Ballroom Streets

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Ballroom Streets
Studio album by
Melanie
Released1978
StudioTriiad Recording Studios, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
GenrePop, rock
LabelTomato
ProducerPeter Schekeryk
Melanie chronology
Phonogenic - Not Just Another Pretty Face,
(1978) 		Ballroom Streets
(1978) 		Arabesque
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Ballroom Streets is a 1978 double album released by Melanie. The album is essentially a live album but recorded in the studio with a small audience. It mixed new recordings of old songs with some new songs. When first issued on CD in 1989, it did not contain "Holding Out", "Any Guy", "Groundhog Day" and "Friends and Company". There was a rare promotional only 12-inch single with the songs "Cyclone (Candles in the Rain)" and "Running After Love" [Tomato TOM 12D-0004] distributed at the time of the album's release.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Melanie Safka except where noted.

  1. "Running After Love" – 4:24
  2. "Holdin' Out" – 3:15
  3. "Cyclone / Candles in the Rain" – 7:18
  4. "Beautiful Sadness" – 5:43
  5. "Do You Believe" – 3:52
  6. "Nickel Song" – 3:03
  7. "Any Guy" – 3:08
  8. "What Have They Done to My Song Ma" – 4:17
  9. "I Believe" – 3:49
  10. "Poet" – 3:50
  11. "Save Me" – 6:53
  12. "Together Alone" – 3:26
  13. "Ruby Tuesday" (Keith Richards, Mick Jagger) – 6:36
  14. "Buckle Down" – 3:14
  15. "Miranda" (Phil Ochs) – 3:46
  16. "Brand New Key" – 3:38
  17. "Groundhog Day" – 4:01
  18. "Friends and Company" – 6:50
  • Melanie - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Sal DiTroia - acoustic guitar
  • Tony Battaglia – guitar, slide guitar, bass
  • Luis Cabaza – keyboards
  • Robbie Georgia – dobro, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Stan Kipper – drums, backing vocals
  • Bob Leone – bass
  • John Tegthoff - organ, backing vocals
  • Mary McCaffrey – vocals
  • The Persuasions – backing vocals
  • T.C. – backing vocals
Technical
  • Peter Schekeryk – producer
  • Michael Laskow, Paul Kaminsky – engineer
  • Paul K Saxenmeyer - Assistant Engineer
  • Benno Friedman - cover photography
  • Gregg Lamping - tech engineer[2]

Charts[edit]

Album Charts Peak
position
U.S Billboard Charts [3] 207
U.S Cash Box Charts[4] 157

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ballroom Streets at AllMusic
  2. ^ Printed on LP jacket "Above and beyond the call"
  3. ^ "Melanie". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Cash Box" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
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