Songs for the New Depression

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Songs for the New Depression
Ahmet Ertegün, Arif Mardin, Mark "Moogy" Klingman, Jack Malken
Bette Midler chronology
Bette Midler
(1973) 		Songs for the New Depression
(1976) 		Live at Last
(1977)
Singles from Songs for the New Depression
  1. "Strangers in the Night"
  2. "Samedi et Vendredi"
  3. "Old Cape Cod"

Songs for the New Depression is the third studio album by the American

Warner Music
in 1995. A limited edition remastered version of the album was released by Friday Music in 2014.

Production and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

The album which saw her making her debut as a composer ("Mr. Rockefeller" and the French language "Samedi et Vendredi"), as well as co-producer and sound engineer features contributions from musicians as diverse as soul singer Luther Vandross, Todd Rundgren and Brazilian jazz accordionist Sivuca. Songs for the New Depression includes Midler's version of Tom Waits' "Shiver Me Timbers", a duet with Bob Dylan, "Buckets of Rain", and opens with her discofied take on Frank Sinatra's standard "Strangers in the Night" which became a #7 hit on the US dance charts. Two of the tracks, "Old Cape Cod" and "Marahuana", were originally recorded during the sessions for 1972 debut album The Divine Miss M but remixed three years later by producers Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin for Songs for the New Depression. The album peaked at #27 on the Billboard album chart. "Mr. Rockefeller" was sampled by rapper Kanye West on the song, "Last Call", from his debut album, The College Dropout.

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) - 3:22
  2. "I Don't Want the Night to End" (
    Phoebe Snow
    ) - 3:53
  3. "Mr. Rockefeller" (Jerry Blatt, Bette Midler) - 4:05
  4. "Old Cape Cod" (Claire Rothrock, Allan Jeffrey, Milton Yakus) - 2:50
  5. "Buckets of Rain" (Bob Dylan), *Bette Midler - 4:00
  6. "Love Says It's Waiting" (Nick Holmes) - 1:41
    • From The Promise Suite

Side B

  1. "Shiver Me Timbers"/"Samedi et Vendredi" (Tom Waits, Midler, Moogy Klingman) - 6:25
  2. "No Jestering" (Carlton Malcolm) - 3:59
  3. "Tragedy" (Gerald Nelson, Fred Burch) - 3:06
  4. "Marahuana" (Arthur Jonston, Sam Coslow) - 2:30
  5. "Let Me Just Follow Behind" (Klingman) - 3:36

Personnel

Production

  • Moogy Klingman – record producer for Moogtown Productions
  • Jack Malken – production assistant, recording and remix engineer, engineer (track A5)
  • Bette Midler – assistant engineer, producer (tracks A4, B4)
  • Deborah Turbville – photography
  • Michaele Vollbracht – shopping bag
  • Kenn Duncan – poster photos
  • Richard Amsel – inner sleeve illustration
  • Aaron Russo – management
  • Lew Hahn –
    recording engineer
    and remix engineer (track A1)
  • Gerry Block – assistant engineer (track A1)
  • Dave Wittman – assistant engineer (track A1)
  • Arif Mardin – record producer (track A1)
  • Ahmet Ertegün
    – production assistance (track A1)
  • Joel Dorn – producer (tracks A4, B4)
  • Jan Rathbun – engineer (track A5)
  • Recorded and mixed at Secret Sound Studio, New York, N.Y.
  • Track A1 recorded at Electric Lady and Mediasound Studios, New York, N.Y.
  • Tracks A4 and B4 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York by Lew Hahn, remixed by Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 50
US Billboard 200[5] 27

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Songs for the New Depression - Bette Midler. RhythmOne. Retrieved March 13, 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8
    .
  4. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  5. ^ "Bette Midler Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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