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'''''Photograph''''' is an album released by American singer [[Melanie Safka|Melanie]] in 1976, her only release on [[Atlantic Records]]. The album contains "Cyclone" which was released as a single.
[[Ahmet Ertegün]], who had
The album was reissued by [[Rhino Records]] in 2005 as an individually numbered limited edition of 3,500 copies. The reissue contained a remastered version of the album plus a second disc of tracks recorded during the same sessions.
==Critical reception==
The album was heralded by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "one of the finest pop albums of the year....She's a marvelous performer to have back again, and one hopes that this time she will be welcomed not only by her old fans, but by new, grown‐up audiences well."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/14/archives/melanies-back-and-shes-not-kissing-cows-melanie.html|title=Melanie's Back And She's Not Kissing Cows|first=John|last=Rockwell|date=14 November 1976|access-date=24 March 2022|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In their review, ''[[Cash Box]]'' magazine referred to Melanie as "one of our best folk-rock stylists" and that she was "surrounded by excellent instrumental tracks" on the album and that "there is not a weak song in the package."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-11-20.pdf|title=Cash Box|date=1976-11-20|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine singled out "Cyclone" as "the most powerful vocally and lyrically and one of the best songs she's ever recorded."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1976/Billboard%201976-11-27.pdf|title=Billboard|date=1976-11-27|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' also praised "Cyclone", stating that it's "not exactly the type of song one would expect from Melanie, but it's a captivating rocker nonetheless and could storm all the way up the charts."<ref>https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/77/RW-1977-02-19-OCR-Page-0022.pdf#search=%22melanie%20singles%20chart%22</ref> ''[[AllMusic]]'' noted that the album was "very much Melanie's own victory - her material was a revelation, and more sophisticated than anything she'd ever accomplished before."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/photograph-mw0000546219|title=Photograph - Melanie | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing==
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*Angelo Mauceri - percussion, vocals
*Richard Greene - violin
*[[Carol Parks]], Denny Bell, Edwin Hawkins Singers, Jay Wolfe - backing vocals
*[[David Campbell (composer)|David Campbell]] - arrangements, viola on "Photograph"
*[[Art Pepper]] - saxophone on "I'm So Blue"
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==Charts==
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|align="left"|Australian Charts
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*Original Atlantic Press Release [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/David_Boldinger/Phtgrph.htm]▼
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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{{Melanie Safka}}
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