Sedaka's Back

Compilation album by Neil Sedaka

Released

November 1974^[1]

Pop

Neil Sedaka, Bill Inglot

Neil Sedaka chronology

Live at the Royal Festival Hall
(1974)

Sedaka's Back
(1974)

Overnight Success/The Hungry Years
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Sedaka's Back is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka. The record, composed of selections from his previous three albums, which had been released only in the UK,^[3] was released on Elton John's label, The Rocket Record Company, in 1974. Three singles were released from this album: "Laughter in the Rain" (a #1 hit), "The Immigrant" (dedicated to John Lennon) and "That's When The Music Takes Me." The latter two songs were both Top 40 hits. Also included were songs that were turned into hits by other artists: "Solitaire" (The Carpenters) and "Love Will Keep Us Together" (The Captain & Tennille). The album reached No. 23 on the US Billboard album charts and was certified Gold for shipping half a million sales.^[3]

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Standing on the Inside"	Neil Sedaka	3:59
2.	"That's When the Music Takes Me"	Sedaka	3:38
3.	"Laughter in the Rain"	Sedaka, Phil Cody	2:53
4.	"Sad Eyes"	Sedaka, Cody	3:43
5.	"Solitaire"	Sedaka, Cody	5:03
6.	"Little Brother"	Sedaka, Cody	3:30

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Love Will Keep Us Together"	Sedaka, Howard Greenfield	3:39
8.	"The Immigrant"	Sedaka, Cody	4:24
9.	"The Way I Am"	Sedaka, Cody	3:53
10.	"The Other Side of Me"	Sedaka, Greenfield	3:39
11.	"A Little Lovin'"	Sedaka, Cody	2:57
12.	"Our Last Song Together"	Sedaka, Greenfield	4:03

Bonus Tracks for the 1998 CD re-issue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"For the Good of the Cause"	Sedaka, Cody	2:42
14.	"Endlessly"	Sedaka	2:56
15.	"Love Ain't an Easy Thing"	Sedaka, Cody	3:30
16.	"Alone in New York in the Rain"	Sedaka, Cody	3:34

Source of tracks

Tracks 1, 6, 7, 10, 12, and {16} were derived from The Tra-La Days Are Over
Tracks 2 and 5 were derived from the album Solitaire
Tracks 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, {13}, {14}, and {15} were derived from the album Laughter in the Rain

US Singles Releases

"Standing On The Inside" saw a 45 rpm release as the B-side of "That's When The Music Takes Me"; however, the version of "Standing On The Inside" heard on the single is a different version from the album version.
"That's When The Music Takes Me" saw a 45 rpm release in 1974 and scored a #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.
"Laughter In The Rain" saw a 45 rpm release in 1974 and scored #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts in 1974 and #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.
"The Immigrant" was released on a 45 rpm single in 1974 and scored a #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and a #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts in 1975.
"Endlessly" served as the B-side of "Laughter In The Rain".

Many of the other songs on this album saw singles releases in the UK and throughout Europe.

Personnel

Neil Sedaka – organ, piano, keyboards, vocals, clavinet, vibraphone
Ben Benay – guitar
Eric Stewart – guitar, backing vocals, engineer
Lol Creme – guitars, backing vocals
Kevin Godley – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Graham Gouldman – bass, guitar, backing vocals
Milt Holland – percussion
Jim Horn – horn arrangements
Dick "Slide" Hyde – horn
Danny Kortchmar – guitar
Russ Kunkel – percussion, drums
Don Menza – horn
Del Newman – string arrangements
Dean Parks – acoustic guitar, dobro
Brenda Russell – backing vocals
Brian Russell – backing vocals
Leland Sklar – bass
William Smith – keyboards, backing vocals
Chuck Findley – trumpet, horn, horn arrangements

References

↑ "Neil Sedaka - Sedaka's Back". Super Seventies. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
↑ Allmusic review
1 2 "Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia" by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, Dorling Kindersley, 1999

Neil Sedaka

Studio albums	Rock with Sedaka Circulate Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits 3 Great Guys Workin' on a Groovy Thing/Sounds of Sedaka Emergence Solitaire The Tra-La Days Are Over Laughter In The Rain Overnight Success The Hungry Years Steppin' Out A Song All You Need Is the Music In the Pocket Now Come See About Me The Good Times

Compilation albums	Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits Italiano Oh! Carol Sedaka's Back Oh Carol Let's Go Steady Again Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits The '50s and '60s 14 Knockouts The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka Sunny Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits My Friend Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974-80 The Very Best of Neil Sedaka Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955–66 Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka Love Songs

Live albums	Live at the Royal Festival Hall On Stage

Singles	"The Diary" "I Go Ape" "Crying My Heart Out for You" "Stupid Cupid" "Fallin'" "Oh! Carol" "One-Way Ticket To The Blues" "Stairway to Heaven" "You Mean Everything to Me" "Run Samson Run" "Calendar Girl" "Little Devil" "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "Next Door to an Angel" "La terza luna" "Lettera bruciata" "Everything Is Beautiful" "Love Will Keep Us Together" "Laughter in the Rain" "The Immigrant" "Bad Blood" "Love in the Shadows "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" "Amarillo" "Your Precious Love" "Rhythm of the Rain"

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