Big Girls Don't Cry (The Weather Girls album)

Big Girls Don't Cry
Studio album by The Weather Girls
Released 1985
Genre
Length 32:25
Label Columbia
Producer
The Weather Girls chronology
Success
(1983)		 Big Girls Don't Cry
(1985)		 Megatonnage
(1985)

Big Girls Don't Cry is an album by American music duo The Weather Girls, released in 1985. Being the group's final album on Columbia Records,[1] it turned to influences from 1960's sounds. Nevertheless, it was less successful than its predecessor, Success (1983).[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB[3]

Writing for AllMusic, Ron Wynn gave a mixed review to the record, describing the songs on it as "formula pop-soul and dance filler." Wynn also stated that group "never really were allowed to showcase their real personalities or styles."[1] Music critic Robert Christgau thought that the duo "takes it one step further and make soul a cartoon, with the title cut the masterstroke." Christgau further commented: "They'll cop material anywhere--debut single's from Jesse Winchester. And if at first their tricks seem inspired, by the time you get to Creedence and Neil Sedaka they're beginning to sound obvious."[3]

Track listing

  1. "Lock Me Up" (D. James, M. Bolton) – 4:16
  2. "Big Girls Don't Cry" (R. Crewe, R. Gaudio) – 3:25
  3. "Well-A-Wiggy" (J. Winchester) – 4:31
  4. "No One Can Love You More Than Me" (T. Britten, B. Livsey) – 4:55
  5. "Down on the Corner" (J. Fogerty) – 3:56
  6. "March" (P. Zizzo) – 3:39
  7. "Laughter in the Rain" (N. Sedeka, P. Cody) – 3:15
  8. "You Can Do It" (E. Sands, R. Germinaro, B. Weisman) – 4:28

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wynn, Ron. "The Weather Girls - Big Girls Don't Cry". AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Pilchak, ANgela (2005). Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music. Cengage Gale. p. 193. ISBN 0787680656.
  3. 1 2 Christgau, Robert. "The Weather Girls". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved August 9, 2016.

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