| Music, Music | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Helen Reddy |
| Cover: | Reddy-Music.jpg |
| Released: | July 8, 1976 |
| Recorded: | February – March 1976 |
| Genre: | Vocal Pop/Rock[1] |
| Length: | 30:04 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Joe Wissert |
| Prev Title: | Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Ear Candy |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
Music, Music is the eighth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in the summer of 1976 by Capitol Records and later described by J. Scott McClintock for AllMusic: "There are breezy, Bacharach-ian excursions ('Gladiola,' 'You Make It So Easy'), bluesy numbers ('Get Off Me Baby,' 'Ladychain'), light country ('Mama'), jazzy ballads (Paul Williams' torchy contribution, 'Nice to Be Around'), and even a little Philly soul ('I Can't Hear You No More').[2] On August 2 of that year the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.[3]
It debuted on Billboards Top LP's & Tapes chart that same month, in the issue dated August 14, and got as high as number 16.[4] It stopped at #36 in Cash Box magazine and #30 in Record World but made it to #14 in Canada's RPM magazine.[5] The third album recorded by Reddy with producer Joe Wissert, Music, Music was cited in 1977 by Reddy as a personal favorite from among her albums.[6] On August 23, 2005, Music, Music was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two Helen Reddy albums on one CD, the other album being her 1975 studio release, No Way to Treat a Lady.[2]
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"I Can't Hear You No More" was released in the United States on July 26, 1976,[7] and debuted on Billboards Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated August 7, eventually making it to number 29 over the course of nine weeks.[8] In the following issue, dated August 14, it made its first appearance on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, where it spent 11 weeks, one of which was at number one.[9] In RPM magazine the song got as high as number 36 pop.[10]
In Billboards August 28 issue the single's B-side, "Music Is My Life", started to be listed on the Hot 100 alongside "I Can't Hear You No More"[8] as a "tag along" to indicate that some radio stations were opting to play the flip side of the original hit that charted.[11] While "Music Is My Life" did not have any showings on the list of Easy Listening hits,[9] a third song from the album, "Gladiola", began a 12-week chart run there in the issue dated November 13 of that year that included a number 10 peak position[9] but saw no activity on the pop chart.[8]
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