Bette Midler (album)

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Bette Midler
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 1973
Recorded1973
GenreVocal
Length32:32
LabelAtlantic
ProducerArif Mardin, Barry Manilow
Bette Midler chronology
The Divine Miss M
(1972)
Bette Midler
(1973)
Songs for the New Depression
(1976)
Singles from Bette Milder
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
link
Christgau's Record GuideB+[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Bette Midler is the second studio album by American singer

Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Surabaya Johnny", Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" and Glenn Miller's "In the Mood" as well as a Phil Spector
medley.

Bette Midler reached No. 6 on the US albums chart and was later awarded a Gold Disc by the

RIAA
.

The album was released on CD for the first time in 1989. A remastered version of the album was released by

Warner Music
in 1995.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Skylark"Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer3:02
2."Drinking Again"Doris Tauber, Mercer2:48
3."Breaking Up Somebody's Home"Al Jackson Jr., Timothy Matthews3:49
4."Surabaya Johnny"Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Herbert Hartig4:54
5."I Shall Be Released"Bob Dylan4:56

Personnel

Production

  • Arif Mardinproducer
  • Barry Manilow – producer
  • recording engineer
  • Lew Hahn – recording engineer
  • Jimmy Douglass – recording engineer for additional recordings
  • Robbert Warner – recording engineer for additional recordings
  • Elliot Scheiner – recording engineer for additional recordings
  • Buzz Richmond – recording engineer for additional recordings
  • Scott Schreckengosf – recording engineer for additional recordings
  • George Piros –
    mastering
  • Dennis King – mastering
  • Richard Amselcover art
  • Lee Gurst – backliner photo
  • Loring Eutemey – album design
  • Recorded at
    Atlantic Recording Studios
    , New York, N.Y.
  • Additional recordings at
    Kaye / Smith Studios
    , Seattle, Washington
  • Re-mixed by: Lew Hahn & Arif Mardin

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References