Charlene - Used To Be

Review by Mark Bernas

Charlene's album "Used To Be" is a nostalgic trip down memory lane. The album features a mix of upbeat and mellow tracks that showcase Charlene's vocal range and emotive songwriting. The opening track "Back to You" sets the tone for the album with its catchy melody and relatable lyrics about returning to a past love. Other standout tracks include the introspective "Echoes" and the vulnerable "Fading Away." Charlene's music is a blend of pop, folk, and indie rock that will appeal to fans of artists like Hozier and Taylor Swift. "Used To Be" is a well-crafted album that showcases Charlene's talent as a singer-songwriter.

Artist: Charlene
Album: Used To Be

1969

Rating: 4.0

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Tracks

Track	Duration	Preview
Richie's Song
You're Home
Some Things Never Change	3:19
Richie's Song (For Richard Oliver)	2:55
I Want to Go Back There Again	4:4
Heaven Help Us All	5:22
If You Take Away The Pain Until The Morning	3:51
Richie's Song (For Richard Oliver)
I Want To Go Back There Again
Used To Be
The Last Song	2:45
Used to Be	4:4
Rainbows	5:39
If You Take Away the Pain Until the Morning	03:52
You're Home	3:43

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Charlene - Rainbows (1982)

If You Take Away The Pain Until The Morning - Charlene

Charlene & Stevie Wonder - Used To Be (1982)

Charlene (Duncan) - I Want To Go Back There Again (Chris Clark cover - 1982)

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Motown
Motown, Vogue

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escuchar en línea
lytte på nettet
écouter en ligne
ascolta in linea
online anhören
online luisteren
ouvir online
lyssna på nätet
kuunnella verkossa

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Companies

Role	Company
Phonographic Copyright (p)	Motown Record Corporation
Copyright (c)	Quality Records Limited
Manufactured By	Quality Records Limited
Distributed By	Quality Records Limited
Recorded At	Chapel Lane Studios
Mixed At	Motown Recording Studios
Mastered At	Motown Recording Studios
Made By	Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
Marketed By	PolyGram Records
Pressed By	PRS Ltd., Miramar/Wellington
Record Company	RCA, S.A.
Printed By	Gráficas Martín

Credits

Role	Credit
Acoustic Guitar	Ray Martinez
Arranged By	Ken Hirsch
Art Direction	Johnny Lee
Backing Vocals	Annie McCaig, Charlene, Mark Williamson, Mo Turner
Bass	John G. Perry
Design	Terry Taylor
Drums	Ian Mosley
Electric Guitar	D.D. Plotel
Engineer	Mark Williamson, Rob Andrews
Recorded By	Mark Williamson, Rob Andrews
Mastered By	John Matousek
Mixed By	Russ Terrana
Percussion	Dave Engel
Photography By	Paul Cox
Producer	Ron Miller
Synthesizer	Dave Morris
Songwriter	Berry Gordy (tracks: A3), Charlene (tracks: B1, B4), Chris Clark (tracks: A3), Elliot Willensky (tracks: B3), Ken Hirsch (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B5), Ron Miller (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B2, B5)
Vocals	Charlene (tracks: A1), Stevie Wonder (tracks: A1)

Notes

℗ 1982 Motown Record Corporation
© 1982 Canada — Quality Records Limited
Manufactured and Distributed in Canada by/Fabriqué et Distribué au Canada par Quality Records Limited
℗&© Motown Record Corp
with obi & insert
The release contains 18-paged booklet .
Marketed in Australasia by PolyGram Records under exclusive Licence.
Recorded at: Chapel Lane Studios, Hereford, England, Motown/Hitsville USA Recording Studios, Wonderland Studios, Hollywood, California
SPANISH CASETE EDITION WITH PUUBLICITY TEXT ON COVER IN SPANISH - INCLUYE EL EXITO "USED TO BE" A DUO CON STEVIE WONDER

Barcodes

Barcode: T4988017303290
Rights Society: n©b
Other (Equivalent LP): MM 6027
Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): 6027MLA
Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): 6027MLB
Other (Equivalent MC): 46027 ML
Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): 6 0 27MLA 1 1
Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): 6 0 27MLB 1 1
Depósito Legal: M-36840-1982

About Charlene

Charlene Marilynn D'Angelo Oliver (born June 1, 1950, Hollywood, California) is an American pop/R&B singer best known as Charlene. She is known mainly for her 1976 popular song "I've Never Been to Me

Real Name

Charlene Duncan

Name Vars

C. Duncan
C. Oliver
Charlene Duncan
Charlene Oliver

Comments

4yvash21

Beautiful!!

jasonweaving

superman is jfk

lpirker

Absolutely fantastic... wonderful singing and songwriting!!!!

benjaminmillsdesign

Meaningful song but crap tune.

smithshirley557

otananyhem

This song was released 40 yrs ago but it still makes me emotional about its meassage. When music was music. ????

tnoyes77

I actually prefer this song to "Ebony and Ivory"!
They are both schmaltzy, but this song has a nicer message!

tralerighenoi

It obvious that Stevie didn't write this. It's very corny and awful?. This is not like "Ebony and Ivory".

oussamamsl75019

that hit me hard because that song is a story of how harsh the world was and it's realizations out of that.

butterfly85

BLM WOULD DESTROY STEVIE WONDER FOR BEING APART THIS TRACK.
LET ALONE SING IT.
Woke Culture Killed Art ?

shofnerallie9344

John is no lead guitar.

gerhard510

Lo más sensual.....

judithvanoostrom

Released on 8-5-2008

richmondbansah

Timeless, and also so true in 2020!

dominicahern

Gag me please. This lady can't sing for shit..

interpreterpeiying

"Still just as true today".
It's also still just as false.
It's called Rosy Retrospection Fallacy—a cognitive bias—and it is the result of poor judgment skills.
Every generation has people who think like this. It's a lazy way to think, so it's always going to be fairly popular.