Just Another Day in Paradise

Just Another Day in Paradise is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Bertie Higgins, released in 1982.

Just Another Day in Paradise
Studio album by Bertie Higgins
Released	1982
Recorded	Pyramid "Eye" Recording Studio, Lookout Mountain, Georgia; and Southern Tracks Recording Studio, Atlanta, Georgia; January–November 1981
Genre	Soft rock
Length	40:52
Label	Kat Family/Epic
Producer	Sonny Limbo & Scott MacLellan
Bertie Higgins chronology
Just Another Day in Paradise (1982) Pirates and Poets (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album spawned the Top 10 single "Key Largo" as well as the title track which was released as a follow up. The single "Just Another Day in Paradise" was not as big a hit as "Key Largo" but received much airplay and also hit the Country charts as well.

In Asia, the other international hit "Casablanca" was generated from the album. The song was recorded by Japanese singer Hiromi Go in the same year, and its cover version reached #2 on the Japanese chart, finally selling more than 500,000 copies. Likewise, this album that featured the original version of "Casablanca" achieved commercial success, and finally it became the second best-selling album of 1982 by a Western artist on that country's official hit parade, Oricon.[2]

Track listing

1. "Just Another Day in Paradise" (Bertie Higgins, C. Jones, Sonny Limbo) – 3:56
2. "Casablanca" (John Healy, Higgins, Limbo) – 4:34
3. "Candledancer" (Higgins) – 3:48
4. "Key Largo" (Higgins, Limbo) – 3:20
5. "Port O' Call (Savannah '55)" (Higgins) – 3:26
6. "White Line Fever" (Higgins, Limbo) – 3:59
7. "The Heart Is the Hunter" (Higgins) – 3:27
8. "She's Gone to Live on the Mountain" (Higgins) – 3:26
9. "Down at the Blue Moon" (Higgins) – 3:57
10. "The Tropics" (Higgins) – 7:00

Personnel

• Bertie Higgins: Main Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Cymbals, Percussion
• Gloria Higgins-Burke, Doug Johnson, Mann & Phyllis Loiacono, Lu Moss, Dave Powell, Suzi Smith, Mike Sullivan, Cheryl Wilson: Vocal Backing
• Ken Bell, Shelton Irwin, Barry Richmond: Acoustic & Electric Guitars
• Jeff Pinkham: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Mandolin
• Norman Blake: Mandolin
• John Healy: Keyboards & Piano
• Steve Nathan: Keyboards, Piano, Organ
• Ed Leamon: Sax
• Gary Baker, Arch Pearson: Bass
• Owen Hale, Bill Marshall: Drums
• Mickey Buckins, Edward Higgins: Congas & Percussion

Charts

Album

Year	Country	Chart	Position
1982	Japan	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	4
1982	United States	Billboard 200	38

Singles

Year	Country	Charts	Single	Position
1982	North America	Billboard Hot 100	"Key Largo"	8
1982	North America	Billboard AC	"Key Largo"	1
1982	North America	Billboard Country	"Key Largo"	50
1982	Australia	Kent Music Report	"Key Largo"	2
1982	North America	Billboard Hot 100	"Just Another Day in Paradise"	46
1982	North America	Billboard AC	"Just Another Day in Paradise"	10
1982	North America	Billboard Country	"Just Another Day in Paradise"	90
1982	Japan	Oricon Weekly	"Casablanca"	13

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Japanese Oricon Year-End International Albums Chart of 1982". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-29.