Lauren Wood (album)

Lauren Wood
Lauren Wood
Studio album by Lauren Wood
Released	1979
Genre	Soft rock
Length	40:14
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Michael J. Jackson
Singles from Lauren Wood
	"Please Don't Leave"; Released: August 1979;

Lauren Wood, released in 1979, is the first eponymous album by Lauren Wood. It features her Chunky, Novi & Ernie bandmates Novi Novog (her cousin), and bassist Ernie Emerita. The disc is studded with guest stars including Little Feat members Bill Payne and Fred Tackett, Steve Lukather, Ronnie Montrose and Jim Keltner. Her duet with Michael McDonald, "Please Don't Leave", went to #5 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart and #24 on the Pop Singles chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Lauren Wood except "Nothin' But a Heartache" by Michael McDonald and "Dirty Work" by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker

"Please Don't Leave" (3:58) Vocals - Lauren Wood, Michael McDonald; Piano, Synthesizer solo - Bill Payne
"Save the Man" (4:19) Guitar solo - Jay Graydon; Viola - Novi; Syndrums - Alvin Taylor
"Hollywood" (5:12) Guitar solo - Summer Mering; Synthesizer solo - Novi
"Nothin' But a Heartache" (3:50) Saxophone solo - John Klemmer; Background vocals - Wood, McDonald, John Townsend, Rosemary Butler, Bobby LaKind
"Gotta Lotta" (4:03) Synthesizer intro - Duncan Mackay; Saxophone solo - Andrew Love; Horns - Love and Ben Cauley
"Where Did I Get These Tears" (4:31) Viola solo - Novi
"Dirty Work" (3:44) Guitar solo - Ronnie Montrose; Synthesizer - Mackay; Background vocals - Wood, McDonald, Townsend, Butler, Patrick Simmons
"Time Zone" (5:52) Synthesizer - Novi; Background vocals - Wood, McDonald, Townsend, Butler, LaKind
"Overload " (4:31) Acoustic piano and all vocals - Wood; String arrangement - Novi

Lauren "Chunky" Wood - lead vocals
Lauren "Chunky" Wood, Bill Payne, Jai Winding - keyboards
Jeff Porcaro, Jim Keltner, Alvin Taylor, Michael Baird, Rick Shlosser - drums
Ernie Emerita, Abraham Laboriel, David Hungate - bass
Steve Lukather, Fred Tackett, Jay Graydon, Ronnie Montrose, Sumner Mering - guitars
Novi, Bill Payne, Duncan Mackay - synthesizer
Novi - viola
John Klemmer, Andrew Love - saxophone
Marcy Dicterow Vaj - concertmistress
Paul Lani, Steve Forman, Bobby LaKind, Michael J. Jackson, Sinclair Rogers Lott III, Debra Dobkin - percussion
Bill Champlin, Arno Lucas, Bobby Kimball, Lauren "Chunky" Wood, John Townsend, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons, Ricardo de Campas, Ki-Ki Koury, Rosemary Butler - additional background vocals

Produced by Michael J. Jackson, "Please Don't Leave" produced by Jackson and Ted Templeman
Engineered by James Isaacson