Satisfied (Rita Coolidge album)
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Satisfied is a 1979 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...

, released on A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

. The album is notable for containing Coolidge's comeback
Comeback
A comeback is the return of a person of public interest, a style or fashion in the mid-point of media interest. The term is predominantly used in politics, sports and pop music. In the case of a band, the term reunion is used...

 single, "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love
I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love
I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love is a song co-written by Peter Allen and Carol Bayer-Sager, popularized by Rita Coolidge in 1979, and recorded by a number of other artists.-History:...

", as well as for its perceived unique musical direction at the time of its release.

History

The album contains Coolidge's comeback single, "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love", as well as Coolidge's version of The Chiffons
The Chiffons
The Chiffons was an all girl group originating from the Bronx area of New York in 1960.-Biography:The Chiffons were one of the top girl groups of the early 1960s...

' "One Fine Day
One Fine Day (song)
"One Fine Day" has been recorded by a diverse array of artists including Susie Allanson, the Carpenters as part of the oldies medley on their album Now and Then, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, Even in Blackouts, Kids Incorporated, David Lasley, Natalie Merchant , the Mountain Goats, Aaron Neville,...

", which was also released as a single. The album has been described as comparable in significance to Dusty Springfield's
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...

 Dusty in Memphis
Dusty in Memphis
Dusty in Memphis is a landmark album by Dusty Springfield, released in 1969. It was produced by Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin and engineered by Tom Dowd. "So Much Love", "Son of a Preacher Man", "The Windmills Of Your Mind", "Breakfast in Bed", "Just One Smile", "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore",...

album, released ten years earlier.

Side one

  1. "One Fine Day
    One Fine Day (song)
    "One Fine Day" has been recorded by a diverse array of artists including Susie Allanson, the Carpenters as part of the oldies medley on their album Now and Then, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, Even in Blackouts, Kids Incorporated, David Lasley, Natalie Merchant , the Mountain Goats, Aaron Neville,...

    " (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...

    , 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...

    ) — 4:00
  2. "The Fool in Me" (Dave Loggins
    Dave Loggins
    David Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...

    , Randy Goodrum) — 4:21
  3. "Trust It All to Somebody" (Donna Weiss, Lenny Macaluso) — 4:11
  4. "Let's Go Dancin'" (Booker T. Jones
    Booker T. Jones
    Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...

    ) — 5:19

Side two

  1. "Pain of Love" (Johnny Bristol
    Johnny Bristol
    Johnny Bristol , was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

    ) — 4:00
  2. "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love
    I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love
    I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love is a song co-written by Peter Allen and Carol Bayer-Sager, popularized by Rita Coolidge in 1979, and recorded by a number of other artists.-History:...

    " (Carole Bayer Sager
    Carole Bayer Sager
    Carole Bayer Sager is an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and painter.-Introduction:Born in New York City, Sager graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts and speech...

    , Peter Allen
    Peter Allen (composer)
    Peter Allen is a Canadian composer, organist, and keyboard player. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers, his compositions encompass a broad repertoire from film scores and commercial jingles to sacred music and avant-garde electroacoustic music...

    ) — 3:29
  3. "Sweet Emotion" (Priscilla Jones) — 4:08
  4. "Crime of Passion" (Mary Unabsky, Danny Ironstone) — 4:57
  5. "Can She Keep You Satisfied" (Rita Coolidge, Priscilla Jones) — 4:46
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