Sedaka's Back

Sedaka's Back
Compilation album by
Neil Sedaka
ReleasedNovember 1974[1]
GenrePop
Length45:18
LabelRocket
ProducerNeil Sedaka and Robert Appère, Neil Sedaka and 10cc
Neil Sedaka chronology
Live at the Royal Festival Hall
(1974) 		Sedaka's Back
(1974) 		Overnight Success/The Hungry Years
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]

Sedaka's Back is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka. The record, composed of selections from his previous three albums, which had been released only in the UK,[4] was released on Elton John's label, The Rocket Record Company, in 1974. Three singles were released from this album: "Laughter in the Rain" (a #1 hit), "The Immigrant" (dedicated to John Lennon) and "That's When the Music Takes Me." The latter two songs were both Top 40 hits. Also included were songs that were turned into hits by other artists: "Solitaire" (The Carpenters) and "Love Will Keep Us Together" (The Captain & Tennille). The album reached No. 23 on the US Billboard album charts and was certified Gold for shipping half a million sales.[4]

  1. ^ "Neil Sedaka – Sedaka's Back". Super Seventies. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ a b "Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia" by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, Dorling Kindersley, 1999