases from the same period, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and number 88 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. In Murray's native Canada, it reached number 32.

The album's first single. "Lucky Me", reached the U.S. country Top Ten, peaking at number 9; it also reached number 42 on the U.S. pop singles charts. A second single, a cover of the Beatles' "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You", made the country Top Thirty, and reached number 64 on the Hot 100 chart.

The song, "The French Waltz", was later recorded by Art Garfunkel on his 1981 album, Scissors Cut.

Critical reception

Billboard's reviewer praised Jim Ed Norman's production by saying that it "suited exactly to her warm vocal ambiance; imaginative musical flourishes show up all through this fine package". He also noted that on this LP Murray is "back to doing what she does best: wrapping her voice around a pleasant, well-chosen variety of tunes with ballads predominant throughout."^[1]

Track listing

Personnel

• Anne Murray – lead and backing vocals
• Brian Gatto – keyboards
• Pat Riccio, Jr – keyboards
• Bob Mann – guitars
• Aidan Mason – guitars
• Brian Russell – guitars
• Bob Lucier – dobro, steel guitar
• Peter Cardinali – bass, horn and string arrangements
• Jørn Anderson – drums
• Barry Keane – drums
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Rick Wilkins – horn and string arrangements
• Bruce Murray – backing vocals
• Deborah Schaal – backing vocals

Production

• Jim Ed Norman – producer
• Balmur Ltd. – executive producer
• Ken Friesen – engineer
• Peter Holcomb – engineer
• Ken Perry – mastering
• Paul Cade – art direction, design
• Gord Marci – photography
• Recorded at Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
• Mastered at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California, USA).

Chart performance

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