| The Wanderer | ||||
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| Released | October 20, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | March–July 1980 | |||
| Studio | Westlake Audio and Rusk Sound Studios (Hollywood, California) | |||
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| Length | 39:17 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Giorgio Moroder Pete Bellotte | |||
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The Wanderer is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on October 20, 1980. It marks a musical departure for Summer, being an album influenced by rock and new wave whilst previous albums all fell under the disco music category. Her inaugural release of the Geffen Records label, it became a top 20 album in the United States, with the title track reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100; other singles failed to enter the top ten. However, the record was less successful on the charts than her previous album Bad Girls, which topped the Billboard 200 for five weeks.
This album had been out of print, but was re-released on December 9, 2014, on the Driven by the Music label with remastered and bonus tracks, alongside all her other albums released during the 1980s (excluding She Works Hard for the Money). A reissue was released for purchasing and streaming for the 40th anniversary of the album on October 16, 2020. It features the original tracks and seven additional remix tracks.
The album sold over 600,000 copies in the United States.