Linda Eder's third album demonstrated her growth as a singer; for the first time on one of her records, you could listen through whole songs without being reminded of Barbra Streisand. She remained largely dependent for her material on composer Frank Wildhorn, but at least on this occasion, for the most part, Wildhorn worked on a consistent set of songs with the same lyricist, Jack Murphy; they came up with a varied collection not dominated by generic romantic ballads, though there were a few, especially toward the end. (There were also Wildhorn songs from his musicals Jekyll and Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and The Civil War.) Murphy's words approached wit on occasion, even if Wildhorn's music continued to hew to pre-rock pastiche, so that Eder, swimming in string and horn charts, still seemed caught in a time warp circa 1955, even when she was dropping references to RuPaul and the Internet. And she continued to be arrogant in her choice of covers, this time trying out "Over the Rainbow." Nevertheless, the news here was her development of a distinct vocal identity: finally, you could just say that Linda Eder was a great singer, not that she was a great singer who sounded like... ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Ken Wild (Bass), Charles Everett (Strings), John Cooper-Clarke (Strings), Andy de Ganahl (Engineer), Kim Scharnberg (Arranger), Jeremy Roberts (Vocals (Background)), Luis Quine (Assistant Engineer), Jerry Marotta (Drums), Clay Reude (Cello), Jim Murray (Assistant Engineer), Jeremy Roberts (Piano), Steve Richards (Cello), Marti Sweet (Violin), Mark Markman (Violin), Robert Peterson (Violin), Joe Privitelli (Mastering), Steve Skinner (Drum Programming), Sarah Seiver (Cello), Bob Mintzer (Woodwind), Anthony Vasquez (Studio Manager), Tony Kadleck (Trumpet), Chris Botti (Trumpet), Craig Copeland (Vocals (Background)), Ken Burwood-Hoy (Viola), Ed Maina (Clarinet), Glenn Grab Strings (Cello), Dave Hart (Vocals (Background)), Chris Hajian (Technical Advisor), David Finck (Bass), Peter Kenote (Viola), Joel Derouin (Violin), Ed Maina (Woodwind), Bobbi Page (Vocal Contractor), Jeremy Roberts (Orchestration), Kathleen Robertson (Violin), Olivia Koppell (Viola), Gene Orloff (Concert Master), Pat Armstrong (Studio Manager), Richard Heckman (Horn (English)), Ed Maina (Flute), Brad Aaron (Mastering), Danny Wilensky (Saxophone), Chris Hajian (Vocals (Background)), John Acevedo (Strings), Brett Swain (Assistant Engineer), Kitty Mitchell (Studio Manager), Brian Dembow (Viola), Chris Komer (French Horn), Craig Kallman (Executive Producer), Bobbi Page (Vocals (Background)), Yvonne Yedibalian (Assistant Engineer), Mike Migliore (Woodwind), Herb Besson (Trombone), Jason Goldstein (Assistant Engineer), John Feeney (Bass), Darren Mora (Assistant Engineer), David Earl Taylor (Trombone), Bernie Dresel (Percussion), Will Lee (Bass), John Acevedo (Viola), Rick Logan (Vocals (Background)), Danny Wilensky (Woodwind), Randy Brecker (Trumpet), Kevan Torfeh (Cello), Edward Persi (Viola), Mark Lambert (Guitar), Mark Walker (Drums), Ed Maina (Vocals (Background)), Louise Di Tullio (Flute (Alto)), Bashiri Johnson (Percussion), Carol Webb (Violin), Hae Young Ham (Violin), Kim Scharnberg (Vocals (Background)), Gene Bertoncini (Guitar), Daniel Reed (Violin), Steve Mixdorf (Assistant Engineer), Armen Ksadjikian (Cello), Brad Aaron (Mixing), Jim Pugh (Trombone), Robert Rinehart (Viola), Mark Thompson (Guitar), Bernie Dresel (Drums), Jeff Mironov (Guitar), Kim Scharnberg (Vocal Arrangement), Birch Johnson (Trombone), Bill Hughs (Music Preparation), Michael Scott Lanning (Vocals (Background)), Maria Newman (Viola), Linda Harmon (Vocals (Background)), John Clark (French Horn), John Acosta (Cello), Maria Kitsopoulos (Cello), Jeremy Roberts (Programming), Darrin McCann (Viola), Oscar Hidalgo (Bass), Karl Richardson (Engineer), Michael Davis (Vocals (Background)), Casey Stone (Assistant Engineer), Kim Scharnberg (Associate Producer), Arif Mardin (String Arrangements), Gloria Gabriel (Production Coordination), Brad Aaron (Engineer), Jeremy Roberts (Keyboards), Kim Scharnberg (Conductor), Kim Scharnberg (Orchestration), Linda Eder (Producer), Martha Ashton (Coordination), Sandra Park (Concert Master), Jack Murphy (Vocals (Background)), Frank Wildhorn (Producer), Murray Adler (Violin), Karl Richardson (Engineering Consultant), Sid Page (Violin), Brad Aaron (Mixing Engineer), Michael Davis (Orchestra Contractor), Steve Skinner (String Arrangements), Steve Skinner (Arranger), Robert Reed (Assistant Engineer), Michael O'Reilly (Engineer), Sandy DeCrescent (Orchestra Contractor), John Wittenberg (Violin), Arif Mardin (Producer), Lisa Kim (Violin), Cameron Patrick (Violin), Lois Martin (Viola), John Cooper-Clarke (Penny Whistle), Charles Everett (Violin), Jim Hynes (Trumpet), Karl Richardson (Mixing Engineer), Robert Peterson (Contractor), Steve Skinner (Synthesizer), John Acosta (Strings), Jerome Ashby (French Horn), Nancy McAlhany (Violin), Andy Snitzer (Woodwind), Ed Maina (Saxophone), Jordan d'Alessio (Assistant Engineer), Sue Pray (Viola), Jesse Levy (Cello), Erik Friedlander (Cello), Michael Davis (Trombone), Dean Witten (Orchestral Percussion), Obie O'Brien (Studio Manager), Jeremy Roberts (Arranger), Bob Biles (Engineer), Dennis Molchan (Violin), Sanford Allen (Violin), Richard Landers (Studio Manager), Mark Thompson (Drums), Karl Richardson (Producer), John Goux (Guitar), Frank Wildhorn (Vocals (Background)), Rachel Robinson (Violin), Keith O'Quinn (Trombone), Gary Chester (Engineer), Edith Markman (Violin), Ira Siegel (Guitar)
