Songwriter (Richard Marx album)

Songwriter is the thirteenth studio album by American singer/songwriter and record producer/arranger Richard Marx, released on September 30, 2022. The debut single "Same Heartbreak, Different Day" peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Background
Songwriter features songs in the genres pop, rock and country, as well as ballads. For this album, Marx worked with many other songwriters, including his sons Lucas and Jesse, Keith Urban, Darius Rucker, Burt Bacharach, Richard Page, and Chris Daughtry among others.

Personnel

 * Burt Bacharach – composer, producer
 * J. Blynn – electric guitars
 * Steve Brewster – drums
 * Topher Brown – writer
 * Paul Bushnell – bass
 * Cliff Colnot – string arrangement
 * Chris Daughtry – composer
 * Nina DiGregorio – violin
 * Shawn Fichter – drums
 * Josh Freese – drums
 * Brian Griffin – drums
 * Randy Houser – composer
 * Taylor Hawkins – drums
 * Mark Hill – bass
 * David Hodges – composer
 * Jillian Jacquline – harmony vocals
 * Michael Jade – composer, producer
 * Whynot Jansveld – mastering, bass guitar
 * Michael Landau – electric guitar, all guitars
 * Brice Long – composer
 * Jesse Marx – composer, producer, all instruments, background vocals
 * Lucas Marx – composer, producer, mixer, answer vocals, all instruments
 * Richard Marx – lead vocals, composer, producer, background vocals, all guitars, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, ganjo
 * Chip Matthews – mixing
 * Herman Matthews – drums
 * Jerry McPherson – guitars
 * Miles McPherson – drums
 * Adam Messinger – composer, producer, mixing, all instruments
 * Michael Omartian – string arrangement
 * Richard Page – composer
 * Greg Phillinganes – piano
 * Matthew Prock – engineer, mixing, mastering
 * Darius Rucker – writer
 * Matt Scannell – writer, producer, guitars, verse guitar, bass guitar
 * Keith Urban – writer
 * CJ Vanston – producer, mixing, all instruments
 * Jorge Vivo – recorder
 * Jason Wade – composer
 * Matt Walker – drums
 * Jason Webb – keyboards
 * Bruce Wiegner – composer, producer, mixing, all instruments