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Renée Geyer

Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and...

's eleventh solo album and second greatest hits collection, covering her entire ten years with Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...

. This rounded out her contract and for the next ten years Geyer pursued her career in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, the home of the soul/R&B

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 that she loved. Apart from including all of the hits up to that time, this includes three singles not released on any previous album nor any since then. They are her lone excursion into new wave/hard rock on "Hot Minutes", and Geyer's last two Mushroom singles "Love So Sweet" and "Trouble in Paradise". Initially issued on vinyl, this album was divided into a 'Dance' side and a 'Romance' side.

Track listing

1. "Say I Love You" (Eddy Grant
   Eddy Grant
   Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant is a musician, born in Plaisance, Guyana.- Life and career :When he was still a young boy, his parents emigrated to London, UK, where he settled. He lived in Kentish Town and went to school at the Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park...
   
   ) - 3:12
2. "Shakey Ground" (Jeffrey Bowen
   Jeffrey Bowen
   Jeffrey Bowen was a songwriter and record producer, notable for his work at both Motown Records and Holland-Dozier-Holland's Invictus and Hot Wax labels. He is best known for his work with the Detroit male vocal groups Chairmen of the Board and The Temptations...
   
   , Edward Hazel, Al Boyd) - 4:30
3. "Hot Minutes" (Renée Geyer, John Capek, Michael Jaye) - 3:04
4. "Money (That's What I Want)
   Money (That's What I Want)
   "Money " is a 1959 hit single by Barrett Strong for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records. The song was written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, and became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise....
   
   " (Berry Gordy
   Berry Gordy
   Berry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.-Early years:...
   
   , Janie Bradford
   Janie Bradford
   Janie Bradford is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. With Berry Gordy, she co-wrote "Money ", originally recorded by Barrett Strong and used by The Beatles on their second album With The Beatles...
   
   ) - 5:18
5. "Tender Hooks" (Ruth Copeland, Eric Thorngren) - 4:33
6. "Love So Sweet" (Tony Backhouse) - 3:30
7. "Trouble in Paradise" (Renée Geyer, Ricky Fataar
   Ricky Fataar
   Ricky Fataar is a South African multi-instrumentalist of Malay descent, who has performed as both a drummer, and a guitarist. He gained fame as an actor in the comedic television movie, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, a spoof on the actual history of The Beatles, and for his performance as a...
   
   ) - 4:01
8. "Stares And Whispers" (John Footman, Frank Wilson
   Frank Wilson (musician)
   Frank Wilson is an African American former songwriter and record producer for Motown Records.-Biography:He was born to James Wilson and Samantha Gibbs...
   
   , Terri McFadden) - 3:22
9. "Ready To Deal" (Renée Geyer Band) - 3:30
10. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World
    It's a Man's Man's Man's World
    "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966 in a New York studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Singles charts and #8 in the Billboard Hot 100...
    
    " (James Brown
    James Brown
    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
    
    ) - 3:24
11. "Heading In the Right Direction" (Mark Punch, Garry Paige) - 3:56
12. "Sweet Love" (Renée Geyer Band) - 3:16
13. "Goin' Back" (with Glenn Shorrock
    Glenn Shorrock
    Glenn Barrie Shorrock is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of pop groups The Twilights, Axiom and Little River Band as well as being a solo performer....
    
    ) (Carole King
    Carole King
    Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
    
    , Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
    
    ) - 3:59
14. "If Loving You is Wrong
    (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
    " I Don't Want to Be Right" is a soul song written by Stax Records songwriters Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson. It has been performed by many singers, most notably by Luther Ingram, whose version topped the R&B chart for four weeks and rose to number three on the Billboard Hot 100...
    
    " (Homer Banks
    Homer Banks
    Homer Banks was an African-American songwriter, singer and record producer, best known for his songs for Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s...
    
    , Ray Jackson, Carl Jackson) - 4:17

Personnel

Renée Geyer Band (tracks 2,9,11,14)

• Renée Geyer - vocals, backing vocals
• Mark Punch - guitars (Except 2)
• John Pugh - guitar (track 2 only)
• Mal Logan - keyboards
• Barry "Big Goose" Sullivan - bass guitar
• Greg Tell - drums

Producers

• Track 10: Tweed Harris (from the 1974 album It's a Man's Man's World)
• Track 2: Renée Geyer Band & Ern Rose (from The 1976 album Really Really Love You: Live At The Dallas Brooks Hall
  Really Really Love You: Live at the Dallas Brooks Hall
  Really Really Love You: Live At The Dallas Brooks Hall is Renée Geyer's foutth solo and first live album, again credited to the Renée Geyer Band. This was her farewell concert prior to leaving for the U.S...
  
  )
• Tracks 9,11,14: Renée Geyer Band & Ern Rose (from the 1975 album Ready To Deal
  Ready to Deal
  Ready to Deal is the third solo album by Australian singer Renée Geyer and her Renée Geyer Band. Geyer had formed a touring outfit with session musicians...
  
  )
• Track 4: Frank Wilson
  Frank Wilson (musician)
  Frank Wilson is an African American former songwriter and record producer for Motown Records.-Biography:He was born to James Wilson and Samantha Gibbs...
  
   (from The 1978 album Winner)
• Tracks 5,8: Frank Wilson (from the 1977 album Moving Along
  Moving Along
  Moving Along is the fifth solo album by Australian soul/R&B singer Renée Geyer, and her first to be recorded in the US and released internationally. It was produced by famed Motown musician Frank Wilson who assembled the cream of US session players to back Geyer...
  
  )
• Track 1: Rob Fraboni & Ricky Fataar
  Ricky Fataar
  Ricky Fataar is a South African multi-instrumentalist of Malay descent, who has performed as both a drummer, and a guitarist. He gained fame as an actor in the comedic television movie, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, a spoof on the actual history of The Beatles, and for his performance as a...
  
   (from the 1981 album So Lucky
  So Lucky
  So Lucky is Renée Geyer's ninth solo album and the second to be issued in the United States where it was released on the Portrait label. Like its American predecessor on Polydor, it was retitled Renee Geyer for the international market...
  
  )
• Track 3: Rob Fraboni & Ricky Fataar (the 1980 single from first album release))
• Track 13: Renée Geyer, Mal Logan, Jim Barton (from the 1982 album Renée Live
  Renée Live
  Renée Live is Renée Geyer's tenth solo and second live album. Having recently enjoyed her biggest hit, her confidence shows in the extra power her vocals had gained in the ensuing years. This is shown to best effect on her duet with Vanetta Fields on Sam & Dave's 1968 hit "You Don't Know What You...
  
  )
• Tracks 6 & 7: Ricky Fataar & Mark Moffatt (1983 singles from first album release)

External links

• http://www.reneegeyer.com.au/content/discography/disc_faves.html
• http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en/geyerrenee/geyerrenee.htm