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LaVern (album)

LaVern is the debut studio album from American rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker, released by Atlantic Records in 1956.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this release 3 out of 5 stars. A 1998 repackaging of this with 1958's LaVern Baker received 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that "both records are excellent" and recommending it to listeners because it collects hard-to-find tracks, but complains that "a couple of cuts fall a little flat" and "the remastering and packaging aren't quite up to the standard of the music itself". In the 2004 edition of The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, the two-album compilation was rated 4.5 out of 5 stars and the editors write that this material features Baker as a "gut-bucket R&B singer" that combines blues and pop music.

Track listing

  1. "Lots and Lots of Love" (LaVern Baker) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:26
  2. "Of Course I Do" (Chuck Willis) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:51
  3. "You’ll Be Crying" (Vincent Corso) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:58
  4. "Miracles" (Jerry Samuels) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:46
  5. "I’m in a Crying Mood" (Fletcher Henderson and Willmette Ward) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:50
  6. "Mine All Mine" (Bessie Smith) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:14
  7. "Harbor Lights" (Gordon Kennedy, Jimmy Kennedy, and Hugh Williams) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:20
  8. "I’ll Never Be Free" (Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:20
  9. "Romance in the Dark" (Lillian "Lil" Green) Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:00
  10. "Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool" (Lionel Hampton) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:09
  11. "How Long Will It Be" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:42
  12. "Fool That I Am" (Floyd Hunt) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:20

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