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Line 1: {{Infobox album ~~{{Infobox Album \| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->~~ \| ~~Cover~~name = ~~Photogphmelanie.jpg\|~~Photograph \| ~~Name~~ type = ~~Photograph \|~~[[Album]] \| ~~Type~~ artist = [[~~Album~~Melanie Safka\|Melanie]] \| \| ~~Artist~~cover = ~~[[Melanie Safka\|Melanie]] \|~~Photogphmelanie.jpg \| alt ~~Released~~ = ~~1976~~ \|= \| released = 1976 Genre = [[Pop music\|Pop]] \|▼ \| recorded = Label = [[Atlantic Records]] \|▼ \| venue = ~~Producer = Peter Schekeryk \|~~ \| ~~Reviews~~studio = ▲\| ~~Genre~~ genre = [[Pop music\|Pop]] \| * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating\|4.5\|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4jd5vwrea9xk link] \| \| length = Last album = ''[[Sunset and Other Beginnings]]''<br />(1975) \|▼ ▲\| ~~Label~~ label = [[Atlantic Records\|Atlantic]] \| ~~This album = ''Photograph''<br />(1976) \|~~ \| producer = Peter Schekeryk, [[David Paich]], [[Marty Paich]] Next album = ''[[Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face]]''<br />(1978) \|}}▼ ▲~~Last album~~\| prev_title = ~~''[[~~Sunset and Other Beginnings~~]]''<br />(1975) \|~~ \| prev_year = 1975 ▲~~Next album~~\| next_title = ~~''[[~~Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face~~]]''<br />(1978) \|}}~~ \| next_year = 1978 }} {{Album ratings '''''Photograph''''' is an album released by [[Melanie Safka\|Melanie]] in 1976; her only release on [[Atlantic Records]]. The album contains the single "Cyclone".▼ \| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] \| rev1Score = {{Rating\|4.5\|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=r810072}}</ref> \|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies\|Christgau's Record Guide]]'' \|rev2Score = C+<ref name="CG">{{cite book\|last=Christgau\|first=Robert\|author-link=Robert Christgau\|year=1981\|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]\|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]\|isbn=089919026X\|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M\|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70\|access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref> }} ▲'''''Photograph''''' is an album released by American singer [[Melanie Safka\|Melanie]] in 1976;, her only release on [[Atlantic Records]]. The album contains ~~the single~~ "Cyclone" which was released as a single. ~~[[Ahmet Ertegün]], who had personally signed Melanie to his label, was credited with Creative Direction on the album and was very involved with the making; present at all vocal sessions and mixes.~~ ~~The~~[[Ahmet ~~album~~Ertegün]], ~~was~~who ~~heralded~~had bysigned ~~the~~Melanie ~~[[New~~to ~~York~~his ~~Times]]~~label, aswas ~~one~~credited ofwith ~~the best albums of~~creative ~~1976;~~direction ~~although~~on the album, ~~went~~was ~~largely~~involved ~~unnoticed by~~with the ~~public. The~~ album's ~~was~~recording, ~~only~~and ~~released~~present inat ~~the~~all ~~U.S,~~vocal ~~Australia~~sessions and ~~New Zealand~~mixes. Despite positive reviews and a publicity tour that saw appearances on ''[[American Bandstand]]'', ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' and ''[[The Brady Bunch Hour]]'', the album went largely unnoticed by the public and failed to chart in America. The album was only released in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. For reasons unknown, Atlantic Records pulled the album from distribution shortly after its release. Largely considered by fans to be her best work; the album was re-issed by [[Rhino Records]] in 2005 as an individually numbered limited edition of 3,500 copies. The album contained the remastered album, plus a second disc of tracks recorded during the same sessions. ▼ ▲~~Largely considered by fans to be her best work; the~~The album was ~~re-issed~~reissued by [[Rhino Records]] in 2005 as an individually numbered limited edition of 3,500 copies. The ~~album~~reissue contained ~~the~~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== All songs written by [[Melanie Safka]], except where noted. #"Cyclone" #"If I Needed You" #"[[The Letter (Box Tops song)\|The Letter]]" ([[Wayne Carson Thompson]]) #"Groundhog Day" #"Nickel Song / [[Music! Music! Music!]]" (Stephan Weiss, [[Bernie Baum]]) #"Photograph" #"I'm So Blue" #"Secret Ofof ~~The~~the Darkness (I Believe)" #"Save Me" #"Raindance" #"Friends ~~And~~and Company" ===2005 CD reissue=== ~~==Re-Issue==~~ The 2005 ~~re-issue~~CD reissue, ''Photograph (Double Exposure)'', contained a bonus disc of material recorded during the Atlantic sessions: #"Groundhog Day" (Alternate Version) #"Cyclone" (Alternate Version) #"Secret of the Darkness (I Believe), Pt. 1 " #"Secret of the Darkness (I Believe), Pt. 2 " #"Unfinished Business" (Selma Version) #"Whamp Bhomp Song" #"[[Ruby Tuesday (song)\|Ruby Tuesday]]" ([[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]]) #"Love to Live Again" #"Here We Go Again" #"Jukebox Magazine " #"Miranda" ([[Phil Ochs]]) #"Unfinished Business" (West Version) #"Remember Me Good " #"[[Over the Rainbow]]" ([[Harold Arlen]], [[E.Y. Harburg]]) All songs written by Melanie Safka except where noted ==Personnel== Melanie - guitar, vocals Dave Doran - guitar, vocals [[Dean Parks]], [[Louie Shelton]] - guitar David Jackson, [[Jerry Scheff]], Jay Wolfe - bass [[David Paich]], Jim Drennan - keyboards [[Jeff Porcaro]] - drums, vocals [[Jim Gordon (musician)\|Jim Gordon]], [[John Guerin]] - drums [[Milt Holland]], [[Victor Feldman]] - percussion 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" [[Robin Williamson]] - mandolin on "Raindance" [[Marty Paich]] - arrangements ==Charts== ~~{{col-begin}}~~ ~~{{col-2}}~~ {\| class="wikitable" !align="left"\|Album Charts !align="left"\|Peak<br />position \|- \|align="left"\|Australian Charts Line 67 ⟶ 99: \|- \|} '''External Links:'''▼ ==References== Original Atlantic Press Release[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/David_Boldinger/Phtgrph.htm]▼ {{Reflist}} ▲~~'''~~==External ~~Links:'''~~links== ▲~~Original~~ ~~Atlantic Press Release~~[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/David_Boldinger/Phtgrph.htm Original Atlantic press release] {{Melanie Safka}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Photograph (Album)}} [[Category:1976 albums]] [[Category:Melanie ~~Safka~~(singer) albums]] [[Category:Albums arranged by Marty Paich]] [[Category:Albums arranged by David Campbell (composer)]] [[Category:Atlantic Records albums]]