Nicolette (album)

Nicolette
Nicolette
Studio album by Nicolette Larson
Released	September 29, 1978
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Soft rock, country rock
Length	38:09
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ted Templeman
Nicolette Larson chronology
Singles from Nicolette
	"Lotta Love"; Released: 1978; "Rhumba Girl"; Released: 1979;

Nicolette is the debut album by Nicolette Larson, released in 1978 by Warner Bros. Records. It reached #15 on the US pop charts and #1 in Canada and was certified Gold in both markets.

Larson gained public attention singing backup for Neil Young on American Stars 'n Bars and Comes a Time. Her first charting single was Young's smoky composition "Lotta Love". As a single, it hit #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #8 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #8 in Record World magazine. The follow-up single, "Rhumba Girl," fell short of the US Top 40 but reached #15 in Canada and #4 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.^[1]

Eddie Van Halen appears uncredited on guitar on "Can't Get Away From You".

The album was re-released on CD in 2005 on the Wounded Bird label.

Album cover photo

The cover photo of the album was taken in the Garden Court restaurant at The Palace Hotel, San Francisco.^[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lotta Love"	Neil Young	3:11
2.	"Rhumba Girl"	Jesse Winchester	3:52
3.	"You Send Me"	Sam Cooke	3:56
4.	"Can't Get Away from You"	Lauren "Chunky" Wood	3:17
5.	"Mexican Divorce"	Bob Hilliard, Burt Bacharach	3:57
6.	"Baby Don't You Do It"	Holland, Dozier, Holland	3:42
7.	"Give a Little"	Bill Payne, Fran Payne	3:00
8.	"Angels Rejoiced"	Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin	2:27
9.	"French Waltz"	Adam Mitchell	4:22
10.	"Come Early Mornin'"	Bob McDill	2:42
11.	"Last in Love"	Glenn Frey, JD Souther	3:43

Nicolette Larson – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, percussion
Paul Barrère – guitar
James Burton – guitar, dobro
Valerie Carter – backing vocals
Victor Feldman – vibes, percussion
Michael McDonald – backing vocals
Bill Payne – keyboards
Herb Pedersen – guitar, backing vocals
Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals
Bob Glaub – bass guitar
Mark T. Jordan – keyboards
David Kalish – guitar
Bobby LaKind – percussion, conga, triangle
Albert Lee – guitar, mandolin
Fred Tackett – guitar
Ted Templeman – percussion, backing vocals
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
Sid Sharp – synthesizer, concertmaster
Jimmie Haskell – strings, accordion, conductor, string arrangements, woodwind arrangement
Chuck Findley – horn
Jim Horn – horn
Plas Johnson – flute
Andrew Love – saxophone
Steve Madaio – horn
Rick Shlosser – drums
Patrick Simmons – guitar
Edward Van Halen - guitar on "Can't Get Away from You"

Chart (1978–1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	6
Canada	1


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[6]	Gold	20,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)^[6]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

^ "Canadian Chart". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
^ Chrispell, James. Nicolette Larson: Nicolette at AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ "which pop singer?". Retrieved 2015-04-04.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 174. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Nicolette First Gold for Larsson" (PDF). Cash Box. March 10, 1979. p. 16. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via World Radio History.