Satisfied (Rita Coolidge album) explained

Satisfied
Type:	Album
Artist:	Rita Coolidge
Cover:	Coolidge, Rita Satisfied Cover.jpg
Released:	September 1979
Recorded:	Sunset Sound Studios
Genre:	Pop
Length:	39:19
Label:	A&M
Producer:	David Anderle Booker T. Jones
Prev Title:	Natural Act (with Kris Kristofferson
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Greatest Hits
Next Year:	1980

Satisfied is a 1979 album by Rita Coolidge, released on A&M Records. The album is notable for containing Coolidge's comeback single, "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love", as well as for its perceived unique musical direction at the time of its release.

History

The album contains Coolidge's comeback single, "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love", as well as Coolidge's version of The Chiffons' "One Fine Day", which was also released as a single. The album has been described as comparable in significance to Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis album, released ten years earlier.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "One Fine Day" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:00
2. "The Fool in Me" (Dave Loggins, Randy Goodrum) – 4:21
3. "Trust It All to Somebody" (Donna Weiss, Lenny Macaluso) – 4:11
4. "Let's Go Dancin'" (Booker T. Jones) – 5:19

Side two

1. "Pain of Love" (Johnny Bristol) – 4:00
2. "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" (Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen) – 3:29
3. "Sweet Emotion" (Priscilla Jones) – 4:08
4. "Crime of Passion" (Mary Unobsky, Danny Ironstone) – 4:57
5. "Can She Keep You Satisfied" (Rita Coolidge, Priscilla Jones) – 4:46

Personnel

• Rita Coolidge – vocals
• Booker T. Jones – keyboards, horns (8), backing vocals, arrangements, string arrangements
• Michael Utley – keyboards, arrangements
• Stephen Bruton – guitars
• Dean Parks – guitars
• Fred Tackett – guitars
• Dennis Belfield – bass
• Bob Glaub – bass
• Tommy McClure – bass
• Sammy Creason – drums
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Richie Cannata – horns (1-7, 9), horn arrangements
• Dorothy Ashby – harp
• Jules Chaikin – string conductor
• Priscilla Coolidge – backing vocals
• Donny Gerrard – backing vocals
• Michael McDonald – backing vocals
• John Seiter – backing vocals

Production

• David Anderle – producer, mixing
• Booker T. Jones – producer
• Ron Hitchcock – recording
• Peggy McCreary – recording, mixing
• Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Ellen Vogt – production assistant
• Roland Young – art direction
• Chuck Beeson – album design
• Francesco Scavullo – photography
• Bert Block – management

References

1. Joe Viglione, Review of Satisfied; www.allmusic.com.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 74.