Wild Child is the second of two albums by American West Coast vocalist Valerie Carter, released in 1978 on Columbia.
Tracklist:
A1. “Crazy” (4:29)
A2. “Da Doo Rendezvous” (4:36)
A3. “What’s Become of Us” (3:34)
A4. “Taking the Long Way Home” (3:31)
A5. “Lady in the Dark” (4:40)
B1. “The Story of Love” (4:08)
B2. “The Blue Side” (3:27)
B3. “Change in Luck” (4:47)
B4. “Trying to Get to You” (4:08)
B5. “Wild Child” (4:46)
Credits:
Valerie Carter — lead vocals, backing vocals, writer
James Newton Howard — producer, electric piano, piano, synthesizer, arp solina string ensemble, string arrangements, conductor, writer
Jeffrey Porcaro — drums, percussion
Tom Knox — engineer
Bob Seidemann, Sam Emerson — photography
David Hungate — bass, soloist
Chuck Rainey — bass
Verdine White — bass
Steve Lukather — guitar, electric guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, soloist, writer
Ray Parker Jr. — guitar, soloist
Jay Graydon — guitar, electric guitar, soloist
Fred Tackett — acoustic guitar
Davey Johnstone — acoustic guitar
Victor Feldman — electric piano, piano, percussion, vibraphone, chimes, marimba, soloist
Lenny Castro — percussion
Mike Utley — organ
Steve Porcaro — synthesizer
Don Myrick — saxophone, soloist
Tommy Saviano — saxophone, soloist
Vini Poncia — backing vocals
Wendy Haas — backing vocals
David Lasley — backing vocals, writer
Chuck Findley — horns
Jim Horn — horns
Steve Madaio — horns
Jimmie Haskell — string arrangements, conductor
Tom Tom 84 — horn arrangements
Jimmy Getzoff — concertmaster
Sid Sharp — concertmaster
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News of her passing last year didn’t come to my attention at the time. Yet another sad loss. Wild Child has long been in my upper tier of some 1,200+ albums that I’ve assimilated from 1978. “Crazy” is one of the five or six should-have-been hits from the album. While the subject of this track seems to be about romantic duplicity, I’ve always been curious if a true situation inspired these coy, suggestive lyrics.