Donna Summer - 1984 - Cats Without Claws

Donna Summer - 1984 - Cats Without Claws

Released 1984
Recorded 1984
Genre Pop, Dance, Soul, R&B, Gospel
Length 36:36
Label Geffen
Producer(s) Michael Omartian

Codec: Lame 3.92
Quality: CBR, 320kbps, stereo

Track Listing

Supernatural Love (Donna Summer, Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano) 3:33
It's Not The Way (Donna Summer, Michael Omartian) 4:22
There Goes My Baby (Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell) 4:05
Suzanna (Donna Summer, Michael Omartian) 4:29
Cats Without Claws (Donna Summer), Michael Omartian) 4:20
Oh Billy Please (Donna Summer, Michael Omartian) 4:55
Eyes (Donna Summer, Michael Omartian) 4:45
Maybe It's Over (Donna Summer) 4:43
I'm Free (Donna Summer, Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano) 4:29
Forgive Me (Reba Rambo, Dony McGuire) 4:30

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Personnel

Donna Summer - vocals, composer
Michael Omartian - composer, producer, keyboards, additional drums & percussion
Bruce Sudano - composer
Michael Baird - drums
Nathan East - bass
Michael Landau - guitars
Paul Jackson, Jr. - guitars
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Gary Herbig - sex solos
Erich Bulling - synthesizer programs
Ronnie Puccinelli - production coordinator
Background vocals: Dara Bernard, Mary Ellen Bernard, Gene Van Buren, Cydney Davis, Siedah Garrett, Kahliq Glover, Portia Griffin, Susannah Melvoin, Bruce Sudano, Charles Vassy, Terry Williams
Management: Susan Munao Management Co. Inc.
Photography: Harry Langdon
LP Art Direction: Chris Whorf for Art Hotel
Design: Jeffrey Fey for Art Hotel

Production

Produced and arranged by Michael Omartian
Engineered and mixed by John Guess. "It's Not The Way," "Suzanna" and "Oh Billy Please" mixed by Juergen Koppers
2nd engineers: Larry Fergusson, Dave Ahlert, Tom Fouce, Ross Palone
Recorded at Lion Share Studios, Los Angeles; United Western Studios, Hollywood; Rhema Studio, Los Angeles
LP mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems, Hollywood

Cats Without Claws is an album by Donna Summer released in 1984. Summer had achieved monumental fame during the disco era of the 1970s, and by now was signed to Geffen Records. She had had some degree of success with them, though her previous album (which had been her most successful since the disco era) had been released on another label.

Due to the success of the previous She Works Hard for the Money album, producer Michael Omartian was also asked to produce the new album too. As with its predecessor, the majority of tracks were written by Summer and Omartian, though a couple of other writers were credited including Summer's husband Bruce Sudano. As with the previous album, this one was pop/dance orientated but too included soulful ballads. The album also contained a cover of "There Goes My Baby", originally made popular by The Drifters, and a gospel song written by Reba Rambo and Dony McGuire entitled "Forgive Me", for which Summer would win a Grammy award for Best Inspirational Performance. (Indeed, producer Michael Omartian was well-known at the time for his work with contemporary Christian superstar Amy Grant.)

Cats Without Claws did not follow the success of its predecessor, reaching only Number 40 on the U.S. album chart. It produced three singles - the aforementioned "There Goes My Baby", "Supernatural Love" (also released as a 12" Disco Single) and "Eyes". Of these, only the first had reasonable success, just missing the U.S. Top 20. Further 12" dance remixes included "Eyes" and "I'm Free".