Closeup (Frankie Valli album)
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| Released | February 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
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| Length | 36:07 | |||
| Label | Private Stock | |||
| Producer | Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio | |||
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Closeup is an album by Frankie Valli, released in February 1975 on the Private Stock label. It had been seven years since his prior album, and afforded Valli his first of two number-one solo hits in the US (in addition to five as lead singer of The Four Seasons). The LP reached number 51 on the U.S. Billboard albums chart.
The album contains two hit singles: "
Reception
In a retrospective review, Joe Viglione of AllMusic recalled that the album "is singer Frankie Valli again finding the magic without his Four Seasons, this time in the '70s with two big hits in two different genres", and called it "an important and forgotten catalog item that needs to be expanded and re-released with bonus tracks and liner notes that give it its proper place in music history."[2]
In his August 1975 review for
Track listing
Side one [4]
- "I Got Love for You, Ruby" (Sandy Linzer) - 3:22
- "Why" (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker) - 2:44
- "He Sure Blessed You" (Bob Gaudio, Judy Parker) - 3:27
- "Waking Up to Love" (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) - 4:30
- "I Can't Live a Dream" (Arnold Capitanelli) - 3:15
Side two
- "My Eyes Adored You" (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) - 3:33
- "In My Eyes" (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) - 4:21
- "Swearin' to God" (Bob Crewe, Denny Randell) - 10:09
Personnel
- Frankie Valli - vocals
- Bob Mann, Cliff Morris, Elliott Randall, Eric Weissberg, Jeff Mironov, Jerry Friedman, Larry Carlton, Mike Deasy, Neil LeVang - guitar
- Chuck Rainey, Gordon Edwards - bass
- Ken Asher, Michel Rubini - piano
- Jim Keltner, Rick Marotta, Ronnie Zito - drums
- Jimmy Maelen, Victor Feldman - percussion
- Miss Bobbye Hall - congas
- Carl Caldwell, Carolyn Willis, Clydie King, Jackie Ward, Jo Armstead, Marti McCall, Patti Austin, Tasha Thomas - backing vocals
- Dave Tofani, George Young, Joe Farrell, Robert Keller - saxophone
- Lew Del Gatto - baritone saxophone
- Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff - trumpet
- Meco Monardo, Wayne Andre - trombone
- David Taylor - bass trombone
- Margaret Ross - harp
- George Ricci, Kermit Moore - cello
- Charles Veal Jr., Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Henry Roth, Jack Shulman, Jesse Ehrlich, Marshall Sosson, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Peter Dimitriades, Shirley Cornell, William Hymanson - violin
- Charlie Calello- arrangements
On "My Eyes Adore You":
- Joe Long - bass
- Demetri Callas - guitar
- Gerry Polci - drums
- Lee Shapiro - keyboards
- Technical
- Michael DeLugg, Val Garay - engineer
- Joel Brodsky - photography
Charts
| Chart (1975) | Position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 70 |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 51 |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Closeup – Frankie Valli". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Hifi Stereo Review" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. August 1975. p. 88. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- Discogs.com. 1975.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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