No Frills (Bette Midler album)

No Frills
Studio album by
Bette Midler
ReleasedAugust 1, 1983
Recorded1983
Studio
GenreRock, new wave
Length38:08
LabelAtlantic
ProducerChuck Plotkin
Bette Midler chronology
The Best of Bette
(1981) 		No Frills
(1983) 		Mud Will Be Flung Tonight
(1985)
Singles from No Frills
  1. "All I Need to Know"
    Released: 1983
  2. "Favorite Waste of Time"
    Released: 1983
  3. "Beast of Burden"
    Released: February 10, 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB−[2]
Q[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

No Frills is the sixth studio album by American singer Bette Midler, released on Atlantic Records in 1983. No Frills was Midler's first studio album in four years, following the movies The Rose, Divine Madness! and Jinxed!. The rock and new wave influenced album was produced by Chuck Plotkin, best known for his work with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, and included three single releases; the ballad "All I Need to Know", a cover of Marshall Crenshaw's "You're My Favorite Waste of Time" and Midler's take on the Rolling Stones song "Beast of Burden".

  1. ^ No Frills at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Bette Midler".
  3. ^ O'Brien, Lucy (March 1996). "Bette Midler". Q: 116.
  4. ^ Coleman, Marc; Brackett, Nathan (2004). "Bette Midler". In Brackett, Nathan; Christian, Hoard (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 540. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.