Thinkin' About You (1998) - Rita Coolidge

Featuring »

Rita Coolidge

Tracklisting »

Shoo Rah   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 4:05 Love Without Mercy   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 3:48 Without Love   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 3:59 Letting You Go With Love   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 3:44 Runaway Love   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 3:30 What's It Gonna Be   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 3:26 The Way I Loved You   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 3:53 I've Been Thinking About You   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 5:07 I'm Not Your Lover   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 4:02 Everybody Needs   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 5:11 I'll Remember You   Date Performance: 1998, Running Time: 3:57

Guest Appearances »

Bekka Bramlett, Steve Brewster, Bryan Cumming(s), Tabitha Fair, Tony Harrell, Wayne Jackson, Vail Johnson, Chris Leuzinger/Luezinger, Arno Lucas, Michael Mellett, Jonell Mosser, Jimmy Nichols, Tim Veazey, Rick Vito

Released »

1998-03-17

Format »

Domestic Vinyl/CD Album

Other Appearances »

Dyna/Dinah Brein (Songwriter), Monty Byrom (Songwriter), Michael Anthony Caruso (Songwriter), Jimmy/James Percival Chambers (Songwriter), Tamara M. Champlin (Songwriter), George Edward Chandler (Songwriter), Rick Chudacoff (Songwriter), Tim Drummond (Songwriter), Rhonda J. Gunn (Songwriter), Jimmy Helms (Songwriter), Liam (William Russell) Henshall (Songwriter), Oscar Houchins (Songwriter), Cindy Houchins (Songwriter), Joe/Joseph Peter Lamont (Songwriter), Dennis Joseph Matkosky (Songwriter), Essra Mohawk (Sandra Elayne Hurvitz) (Songwriter), David Neuhauser (Songwriter), Bob/Robert Joseph Pfeifer (Songwriter), Mike/Michael Barry Reid (Songwriter), Laura Satterfield (Songwriter), Doug Summers (Songwriter), Richard Lee Wold (Songwriter), Rick Chudacoff (Produced By), ShoCorp International (Management), Eric Rudd (Recorded By), Eric Rudd (Mixed By), Randy LeRoy (Mastered By), Scott Brasher/Brasier (Strings Arranged By), Mark Maloney (Artwork By), John Otto (Artwork By), Beth Herzhaft (Photography By), Mark Maloney (Design By), John Otto (Design By), Mark Maloney (Layout By), John Otto (Layout By), Jenna Barnes (A&R Coordination By), Eric Hunter (A&R Coordination By), Scott Brasher/Brasier (Strings Programmed By), Barry Papina (Sample Editing By)

Record Label »

Innerworks Records

Catalogue Number »

FOF-2100-2

Running Time »

44:49

Liner Notes »

Recorded at Quad Studios and Eclectic Studio, Nashville, TN Additional recording at Wildwood Studios & Omni Studio, Nashville, TN Mixed at Quad StUdiOs, Nashville, TN Mastered at Final Stage, Nashville, TN Special thanks to Steve Nagoshin and Latin Percussion Thanks to Frank Volpe and Innerworks for having the foresight and vision to support this recording. Special thanks to Joe Lamont for the years of believing in me and persevering toward this recording with unwavering faith! Loving thanks to Rick Chudacoff for the steady, gentle push, and for letting me be myself in the music. I am eternally grateful! Big thanks to Tim Goodwin, my brother and fnend for undying commitment to make this project breathe. Your hard work is always my inspiration to go forward through the tests and struggles in this life! Thanks to Caron Rodriguez for living in laughter and positive energy constantly reminding me of the joy we all can share effortlessly, by just letting it be... Thanks forever to the players in the tracking band, Tony Harrell, Chris Luezinger, Steve Brewster, Vail Johnson, and my dear Rick Vito, collectively known as 'Foam Hinge. You tracked at the speed of sound with more talent than I have known in all my recording days! To Eric Rudd, Thanks for sharing your incredible ears and for instinctively knowing how to deal with this wild Indian! To the singers, my choir of angels, Bekka Bramlett, Tabitha Fair, Jonell Mosser, and Michael Mellet, my humble thanks for your golden voices. To Bekka Bramlett, "Aunti Rita" is especially thankful to you for bringing us all full circle. Thanks to Tim Veazey for the shelter, the loving support and for soaring your inspired piano on "I'll Remember You". To my Nashville family, The Utleys, Thanks for always realizing and generously filling my need for family. Mike Thanks for the ride! A heartfelt thanks to my guardian angel, Connie Nelson for guiding me to and holding safe my new home. To my touring band, Lynn Keller, Brian Ray, Tom Canning, Arno Lucas, and Alan Hart. a sincere thanks to you all for sticking by me all these years, always being there for me. I love you dearly. To my parents, Charlotte and Dick Coolidge, my sisters Priscilla and Linda, my brother Dick, my daughter Casey and my grandchild Hana Belle. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for a lifetime of unconditional love. To Laura, thank you for "I'll Remember You". It truly speaks of the love our family holds! The greatest thanks I offer is to God, my heavenly father for giving me the precious gift of music and choosing me as the messenger. Management: ShoCorp International 11684 Ventura Blvd. # 899 Studio City, CA 91604 Please visit my website at http://www.ritacoolidge.com (C) (P) 1998 Innerworks Records, International 1017 17th Avenue South Side Suite 2 Nashville, TN 37212 Marketed and manufactured by 404 Music Group, Inc. 510 Edgewood Ave., NE, Suite One Atlanta, Georgia 30312 Distributed by Navarre Corporation, MN Warning: All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Compact Disc Digital Audio 6 17917-8

Reviews »

Add your review here. Coolidge in fine form Review written by John Fitzgerald, June 2nd, 2005 Many I have encountered seem to have a banal attitude towards Rita Coolidge and granted, she does not write her own material and perhaps she is not a top class artist but given a fair chance in exposing songwriting talents the way Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt among others have done in the past, the lady has pleasing music to offer and this most impressive disc is the best place to start your investigation in to her works. Relevantly here, Bekka and Rick are on every song except three piano & string led ballads: "Letting you go with love", the slight blues feel of "The way I loved you" and the nice closing "I'll remember you". Bekka can be heard well on many songs here, as can Rick, which is an added plus for us. The catchy upbeat opener "Shoo rah" has lean guitars which mesh well with the tumbling rhythms. I guess the soothing "Love without mercy" is the most predictable song here as it does sound like the kind of ballad one expects to hear from Coolidge but it must be said that it's handled very nicely. "Without love" is a chunky rocker which has more guts than one might expect from a Rita rocker. Even more rocking is the slidy Bonnie Raitt styled "Runaway love" which will be an instant favorite to owners of this CD. I can hear Bekka the most on the side to side soulful finger snapper "What's it gonna be". "I've been thinking about you" is an up tempo twangy fitting, well, "almost" title track! Also, the emotional vocals of the moderate speed "I'm not your lover" won't hit you until the song fade which is most effective and "Everybody needs" is an anthemic ballad which could be seen as corny but it does the trick in my opinion. There's a lot of good Rick guitar parts throughout the album, predictably on the rockers as spoken of above but this is a good album to hear his more subtle playing on as well and I highly recommend it to anyone wishing to dip their toes in to either Bekka and/or Rick's guest appearances and this must be seen as a highlight in Rita's career too so you really can't go wrong with this CD as a purchase.

Last Modified »

2011-07-31

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Discography entry submitted by L. Marvin, Scott Brasher & Marty Adelson.