Candles in the Rain
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| Studio album by Melanie | ||||
| Released | April 1970 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Buddah | |||
| Producer | Peter Schekeryk | |||
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Candles in the Rain is singer Melanie's third album, released in 1970. The album produced Melanie's first Top Ten single in North America, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", which was inspired by the crowd's reaction to her performance at . The cover of The Rolling Stones' 1967 song "Ruby Tuesday" reached the Top Ten in the United Kingdom.
All songs written by Melanie Safka except where noted.
Some versions of the album substituted "Close to It All" for "Alexander Beetle", some versions have neither song.
On the original 1970 UK release by Buddah Records (2318009), "Lay Down" is given a timing of 3:49 on both label and sleeve notes as is quoted above. On this album, the track is in fact 7:44 minutes long (from direct timing), but was 3:49 on her Very Best of album.
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