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-photographed sleeve art, depicting most of a nude Collins as seen from the back. The album was still something of a commercial disappointment, however, peaking at No. 54 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums charts.

Track listing

# "Hard Times for Lovers" ( Hugh Prestwood) – 3:56 # "Marie" ( Randy Newman) – 3:11 # "Happy End" (Henry Gaffney) – 3:12 # "

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, Don Henley) – 3:34 # "I Remember Sky" ( Stephen Sondheim) – 4:00 # "Starmaker" (Bruce Roberts,

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) – 4:28 # "Dorothy" (Hugh Prestwood) – 4:37 # "I'll Never Say Goodbye" (Theme from the Universal Picture '' The Promise'') ( Alan Bergman,

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) – 3:41 # "Through the Eyes of Love" (Theme from ''

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'') ( Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:28 # "Where or When" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:38

Personnel

*Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano *

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– guitar, pedal steel *

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– harmonica *Gary Coleman – percussion *Hilda Harris – background vocals * Cissy Houston – background vocals * David Hungate – bass *

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– drums *Mike Lang – piano *Dean Parks – guitar *Lee Ritenour – guitar *Maretha Stewart – background vocals *Fred Tackett – guitar *Jai Winding – piano, keyboards *David Wolfert – guitar, arranger *Sid Sharp – strings, concertmaster *Harry Bluestone – strings, concertmaster

Production notes

*Produced by Gary Klein *Charles Koppelman – executive producer *Arranged and conducted by Lee Holdridge and Nick DeCaro *Frank DeCaro - Music Contractor and Album Supervisor *Linda Gerrity – production coordination *Art direction by Nancy Greenberg *Mastered by Bernie Grundman and Zal Schreiber *Assistant Engineering by Pete Lewis, Linda Tyler, Don Henderson *Engineer, remixing by John Mills, Armin Steiner *Photography by

References

{{Authority control Judy Collins albums 1979 albums Albums arranged by Lee Holdridge Albums produced by Gary Klein (producer) Elektra Records albums