Description
SKU/Barcode: 700261408224
With her 20th album, You Gotta Love The Life, Melissa Manchester celebrates not only 40 years as a Grammy award-winning performer and songwriter, but also a renewed independence and vitality. ''This album couldn't have come a minute before it came,'' she says. The melodically diverse collection, which includes guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, Keb' Mo', Dionne Warwick, Dave Koz, and Joe Sample (in one of his last recordings) is the gifted singer's first new studio album since 2004's When I look Down That Road. There are also many big names behind the scenes: The comforting ''Other End of the Phone'' is the legendary Hal David's final lyric. Manchester cowrote the bittersweet ''No There There'' with pal and touring partner, actor Paul Reiser. She has appeared on both the large (For The Boys) and small (Blossom) screen, as well as the stage, including co-creating the Ovation-nominated ballroom dance extravaganza Fascinating Rhythms. With You Gotta Love The Life, Manchester embraces the sum total of her multi-faceted career with verve and vibrancy. And while she may have more experience than she did when she got her start, her passion and drive remain undiminished. ''My hunger is the same hunger I had when I was 17,'' she says. ''This album is what I know for sure at last.''