Warmer (album)

Warmer
Studio album by Randy VanWarmer
Released	1979
Genre	Blues, Funk/Soul, Jazz, Pop, Rock[1]
Label	Bearsville Records
Producer	Del Newman
Randy VanWarmer chronology
Warmer (1979) Terraform (1980)

Warmer is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Randy VanWarmer.

Release

After moving back to the United States from Cornwall, England in 1978 and settling in Woodstock, New York, twenty-three-year-old VanWarmer signed to local label Bearsville Records.^[2] A year later Warmer was released and produced by Del Newman.^[3] It was initially released on vinyl, 8-track, and cassette, and in 1995 it was released on compact disc.^[1] "Just When I Needed You Most" was written by VanWarmer when he was eighteen and still in England,^[2][4] and the song has been described as "a ballad of heartbreak from a man's point of view."^[5] It reached No. 4 on Billboard in 1979.^[6]

Promotion

By December 1980, VanWarmer toured in Europe to support the release of Warmer, as well as Japan and Hong Kong.^[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[8]
Billboard	Mixed[3]
Rolling Stone	[9]

A brief review in a 1979 issue of Billboard compares VanWarmer's style of singing on Warmer to that of The Bee Gees, and although the writer felt the album lacked diversity, "Just When I Needed You Most" was regarded as a good cut.^[3] According to The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, "Just When I Needed You Most" was the song VanWarmer was "best remembered for."^[10]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Losing Out on Love"	3:04
2.	"Just When I Needed You Most"	3:59
3.	"Your Light"	4:02
4.	"Gotta Get Out of Here"	3:01
5.	"Convincing Lies"	3:31

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Call Me"	4:24
7.	"Forever Loving You"	3:19
8.	"Deeper and Deeper"	3:47
9.	"I Could Sing"	3:17
10.	"The One Who Loves You"	4:34

References

Citations

1. Discogs.
2. Ankeny.
3. Billboard 1979, p. 94.
4. LA Times.
5. King 1979, p. 158.
6. Katz 2004.
7. Billboard 1980, p. 39.
8. Allmusic.
9. Rolling Stone 1983, p. 527.
10. Larkin 1995, p. 4308.

Sources

• "Billboard's Recommended LP's", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 91 (20), 19 May 1979, ISSN 0006-2510
• "VanWarmer visits Orient", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 92 (49), 6 December 1980, ISSN 0006-2510
• King, Jeff (1979), Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications
• The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, Random House, 1983, ISBN 9780394721071
• Larkin, Colin (1995), The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Guinness Pub., ISBN 9781561591763

Online sources

• "Warmer", Allmusic, Rovi Corp., retrieved 9 January 2014
• Ankeny, Jason, "Biography", Billboard, Rovi Corp., retrieved 9 January 2014
• "Warmer", Discogs, Discogs, retrieved 9 January 2014
• "Randy VanWarmer, 48; Singer, Country Songwriter", LA Times, retrieved 9 January 2014
• Katz, J., "Pop songwriter Randy VanWarmer dies at 48", USAToday, retrieved 9 January 2014

External links

• Warmer at Discogs (list of releases)
• Warmer at MusicBrainz (list of releases)