Warmer (album)
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| Studio album by Randy VanWarmer | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Blues, Funk/Soul, Jazz, Pop, Rock | |||
| Label | Bearsville Records | |||
| Producer | Del Newman | |||
| Randy VanWarmer chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Billboard | Mixed |
| Rolling Stone |  |
Warmer is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Randy VanWarmer.
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.
By December 1980, VanWarmer toured in Europe to support the release of Warmer, as well as Japan and Hong Kong.
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."
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