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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Somewhere in My Lifetime
| Type = [[Album]]
| name = Somewhere in My Lifetime
| Artist = [[Phyllis Hyman]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Cover = Hyman somewhere.jpg
| artist = [[Phyllis Hyman]]
| Recorded = 1978
| cover = Hyman somewhere.jpg
| Released = January 10, 1979
| alt =
| released = January 10, 1979
| Genre = {{flat list|
| recorded = 1977–1978
*[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
| venue =
*[[Soul music|soul]]
| studio =
*[[disco]]
| genre = {{flat list|
*[[pop music|pop]]
*[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
*[[jazz]]}}
*[[pop music|pop]]
| Length = 42:39
*[[Middle of the road (music)|MOR]]}}
| Label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| length = 42:39
| Producer = Larry Alexander, [[Skip Scarborough]], [[Barry Manilow]], [[Ron Dante]]
| label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| Last album = ''[[Sing a Song (album)|Sing a Song]]''<br>(1978)|
| producer = Larry Alexander, [[Skip Scarborough]], [[Barry Manilow]], [[Ron Dante]], Theodore Life
| This album = ''Somewhere in My Lifetime''<br>(1979) |
| prev_title = [[Sing a Song (album)|Sing a Song]]
| Next album = ''[[You Know How to Love Me]]''<br>(1979) |}}
| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = [[You Know How to Love Me]]
{{Album ratings|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]|rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllmusicReview">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r2037027|pure_url=yes}} | title= ''Somewhere in My Lifetime'' Phyllis Hyman| work=[[Allmusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Guide]]|accessdate=2011-07-26}}</ref>
| next_year = 1979
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Somewhere in My Lifetime
| type = studio
| single1 = Somewhere in My Lifetime
| single1date = December 1978
| single2 = Kiss You All Over" / "So Strange
| single2date = April 1979
}}
}}
}}

'''''Somewhere in My Lifetime''''' is the third studio [[album]] by singer [[Phyllis Hyman]]. It was released by [[Arista Records]] in 1979, becoming Hyman's debut Arista release (see [[1979 in music]]).
'''''Somewhere in My Lifetime''''' is the third studio [[album]] by singer [[Phyllis Hyman]]. It was released by [[Arista Records]] in 1979, becoming Hyman's debut Arista release (see [[1979 in music]]).


==Background==
Six of the tracks were first used on her previous album on Buddah, with three tracks produced by Theodore Life and the title track, co-produced and arranged by Barry Manilow, added for the Arista release. The album was reissued on CD in 2008 through BMG Special Products; the release features two bonus tracks.
Six of the tracks first appeared on her previous album, ''[[Sing a Song (album)|Sing a Song]]'', on [[Buddah Records]]. Three tracks were produced by Theodore Life, with the title track co-produced and arranged by [[Barry Manilow]]. "[[Kiss You All Over]]" was one of the newly recorded tracks for this album and was a cover of the hit single by the band [[Exile (American band)|Exile]], which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]] a few months before the album was released.


==Track listing==
===Singles===
Both singles from this album were only released in North America.
Side one:
# "Kiss You All Over" ([[Mike Chapman]], [[Nicky Chinn]]) - 5:14
# "Somewhere in My Lifetime" (Jesus Alvarez) - 3:30
# "Lookin' for a Lovin'" (Phyllis Brown, Barry Goldberg) - 2:58
# "The Answer Is You" (Mark Radice) - 5:09 <small>(Previously issued in 1978 on ''[[Sing a Song (album)|Sing a Song]]'')</small>
# "So Strange" (Theodore Life, Bill Green) - 4:40
Side two:
# "Gonna Make Changes" (Phyllis Hyman) - 3:58 <small>(Previously issued in 1978 on ''Sing a Song'')</small>
# "Living Inside Your Love" ([[Skip Scarborough]], Renee Taylor) - 6:14 <small>(Previously issued in 1978 on ''Sing a Song'')</small>
# "Be Careful (How You Treat My Love)" (Gary Glenn) - 4:12 <small>(Previously issued in 1978 on ''Sing a Song'')</small>
# "Soon Come Again" (Larry Alexander, Sandy Torano) - 3:36 <small>(Previously issued in 1978 on ''Sing a Song'')</small>
# "[[Here's That Rainy Day]]" ([[Jimmy Van Heusen]], [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]) - 3:02 <small>(Previously issued in 1978 on ''Sing a Song'')</small>


The first single "Somewhere in My Lifetime" was released in December 1978. The single contained the album version with "Gonna Make Changes" as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Somewhere in My Lifetime|others=Phyllis Hyman|year=1978|publisher=Arista|id=AS 0380|type=liner notes}}</ref> It peaked at no. 12 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart, spending 16 weeks on that chart in total.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/phyllis-hyman/chart-history/blp/|title=Phyllis Hyman Chart History|accessdate=August 13, 2024|publisher=Billboard}}</ref>
===CD bonus Bonus tracks===
11. "Kiss You All Over" - 12" Version (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) - 6:18
12. "So Strange" - 12" Version (Theodore Life, Bill Green) - 9.02


The second single was a [[A-side and B-side|double A-side]] release containing "So Strange" and "Kiss You All Over". The 7" single contained edited versions of both songs.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=So Strange/Kiss You All Over|others=Phyllis Hyman|year=1979|publisher=Arista|id=AS 0412|type=liner notes}}</ref> A promotional 12" single was also released with extended versions of both songs.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=So Strange/Kiss You All Over|others=Phyllis Hyman|year=1979|publisher=Arista|id=SP-42|type=liner notes}}</ref> The double A-side single did not chart on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but did reach no. 75 on the ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs]] chart, becoming her second entry on this chart.<ref name="Billboard"/>
==Personnel==
* Leo Adamian: [[Drum kit|Drums]]
* Larry Alexander: [[Background Vocals]]
* Monty Alexander: [[Piano]]
* [[Bob Babbitt]]: [[Bass guitar]]
* [[Rubens Bassini]]: [[Percussion]]
* Deva Grey: [[Background Vocals]]
* Gordon Grody: [[Background Vocals]]
* [[Onaje Allan Gumbs]]: [[Piano]]
* [[Herbie Hancock]]: [[Piano]]
* Phyllis Hyman: [[Background Vocals]]
* [[Azar Lawrence]]: [[Alto saxophone]]
* [[Will Lee (bassist)|Will Lee]]: [[Bass guitar]]
* Theodore Life: [[Guitar]], [[Background Vocals]]
* Steve Love: [[Guitar]]
* Al Martinez: [[Background Vocals]]
* Nate Neblett: [[Drum kit|Drums]]
* Sam Peake: [[Background Vocals]]
* Sylvia Pichler: [[Background Vocals]]
* Steve Robbins: [[Synthesizer]], [[Piano]]
* John Rowin: [[Guitar]]
* Louis Russell: [[Guitar]]
* Robert Russell: [[Bass guitar]]
* Josh Shaw: [[Background Vocals]]
* Michael Stanton: [[Piano]]
* Ernest Straughter: [[Piano]]
* Bill Summers: [[Percussion]]
* Sybil Thomas: [[Background Vocals]]


===Production===
===Reissues===
''Somewhere in My Lifetime'' received its first [[Compact Disc]] release in Japan on September 22, 1999.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Somewhere in My Lifetime|others=Phyllis Hyman|year=1999|publisher=Arista|id=BVCM-35042|type=liner notes}}</ref> The first CD release in the United States did not come until 2010 when Reel Music released an expanded edition of the album with the 12" versions of "Kiss You All Over" and "So Strange" as bonus tracks.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Somewhere in My Lifetime|others=Phyllis Hyman|year=2010|publisher=Arista/Reel Music|id=A761660|type=liner notes}}</ref> SoulMusic Records released their own expanded edition in 2013 in the United Kingdom, with the aforementioned 12" versions added as bonus tracks, as well as the three songs from ''[[Sing a Song (album)|Sing a Song]]'' that did not make it onto ''Somewhere in My Lifetime'' on its original release.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Somewhere in My Lifetime|others=Phyllis Hyman|year=2013|publisher=SoulMusic Records|id=SMCR 5092|type=liner notes}}</ref> SoulMusic Records expanded the album further in the 2021 boxset ''[[Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998]]'' with a sixth bonus track – the song "As You Are" from the [[Pharoah Sanders]] album ''[[Love Will Find a Way (Pharoah Sanders album)|Love Will Find a Way]]''.
* Producer: Larry Alexander and Skip Scarborough (Tracks 4, 6 and 8-10); T. Life (Tracks 1, 3 and 5); [[Barry Manilow]] and [[Ron Dante]] (Track 2).

* Arranger: Monty Alexander, Dave Crawford, Onaje Allan Gumbs, and Skip Scarborough.
==Critical reception==
* Engineers: Don Cody, Michael Delugg, Rick Rowe, and William Wittman.
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllmusicReview">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2037027|pure_url=yes}} | title= ''Somewhere in My Lifetime'' Phyllis Hyman| work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Guide]]|accessdate=2011-07-26}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Colin Larkin|The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin |page=161}}</ref>
}}
The ''[[Bay State Banner]]'' deemed the album "black [[Middle of the road (music)|MOR]]," writing that most of the songs are "so marginal that Hyman's talents wind up buried in dross, stale arrangement and meandering production."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lane |first1=George |title=Shades of Blue |work=Bay State Banner |issue=24 |date=22 Mar 1979 |page=14}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
Tracks 4, 6–10 were first released on ''[[Sing a Song (album)|Sing a Song]]''.
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = [[Kiss You All Over]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Mike Chapman]]|[[Nicky Chinn]]}}
| length1 = 5:14
| title2 = Somewhere in My Lifetime
| writer2 = {{hlist|Jesus Alvarez}}
| length2 = 3:30
| title3 = Lookin' for a Lovin'
| writer3 = {{hlist|Phyllis Brown|Barry Goldberg}}
| length3 = 2:58
| title4 = The Answer Is You
| writer4 = {{hlist|Mark Radice}}
| length4 = 5:09
| title5 = So Strange
| writer5 = {{hlist|Theodore Life|Billy Green}}
| length5 = 4:40
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Gonna Make Changes
| writer6 = {{hlist|Phyllis Hyman}}
| length6 = 3:58
| title7 = Living Inside Your Love
| writer7 = {{hlist|[[Skip Scarborough]]|Renee Taylor}}
| length7 = 6:14
| title8 = Be Careful (How You Treat My Love)
| writer8 = {{hlist|Garry Glenn}}
| length8 = 4:12
| title9 = Soon Come Again
| writer9 = {{hlist|Larry Alexander|Sandy Torano}}
| length9 = 3:36
| title10 = [[Here's That Rainy Day]]
| writer10 = {{hlist|[[Jimmy Van Heusen]]|[[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]}}
| length10 = 3:02
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2010 U.S. Expanded edition bonus tracks <small>– Arista/Reel Music A761660</small>
| title11 = Kiss You All Over
| note11 = 12" version
| writer11 = {{hlist|Mike Chapman|Nicky Chinn}}
| length11 = 6:18
| title12 = So Strange
| note12 = 12" version
| writer12 = {{hlist|Theodore Life|Billy Green}}
| length12 = 9:02
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2013 U.K. Expanded edition bonus tracks <small>– SoulMusic Records SMCR 5092</small>
| title11 = So Strange
| note11 = 12" version
| writer11 = {{hlist|Theodore Life|Billy Green}}
| length11 = 9:02
| title12 = Kiss You All Over
| note12 = 12" version
| writer12 = {{hlist|Mike Chapman|Nicky Chinn}}
| length12 = 6:18
| title13 = Sweet Music
| writer13 = {{hlist|Al Martinez}}
| length13 = 3:51
| title14 = Love is Free
| writer14 = {{hlist|Mark Radice}}
| length14 = 3:49
| title15 = Sing a Song
| writer15 = {{hlist|[[Philip Bailey]]|Ernest Straughter}}
| length15 = 3:39
}}

== Personnel ==
*Phyllis Hyman - vocals
* Leo Adamian - [[Drum kit|drums]]
* Larry Alexander - [[backing vocals]]
* [[Monty Alexander]] - [[piano]]
* [[Bob Babbitt]] - [[bass guitar]]
* [[Rubens Bassini]] - [[percussion]]
* Diva Gray - backing vocals
* Gordon Grody - backing vocals
* [[Onaje Allan Gumbs]] - piano
* [[Herbie Hancock]] - piano
* [[Azar Lawrence]] - [[alto saxophone]]
* [[Will Lee (bassist)|Will Lee]] - bass guitar
* Theodore Life - [[guitar]], backing vocals
* Steve Love - guitar
*[[Jimmy Maelen]] - percussion
* Al Martinez - backing vocals
*[[Sid McGinnis]] - guitar
* Nate Neblett - drums
* Sam Peake - backing vocals
* Sylvia Pichler - backing vocals
* Steve Robbins - [[synthesizer]], piano
* John Rowin - guitar
* Louis Russell - guitar
* Robert Russell - bass guitar
*[[Paul Shaffer]] - piano
* [[Jocelyn Shaw]] - backing vocals
* Michael Stanton - piano
* Ernest Straughter - piano
* Bill Summers - percussion
* Sybil Thomas - backing vocals
*[[Ronnie Zito]] - drums

=== Production ===
* Producer: Larry Alexander and Skip Scarborough (Tracks 4, 6 and 8–10); Theodore Life (Tracks 1, 3 and 5); [[Barry Manilow]] and [[Ron Dante]] (Track 2)
* Arranger: Monty Alexander, Dave Crawford, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Skip Scarborough
* Engineers: Don Cody, Michael DeLugg, Rick Rowe, William Wittman
* Mastering: Cozy Noda and Jack Skinner
* Mastering: Cozy Noda and Jack Skinner


==References==
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1979)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|70|artist=Phyllis Hyman|rowheader=true|refname=BB200}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|15|artist=Phyllis Hyman|rowheader=true|refname=BBR&B}}
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{discogs master|346691|Somewhere in My Lifetime}}

{{Phyllis Hyman}}

{{Authority control}}


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Somewhere in My Lifetime
Studio album by
Phyllis Hyman
ReleasedJanuary 10, 1979
Recorded1977–1978
Genre
Length42:39
LabelArista
ProducerLarry Alexander, Skip Scarborough, Barry Manilow, Ron Dante, Theodore Life
Phyllis Hyman chronology
Sing a Song
(1978) 		Somewhere in My Lifetime
(1979) 		You Know How to Love Me
(1979)
Singles from Somewhere in My Lifetime
  1. "Somewhere in My Lifetime"
    Released: December 1978
  2. "Kiss You All Over" / "So Strange"
    Released: April 1979

Somewhere in My Lifetime is the third studio album by singer Phyllis Hyman. It was released by Arista Records in 1979, becoming Hyman's debut Arista release (see 1979 in music).

Background

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Six of the tracks first appeared on her previous album, Sing a Song, on Buddah Records. Three tracks were produced by Theodore Life, with the title track co-produced and arranged by Barry Manilow. "Kiss You All Over" was one of the newly recorded tracks for this album and was a cover of the hit single by the band Exile, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 a few months before the album was released.

Singles

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Both singles from this album were only released in North America.

The first single "Somewhere in My Lifetime" was released in December 1978. The single contained the album version with "Gonna Make Changes" as the B-side.[1] It peaked at no. 12 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, spending 16 weeks on that chart in total.[2]

The second single was a double A-side release containing "So Strange" and "Kiss You All Over". The 7" single contained edited versions of both songs.[3] A promotional 12" single was also released with extended versions of both songs.[4] The double A-side single did not chart on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but did reach no. 75 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, becoming her second entry on this chart.[2]

Reissues

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Somewhere in My Lifetime received its first Compact Disc release in Japan on September 22, 1999.[5] The first CD release in the United States did not come until 2010 when Reel Music released an expanded edition of the album with the 12" versions of "Kiss You All Over" and "So Strange" as bonus tracks.[6] SoulMusic Records released their own expanded edition in 2013 in the United Kingdom, with the aforementioned 12" versions added as bonus tracks, as well as the three songs from Sing a Song that did not make it onto Somewhere in My Lifetime on its original release.[7] SoulMusic Records expanded the album further in the 2021 boxset Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998 with a sixth bonus track – the song "As You Are" from the Pharoah Sanders album Love Will Find a Way.

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul[9]

The Bay State Banner deemed the album "black MOR," writing that most of the songs are "so marginal that Hyman's talents wind up buried in dross, stale arrangement and meandering production."[10]

Track listing

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Tracks 4, 6–10 were first released on Sing a Song.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kiss You All Over"
5:14
2."Somewhere in My Lifetime"
  • Jesus Alvarez
3:30
3."Lookin' for a Lovin'"
  • Phyllis Brown
  • Barry Goldberg
2:58
4."The Answer Is You"
  • Mark Radice
5:09
5."So Strange"
  • Theodore Life
  • Billy Green
4:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Gonna Make Changes"
  • Phyllis Hyman
3:58
7."Living Inside Your Love"
6:14
8."Be Careful (How You Treat My Love)"
  • Garry Glenn
4:12
9."Soon Come Again"
  • Larry Alexander
  • Sandy Torano
3:36
10."Here's That Rainy Day"
3:02
2010 U.S. Expanded edition bonus tracks – Arista/Reel Music A761660
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Kiss You All Over" (12" version)
  • Mike Chapman
  • Nicky Chinn
6:18
12."So Strange" (12" version)
  • Theodore Life
  • Billy Green
9:02
2013 U.K. Expanded edition bonus tracks – SoulMusic Records SMCR 5092
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."So Strange" (12" version)
  • Theodore Life
  • Billy Green
9:02
12."Kiss You All Over" (12" version)
  • Mike Chapman
  • Nicky Chinn
6:18
13."Sweet Music"
  • Al Martinez
3:51
14."Love is Free"
  • Mark Radice
3:49
15."Sing a Song"
3:39

Personnel

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Production

[edit]
  • Producer: Larry Alexander and Skip Scarborough (Tracks 4, 6 and 8–10); Theodore Life (Tracks 1, 3 and 5); Barry Manilow and Ron Dante (Track 2)
  • Arranger: Monty Alexander, Dave Crawford, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Skip Scarborough
  • Engineers: Don Cody, Michael DeLugg, Rick Rowe, William Wittman
  • Mastering: Cozy Noda and Jack Skinner

Charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[11] 70
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] 15

References

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  1. ^ Somewhere in My Lifetime (liner notes). Phyllis Hyman. Arista. 1978. AS 0380.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b "Phyllis Hyman Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  3. ^ So Strange/Kiss You All Over (liner notes). Phyllis Hyman. Arista. 1979. AS 0412.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ So Strange/Kiss You All Over (liner notes). Phyllis Hyman. Arista. 1979. SP-42.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Somewhere in My Lifetime (liner notes). Phyllis Hyman. Arista. 1999. BVCM-35042.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Somewhere in My Lifetime (liner notes). Phyllis Hyman. Arista/Reel Music. 2010. A761660.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Somewhere in My Lifetime (liner notes). Phyllis Hyman. SoulMusic Records. 2013. SMCR 5092.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Somewhere in My Lifetime Phyllis Hyman". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 161.
  10. ^ Lane, George (22 Mar 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 24. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Phyllis Hyman Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Phyllis Hyman Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
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