The Hungry Years

The Hungry Years is an album by Neil Sedaka, the title of which is an eponymous track from the album. It was released by The Rocket Record Company in 1975.

For the 1991 album, see The Hungry Years (Willie Nelson album).
The Hungry Years
Studio album by
Neil Sedaka
Released1975
GenrePop
LabelThe Rocket Record Company
ProducerNeil Sedaka, Robert Appere
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideC+[1]

The album is the American edition of Overnight Success, with two songs being replaced.

"Bad Blood," a duet with Elton John, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, was certified gold, and was the most commercially successful single of his career; his follow-up, a slowed-down, bluesy remake of his 1962 #1 smash "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," hit #8 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart over December 1975-January 1976. "The Queen of 1964," from his British-released Overnight Success album, reached #35 in the UK in March 1975.

Also, The Captain and Tennille's cover of Sedaka's "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" from The Hungry Years, hit #3 on the Hot 100 and was certified gold.

Track listing

All music composed by Sedaka; lyricist in (parentheses).

Side One
  1. "Crossroads" (Phil Cody)
  2. "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" (Sedaka)
  3. "Stephen" (Howard Greenfield)
  4. "Bad Blood" (Cody) (duet with Elton John)
  5. "Your Favorite Entertainer" (Cody)
  6. "Baby Blue" (Greenfield)

Side Two
  1. "Tit for Tat" (Greenfield)
  2. "New York City Blues" (Cody)
  3. "When You Were Lovin' Me" (Cody)
  4. "The Hungry Years" (Greenfield)
  5. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Greenfield; torch version originally arranged by Leon Welch)

Bonus Tracks from the 1998 CD re-issue
  • (12) "Hey Mister Sunshine" (Dara Sedaka)
  • (13) "The Queen Of 1964"*
  • (14) "Betty Grable"
  • (15) "Goodman Goodbye"* (Sedaka, Cody)
  • "The Queen of 1964" was from Overnight Success; it was replaced by "Tit For Tat" in The Hungry Years.
  • "Goodman Goodbye" was from Overnight Success; it was replaced by "Your Favorite Entertainer" in The Hungry Years.

References
  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.



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