Carole Bayer Sager
Sometimes Late At Night
Expanded Edition Remastered CD with Bonus Tracks | ICON 1056
- Originally released 1981
- Co-written and co-produced by Burt Bacharach
- First time on CD from the original master tapes
- Features an exclusive duet with Michael Jackson, plus prominent contributions from Neil Diamond, Melissa Manchester, Peter Allen, David Foster, Lee Ritenour, members of Toto and Pages/Mr. Mister, and more session stars
- Includes 2 rare bonus single versions plus 20 minutes of audio commentary from Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach
- Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini
- New 5,600-word liner notes by Joe Marchese (TheSecondDisc.com), including exclusive interviews with Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach, and the late Brooks Arthur
- Memorabilia-packed 24-page booklet
- Includes her Top 40 hit “Stronger Than Before”
Track Listing
- 1. Prologue
- 2. I Won’t Break
- 3. Just Friends
- 4. Tell Her
- 5. Somebody’s Been Lying
- 6. On The Way To The Sky
- 7. You And Me (We Wanted It All)
- 8. Sometimes Late At Night
- 9. Wild Again
- 10. Easy To Love Again
- 11. Stronger Than Before
- 12. You Don’t Know Me
- 13. Reprise
Bonus Tracks
- 14. Conversation with Carole and Burt, Part 1
- 15. Stronger Than Before (single version)
- 16. Conversation with Carole and Burt, Part 2
- 17. Easy To Love Again (single version)
- 18. Conversation with Carole and Burt, Part 3
Special Guests
- Burt Bacharach - Piano and Synthesizers
- Richard Bennett - Guitar
- Vince Charles - Percussion
- Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
- Neil Diamond - Guitar on On The Way To The Sky
- King Errisson - Percussion
- David Foster - Fender Rhodes and Synthesizer
- Steve George - Background Vocals
- Vennette Gloud - Background Vocals
- Franne Golde - Background Vocals
- Jay Graydon - Electric Guitar Joann Harris - Background Vocals
- Tom Hensley - Piano
- Michael Jackson - Duet Vocals on Just Friends
- Paul Jackson Jr. - Guitar
- Jim Keltner - Drums
- Michael Lang - Piano and Fender Rhodes
- Alan Lindgren - Synthesizer
- Warren Luening - Flugel Horn
- Steve Lukather – Guitar
- Melissa Manchester - Background Vocals on On The Way To The Sky, Sometimes Late At Night
- Tim May - Acoustic Guitar
- Richard Page - Duet Vocals on Wild Again, Background Vocals on I Won't Break, Easy To Love Again, Stronger Than Before
- Jeff Porcaro - Drums
- Reinie Press - Bass
- Doug Rhone - Guitar
- Lee Ritenour - Electric and Acoustic Guitar
- Bruce Roberts - Background Vocals on On The Way To The Sky, Stronger Than Before
- Lee Sklar - Bass
- Dennis St. John - Drums
- Ian Underwood - Synthesizers
- Ed Walsh - Synthesizers
- George Young - Saxophone
Originally released in 1981, Carole Bayer Sager’s Sometimes Late At Night is no ordinary record. A concept album with seamlessly flowing songs balancing lyrical intimacy and musical splendor, it chronicles the arc of a relationship and the many facets of love through a woman’s perspective.
Written by Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach in the early days of their romance, produced by Bacharach and Brooks Arthur, and featuring a “Who’s Who” of the era’s top musicians, Sometimes Late At Night has been described by AllMusic’s Joe Viglione as “the Sgt. Pepper of singer-songwriter recordings.”