Melissa Manchester established a strong career with her affiliation with Clive Davis’ important Arista Records. With that, she released singles like “Midnight Blue”, and a rousing cover of Peter Allen’s essential track, “Don’t Cry Out Loud”, making the song her own. With a voice as stunningly beautiful as her looks, Melissa Manchester gave songs a strength that enriched her catalog of album releases, twenty studio sets in all (including last year’s The Fellas). One of those albums was Mathematics, a new label debut for MCA Records in 1985 (and her only one with MCA).
On October 12, Second Disc Records (awesome job, Joe Marchese! I know and love this guy!) along with Real Gone Music, will revisit Mathematics with a 2CD restoration that will not only deliver a newly remastered edition of the 1985 album, but will supplement the album with a disc of thirteen bonus tracks (see track list below) that includes b-sides, dance remixes, outtakes, and three versions of “The Promise (I’ll Never Say Goodbye)” from the film, The Promise.
Joe Marchese has written the notes for the new reissue. Mathematics will be issued on CD and DD.
It’s a good time to be a Melissa Manchester fan.
Mathematics – Melissa Manchester
CD1 (Mathematics remastered)
01 – Victims of the Modern Heart
02 – Mathematics
03 – Energy
04 – Shocked
05 – All Tied Up
06 – The Dream
07 – Restless Love
08 – Thunder in the Night
09 – Night Creatures
10 – Just One Lifetime
CD2 (Bonus Tracks)
01 – Water from the Moon (previously unreleased)
02 – Skin on Skin (previously unreleased)
03 – Just One Star Beyond (previously unreleased)
04 – So Full of Yourself (Non-LP B-side)
05 – Just One Lifetime (Single Edit)
06 – Mathematics (Dance Mix)
07 – Mathematics (Dub Version)
08 – Energy (Power Mix)
09 – Energy (Dub Version)
10 – The Promise (I’ll Never Say Goodbye)
11 – Remembrance Montage/The Promise
(I’ll Never Say Goodbye)/Ben’s Drive
12 – The Promise Kept/End Title:
The Promise (I’ll Never Say Goodbye)
13 – The Music of Goodbye
(Love Theme from Out of Africa) –
with Al Jarreau