The Hungry Years

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Release Date

1975

Duration

55:09

Genre

Styles

Recording Location

  • Clover Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
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Neil Sedaka

The Hungry Years

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Since Sedaka's Back was a hit, Neil Sedaka and co-producer Graham Gouldman saw no reason to mess with success on its follow-up, The Hungry Years. The record is essentially Sedaka's Still Back, complete with the same adult contemporary/MOR material and slick production that marked its predecessor. It also suffers from uneven material, but it's distinguished by a slow rearrangement of "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" and "Bad Blood," a duet with Elton John. The remainder of the album is pleasant but undistinguished soft rock from the mid-'70s. (Varese Sarabande's 1998 reissue of The Hungry Years contained four bonus tracks.)

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time
1
Phil Cody / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:28
2
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:19
3
Howard Greenfield / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
4:23
4
Phil Cody / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:09
5
Phil Cody / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:32
6
Howard Greenfield / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:32
7
Howard Greenfield / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:57
8
Phil Cody / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
4:22
9
Phil Cody / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
4:35
10
Howard Greenfield / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
4:08
11
Howard Greenfield / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:21
12
Dara Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:02
13
Howard Greenfield / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:35
14
Howard Greenfield / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
2:53
15
Phil Cody / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
3:53
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