We'll Sing in the Sunshine (album)


We'll Sing in the Sunshine is the tenth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 1978 by Capitol Records. The album included two songs that were also covered by Johnny Mathis in the first half of that year: "All I Ever Need", which came out on his March release, You Light Up My Life, and "Ready or Not", on which he duetted with Deniece Williams for their June release, That's What Friends Are For. Reddy also ventures into Beatles territory with their rockabilly number "One After 909" and takes on Jeff Lynne's "Poor Little Fool" with accompaniment in the vein of Electric Light Orchestra. This was her first album that did not reach Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart. On February 23, 2010, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being her 1977 release, Ear Candy.

Singles

Just as her last album, Ear Candy, had "You're My World", a cover of someone else's hit song, as its lead single, so was the case here. The title track from this album was released on March 27, 1978, but became her first lead single not to have any appearances on the Billboard Hot 100. It did, however, debut on Billboard's Easy Listening chart in the issue of the magazine dated April 22, and peak at number 12 during its nine weeks there. Reddy writes of this song, "For those who can't commit because they hear the call of the open road, this one is for you."
"Ready or Not" had its Easy Listening chart debut as the second single from the album later that year, in the July 1 issue, and got as high as number 28 over the course of eight weeks. The July 15 issue saw the start of the song's five-week run on the Hot 100, during which time it made it to number 73, and in Canada's RPM magazine it reached number 70 pop.

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Ready or Not" – 3:51
  2. "All I Ever Need" – 3:28
  3. "Poor Little Fool" – 4:09
  4. "One After 909" – 3:02
  5. "I'd Rather Be Alone" – 4:16
Side 2
  1. "Lady of the Night" – 3:17
  2. "Catch My Breath" – 2:56
  3. "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" – 3:34
  4. "Blue" – 4:32
  5. "If I Ever Had to Say Goodbye to You" – 3:02
; Rarities from the Capitol Vaults tracks
In 2009 EMI Music Special Markets released Rarities from the Capitol Vaults, a 12-track CD of mostly what were previously unreleased Reddy recordings. Four of the songs were taken from the recording sessions for We'll Sing in the Sunshine, including an alternate version of "Blue" and:
; Personnel on "All I Ever Need", "Catch My Breath", "I'd Rather Be Alone", "If I Ever Had to Say Goodbye to You", "Poor Little Fool", "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"
; Additional personnel on "All I Ever Need", "Catch My Breath", "If I Ever Had to Say Goodbye to You", "Poor Little Fool"
; Additional personnel on "I'd Rather Be Alone", "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"
;Personnel on "Blue", "Lady of the Night", "One After 909", "Ready or Not"