The Hottest Night of the Year is the nineteenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1982. The album reached #29 on Billboard's Country albums chart and peaked at #90 on the Billboard Pop albums chart. Its US sales were estimated at 200,000 copies.
The album's first single, a cover of the 1961 Bruce Channel hit "Hey! Baby" was a U.S. country top-ten single, reaching number 7; the following up single, "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye", also peaked at number 7 on the country singles chart. Both singles topped the Canadian Country singles charts.
Track listing
Personnel
- Anne Murray – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Brian Whitcomb – electric piano (1), acoustic piano (2, 8, 9)
- Lance Ong – synthesizers (1, 2)
- Doug Riley – synthesizers (1), organ (3), keyboards (4-7, 10)
- Bobby Ogdin – acoustic piano (3)
- Dennis Burnside – electric piano (3)
- Mike "Pepe" Francis – electric guitar (1, 2, 8), guitars (4, 6, 7, 10)
- John Hug – electric guitar (1, 2, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (8)
- Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 8, 9)
- Rafe Van Hoy – acoustic guitar (3)
- Paul Worley – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (3)
- Bob Mann – guitars (4-7, 10)
- Brian Russell – guitars (5)
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (3)
- Ben Mink – mandolin (10), fiddle (10)
- Leland Sklar – bass (1, 2, 8, 9)
- Joe Osborn – bass (3)
- Tom Szczesniak – bass (4-7, 10)
- Mike Botts – drums (1, 2, 8, 9)
- Eddie Bayers – drums (3)
- Barry Keane – drums (4-7, 10)
- Steve Forman – percussion (1, 2, 8)
- Dick Smith – percussion (1, 2, 4, 6-8)
- Earl Seymour – baritone saxophone (6)
- Vern Dorge – tenor saxophone (6)
- Butch Wantanabe – trombone (6)
- Guido Basso – trumpet (6)
- Charlie Gray – trumpet (6)
- Peter Cardinali – horn arrangements and conductor (6)
- Rick Wilkins – string arrangements and conductor (3, 4, 10)
- Alan Broadbent – string arrangements and conductor (8, 9)
- Glenn Grab – string contractor (3, 4, 8-10)
- Bill Richards – string contractor (3, 4, 8-10)
- Bruce Murray – backing vocals
- Deborah Schaal Greimann – backing vocals
Production
- Balmur Ltd. – executive producers
- Jim Ed Norman – producer
- Ken Friesen – recording, mixing
- Marshall Morgan – recording
- Eric Prestidge – recording
- Tom Henderson – recording assistant
- Ben Rodgers – recording assistant
- John Rosenthal – recording assistant
- Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Paul Cade – art direction, design, illustration
- Bob Karman – illustration
- Bill King – photography
- Ted Larson – lettering
- George Abbott – make-up artist
- Shelly Yakimov – hair stylist
Chart performance
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