What a Feelin'

by Irene Cara

Overview

As a general rule, you would expect that an album featuring a gold-selling number one hit, a Top Ten hit, and two Top 40 follow-ups would itself be a considerable success, but Irene Cara's second album had trouble staying among the 100 best-sellers. Why? That chart-topper, "Flashdance...What a Feeling," had come the previous spring, and most people who wanted to own it had purchased it either as a single or on the multi-platinum soundtrack album. Plus, Cara never established a base beyond her individual hits. This wasn't surprising, really, since, despite her participation as singer and co-lyricist, Cara essentially was the mouthpiece of Euro-disco producer Giorgio Moroder on these recordings. Thus, although she was all over the airwaves in 1983-1984, and although this album contained all five of her chart entries from the period, Cara herself failed to benefit over the long term, and as a glut for this kind of material set in, she was left behind. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	05/06/2022
Label:	Unidisc
UPC:	0068381729910
Rank:	85719

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Irene Cara   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Harold Faltermeyer   Guest Artist
Keith Forsey   Guest Artist,Drums,Percussion
Joe Pizzulo   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Dean Parks   Guitar
Lenny Castro   Percussion
Richie Zito   Drums,Guitar,Keyboards,Drum Machine,Simmons Drums
Neil Stubenhaus   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Mike Baird   Drums
Beth Andersen   Vocals (Background)
Bunny Hull   Vocals (Background)
Bruce Roberts   Vocals (Background)
Giorgio Moroder   Vocals (Background)
Silvester Levay   Keyboards
Beth Anderson   Vocals (Background)
James Newton Howard   Piano,Synthesizer
Joe Esposito   Vocals (Background)
David Lasley   Vocals (Background)
Maxine Willard Waters   Vocals (Background)
Merry Clayton   Vocals (Background)
Michael Baird   Drums
Arthur Barrow   Keyboards,Guitar (Bass)
Will Lee   Guitar (Bass)
Wendy McKenzie   Vocals (Background)
Mary Hylan   Vocals (Background)
Victoria Berdy   Percussion
William Seidman   Guitar
Leo Adamian   Percussion
Carole Steele   Percussion
Sylvester Levay   Keyboards
Maxine Waters   Vocals (Background)
Charlotte Crossley   Vocals (Background)
Stephanie Spruell   Vocals (Background)
Stephanie Spruill   Vocals (Background)
Joe Caro   Guitar

Technical Credits

John Benitez   Remixing
Rick Ruggieri   Engineer
Pete Bellotte   Composer
Richie Zito   Arranger,Composer
Michael Frondelli   Engineer
Bunny Hull   Composer
Dave Concors   Engineer
Brian Reeves   Engineer
Giorgio Moroder   Composer,Producer
Silvester Levay   Arranger
James Newton Howard   Producer
Eddie Brown   Composer
Arthur Barrow   Composer
Chris Whorf   Design
William Sandman   Composer
William Seidman   Arranger,Engineer
Harry Langdon   Photography
James Howard   Producer
Sylvester Levay   Arranger
Jeffery Fey   Design
Mike Frondelli   Engineer
Keith Forsey   Composer,Programming,Percussion Programming
Irene Cara   Composer,Percussion Programming
Jack Joseph Puig   Mixing Engineer
Elliot Scheiner   Engineer