Anyone Can See is Irene Cara

Irene Cara

Irene Cara is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling." She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.She married Hollywood stuntman...

's debut album, released in 1982. This album followed up her successful hit singles "Out Here On My Own" and "Fame". The album is solid R&B

Rhythm and blues

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 featuring such standout songs as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)", "Slow Down" and the power ballad title track among others. Includes the hit, "Anyone Can See" which peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 chart. It was produced by The Archies

The Archies

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' Ron Dante

Ron Dante

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.

Track listing

1. "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland
   Holland-Dozier-Holland
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   )
2. "My Baby (He's Something Else)" (Cara, Gordon Grody, Carlotta McKee)
3. "Anyone Can See" (Cara, Bruce Roberts)
4. "Don't Throw Your Love Away" (Cara, Gail Boggs)
5. "Slow Down" (Cara)
6. "Whad'ya Want" (Cara, Gordon Grody, Carlotta McKee)
7. "You Hurt Me Once"
8. "Thunder In My Heart" (Leo Sayer
   Leo Sayer
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   , Tom Snow)
9. "Why" (Andy Goldmark)
10. "True Love"

Personnel

• Irene Cara - Vocals, Piano, Arrangements
• John Tropea
  John Tropea
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   - Guitar
• Luther Vandross
  Luther Vandross
  Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
  
   - Background vocals
• Hiram Bullock
  Hiram Bullock
  Hiram Law Bullock was an American jazz funk and jazz fusion guitarist.He was born in Osaka, Japan to African American parents serving in the U.S. Military. At the age of two he returned to Baltimore, Maryland with his parents, and quickly showed a prodigious musical talent...
  
   - Guitar, Keyboards, Clavinet
• Don Grolnick
  Don Grolnick
  Don Grolnick was an American jazz and pop pianist and composer, most noteworthy for his work with artists such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Roberta Flack, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Billy Cobham, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Bob Mintzer, Dave Holland and Steely Dan...
  
   - Keyboards
• Ron Dante - Background vocals
• Jimmy Maelen
  Jimmy Maelen
  Jimmy Maelen was a percussionist in the 1960s-1980s, who worked with many artists including Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, Dire Straits, Barry Manilow, Alice Cooper and John Lennon...
  
   - Percussion, Conga
• Bruce Roberts - Background vocals
• Robin Clark
  Robin Clark
  Robin Clark is an American vocalist best known for her 1985 work with UK band Simple Minds in Once Upon A Time album and tour. She has also performed vocals on numerous other tours and albums, including work with David Bowie and Luther Vandross amongst others...
  
   - Background vocals
• Paul Shaffer
  Paul Shaffer
  Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer who has been David Letterman's sidekick since 1982.-Early years:...
  
   - Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes
• Gordon Grody - Synthesizer, Guitar, Piano, Background vocals
• Leo Adamian - Drums
• Tawatha Agee - Background vocals
• Phillip Ballou - Background vocals
• Gail Boggs - Background vocals
• Mike Carabello - Percussion, Conga
• Joe Caro - Guitar
• Francisco Centeno - Bass
• Christine Faith - Background vocals
• Babi Floyd - Background vocals
• Yogi Horton - Drums
• Bill Lee
  Will Lee (bassist)
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   - Bass
• Hugh McCracken
  Hugh McCracken
  Hugh McCracken is a rhythm guitar player and session musician, arranger and producer based in New York.Especially in demand in the 60s, 70s and 80s, he appears on many recordings by Steely Dan, as well as albums by Donald Fagen, Jimmy Rushing, Billy Joel, Roland Kirk, Roberta Flack, B. B...
  
   - Guitar, Arranger
• Jeff Mironov - Guitar
• Andy Newmark
  Andy Newmark
  Andrew "Andy" Newmark is an American musician, best known as a popular session drummer, and for playing with the funk band Sly & the Family Stone from 1972 to 1973....
  
   - Drums
• Chris Parker - Drums
• Leon Pendarvis - Synthesizer, Guitar, Piano, Arranger
• Jimmy Ripp
  Jimmy Ripp
  Jimmy Rip is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer, who is known for his work with Jerry Lee Lewis, Mick Jagger, Michael Monroe and the former Television band leader Tom Verlaine.Rip began playing guitar at the age of six....
  
   - Guitar
• Steve Robbins - Piano
• Josh Schneider - Vocals
• William Seidman - Guitar
• John Seigler - Bass
• Annie Sutton - Background vocals
• Ed Walsh - Synthesizer
• Harold Wheeler - Guitar, Piano, Arranger
• Ronald Zito - Drums
• Frank Floyd - Background vocals
• Tamara Agee - Background vocals

Cover versions

• Filipino
  Filipino people
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   pop singer Anna Fegi covered the song on her album Every Step of the Way.