Warmer (Randy VanWarmer album)

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. A year later Warmer was released and produced by Del Newman. It was initially released on vinyl, 8-track, and cassette, and in 1995 it was released on compact disc. "Just When I Needed You Most" was written by VanWarmer when he was eighteen and still in England, and the song has been described as "a ballad of heartbreak from a man's point of view." It reached No. 4 on Billboard in 1979.

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

Reception
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. According to The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, "Just When I Needed You Most" was the song VanWarmer was "best remembered for."

Track listing
All tracks composed by Randy VanWarmer

Personnel

 * Randy VanWarmer - vocals, guitar, backing vocals
 * Arti Funaro, John Holbrook, John Tropea, Johnny Christopher, Mick Barakan, Steve Gibson - guitar
 * Jack Williams, Tony Levin - bass
 * John Holbrook, Mick Hodgkinson, Shane Keister, Warren Bernhardt - keyboards
 * Kenny Malone, Steve Jordan - drums
 * George Carnell, Ian Kimmet, John Holbrook, Ray Cooper - percussion
 * John Sebastian - autoharp
 * Stan Saltzman - saxophone
 * Alan Williams, Chris Thompson, Gary Osborne, John Richardson, Katie Kissoon, Roger Moss, Stevie Lange - backing vocals
 * Del Newman - string arrangements, conductor
 * Technical
 * John Holbrook - additional production, engineer, remixing
 * Ian Kimmet - additional production
 * Brent Maher, George Carnell, Jeff Hendrickson, Richard Dodd, Scott Litt - engineer
 * Desmond Strobel - art direction
 * Aaron Rapoport - photography