With "The Divine Miss M" , you could hear how original Bette's style is. After releasing 15 more albums, Bette also showed that she can take any type of song and belt it out to perfection. From Jazz, to Rock, to Broadway. Bette Midler doesn't only record songs, she acts them out with such energy and feeling, we can't help but be amazed.

The Divine Miss M (1972)
  1. Do you Want To Dance?
  2. Chapel Of Love
  3. Superstar
  4. Daytime Hustler
  5. Am I Blue
  6. Friends
  7. Hello In There
  8. Leader Of The Pack
  9. Delta Dawn
  10. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  11. Friends

The Divine Miss M, is Bette's first Album for Atlantic Records. She sings a wide variety of songs. This album brought her world wide fame, and really showed the talents of Miss M.


Bette Midler (1973)
  1. Skylark
  2. Drinking Again
  3. Breaking Up Somebody's Home
  4. Surabaya Johnny
  5. I Shall Be Released
  6. (a)Optimistic Voices (b)Lullaby Of Broadway
  7. In The Mood
  8. (a)Uptown (b)Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) (c)Da Doo Run Run
  9. Twisted
  10. Higher And Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)

"Bette Midler" was another highly succesful album. She introduced a couple of broadway songs including "In The Mood" and "Lullaby Of Broadway", but also stuck with her "Miss M" style songs such as "I Shall Be Released" and "Breaking Up Somebody's Home"


Songs For The New Depression (1976)
  1. Strangers In The Night
  2. I don't Want The Night To End
  3. Mr. Rockefeller
  4. Old Cape Cod
  5. Buckets Of Rain (Duet with Bob Dylan)
  6. Love Says It's Waiting (From the Promise Suite)
  7. (a)Shiver Me Timbers (b)Samedi Et Vendredi
  8. No Jestering
  9. Tragedy
  10. Marahuana
  11. Let Me Just Follow Behind

This Album didn't get the same respect that the first two did, however, The album did include some great tracks. The name of the Album goes along with the name of Bette's 1976-77' tour "The Depression Tour".


Live At Last (1977)

DISK ONE

  1. Backstage
  2. Friends/Oh My My
  3. Bang, You're Dead
  4. Birds
  5. Comic Relief
  6. In The Mood
  7. Hurry On Down
  8. Shiver Me Timbers
  9. The Vicki Eydie Show

    (a)Around the World (b)Istanbul (c)Fiesta In Rio (d)South Seas Scene/Hawaiian War Chant (e)Lullabye Of Broadway

  10. Intermission: You're Moving Out Today

    DISK TWO

  11. Delta Dawn
  12. Long John Blues
  13. Those Wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes
  14. The Story Of Nanette (a)Nanette (b)Alabama Song/Drinking Again (c)Mr. Rockefeller (d)Ready To Begin Again/Do You Want To Dance
  15. Friend Eggs
  16. Hello In There
  17. Finale (a)Up The Ladder To The Roof (b)Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (c)Friends

"Live At Last" was Bette's first Live Album. It was recorded in Cleveland in 1976, during one of Bette's "Depression" shows. This album is filled with all kinds of songs, from rockers to ballads. This album shows ALL the talents of Miss M.


Broken Blossom (1977)
  1. Make Yourself Comfortable
  2. You Dont Know Me
  3. Say Goodbye To Hollywood
  4. I Never Talk To Strangers (Duet with Tom Waits)
  5. Storybook Children
  6. Red
  7. Empty Bed Blues
  8. A dream Is A wish Your Heart Makes
  9. Paradise
  10. Yellow Beach Umbrella
  11. La Vie En Rose

Like "Songs For the New Depression", Broken Blossom also never got any respect. This album was released around the same time as Bette's 1977 TV special "Ol Red Hair Is Back" where she sang "La Vie En Rose" from this album. The Songs are great on this album, and we see once again the rockin' side of Bette with her recording of "Red"


Thighs And Wispers (1979)
  1. Big Noise From Winnetka
  2. Millworker
  3. Cradle Days
  4. My Knight In Black Leather
  5. Hang On In There Baby
  6. Hurricane
  7. Rain
  8. Married Men

This album was a hit overseas because of Bette's "World Tour" However, no major hits were formed. "Married Men" made 39'th on the charts. "Thighs And Wispers" is a disco attempt by Bette, with songs that have a catchy beat. The Songs on this album are also fairly long compared to other albums. "Hurricane" being 7 minutes and 21 seconds.


The Rose (1979)
  1. Whose Side Are You On
  2. Midnight In Memphis
  3. Concert Monologue
  4. When A Man Loves A Woman
  5. Sold My Soul To Rock 'N' Roll
  6. Keep On Rockin'
  7. Love Me With A Feeling
  8. Camellia
  9. Homecoming monologue
  10. Stay With Me
  11. Let Me Call You Sweetheart
  12. The Rose

"The Rose" was Bette's first soudtrack. The film "The Rose" won Bette two Golden Globe awards, and put her up for an oscar. The songs on this album are different from Bette's earlier albums in the way that they are all rock songs. Bette belts out the songs like Janis Joplin would have. This album sold many copies, and "The Rose" was Bette's first hit single. This era brought a whole new crowd of Bette fans,


Divine Madness (1980)
  1. Big Noise From Winnetka
  2. Paradise
  3. Shiver Me Timbers
  4. Fire Down Below
  5. Stay With Me
  6. My Mothers Eyes
  7. (a)Chapel Of Love (b)Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  8. (a)E Street Shuffle (b)Summer The First Time (c)Leader Of The Pack
  9. (a)You Can't Always Get What You Want (b)I Shall Be Released

"Divine Madness" was a live recording from a "World Tour" concert. The album has Bette singing songs from "The Rose" and songs from her earlier work. "Divine Madness" shows the many sides of "Miss M" with the different style of songs, and interesting comedy routines.


No Frills (1983)
  1. Is It Love
  2. Favorite Waste Of Time
  3. All I Need To Know
  4. Only In Miami
  5. Heart Over Head
  6. Let Me Drive
  7. My Eye On You
  8. Beast Of Burden
  9. Soda And A Souvenir
  10. Come Back Jimmy Dean

"No Frills" contains songs on the"Alternitive" style. Bette sings songs from her "De Tour" tour. "Beast Of Burden" was Bette's first muisic video, if you don't count "The Rose". This album is sure to please all Bette fans. It has a rockin' style but also a mellow style with songs like "Come Back Jimmy Dean", and "All I Need To Know".


Mud Will Be Flung Tonight (1985)
  1. Taking Aim
  2. Fit Or Fat: "Fat As I Am"
  3. Marriage, Movies, Madonna And Mick
  4. Vickie Eydie
  5. Coping
  6. The Unfettered Boob
  7. "Otto Titsling"
  8. Why Bother?
  9. Soph

This was Bette's first and only comedy album. She sings three songs on it, but the rest is all jokes. "Jokes about old people having sex, bad jokes about good people, good jokes about bad people, and jokes a bout tits!" It is really funny and shows fans who didn't know it already, that Bette is a comedian.


Beaches (1988)
  1. Under The Boardwalk
  2. Wind Beneath My Wings
  3. I've Still Got My Health
  4. I Think It's Going To Rain Today
  5. Otto Titsling
  6. I Know You By Heart
  7. The Glory Of Love
  8. Baby Mine
  9. Oh Industry
  10. The Friendship Theme

"Beaches" was a soundtrack to a fairly popular movie of the same title. "Wind Beneath My Wings" went all the way to first place on the charts, and bette became recognized for her singing once again. The rest of the songs on this album are also ballads, that Bette sings wonderfly.


Some People's Lives (1990)
  1. One More Round
  2. Some People's Lives
  3. Miss Otis Regrets
  4. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
  5. Night And Day
  6. The Girl Is On To You
  7. From A Distance
  8. Moonlight Dancing
  9. He Was Too Good To Me/Since You Stayed Here
  10. All Of A sudden
  11. The Gift Of Love

"Some People's Loves" was Bette's first non-soundtrack album since 1983. the album was a great success, and 3 singles were recorded from that album. "Night And Day", "From A Distance" and "The Gift Of Love" "From A Distance" went to first, while the others lingered in the top numbered lists. To this day, this album gets the most radio time out of al other Bette albums.


For The Boys (1991)
  1. Billy-A-Dick
  2. Stuff Like That There
  3. P.S. I Love you
  4. The Girl Is On To You
  5. I Remember You/Dixies's Dream
  6. Baby It's Cold Outside
  7. Dreamland
  8. Vickie And Mr. Valves
  9. For All We Know
  10. Come Rain Or Come Shine
  11. In My Life
  12. I Remember You
  13. Every Road Leads Back To You

"For The Boys" was Bette's thrid soudtrack. Unlike "Beaches", this movie flopped in the theaters. "In My Life" and "Every Road Leads Back To You" were the two singles released for this soudtrack. The music is the same style as "Beaches" with a little more songs that are upbeat.


Experience The Divine (1993)
  1. Hello In There
  2. Do You Want To Dance?
  3. From A Distance
  4. Chapel Of Love Only In Miami
  5. When A Man Loves A Woman
  6. The Rose
  7. Miss Otis Regrets
  8. Shiver Me Timbers
  9. Wind Beneath My Wings
  10. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  11. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
  12. Friends
  13. In My Life

This was a "Best Of" album that featured some of Bette's greatest hits. It also had a song that Bette won an emmy for, "One For My Baby" was a song Bette sang at the last night of the "Johnny Carson Show" . All these songs will bring back those memories of the 70's when you hear Bette sing songs like "Do You Want To Dance?" and "When A Man Loves A Woman" all over again.


Gypsy (1993)
  1. Overture
  2. May We Entertain You
  3. Some People
  4. Small World
  5. Baby June And Her Newsboys
  6. Mr Goldstone
  7. Little Lamb
  8. You'll Never Get Away From Me
  9. Dainty June And Her Farmboys
  10. If Mamma Was Married
  11. All I need Is The Girl
  12. Everything's Coming Up Roses
  13. Together, Wherever We Go
  14. You Gotta Get A Gimmick
  15. Let Me Entertain You
  16. Rose's Turn
  17. End Credits

This was the soundtrack to the T.V special "Gypsy" Bette always wanted to play "Mama Rose", and she finally did. Bette sings a number of Broadway songs including "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Some People" Bette really goes back to her broadway roots with this album.


Bette Of Roses (1995)
  1. I Know This Town
  2. In This Life
  3. Bottomless
  4. To Comfort You
  5. To Deserve You
  6. The Last Time
  7. Bed Of Roses
  8. The Perfect Kiss
  9. As Dreams Go By
  10. It's Too Late
  11. I Believe In You

"Bette Of Roses" Was Bette's first studio album since "Some People's Lives" Although it did not get the reviews Bette may have wanted, one must appreciate Bette's new style of vocals. She doesn't belt the songs out like "The Divine Miss M", hoever she sings the songs like an angel, and gets each note to perfection. her easy style and loving mood for this album leaves all listeners in an state of amazement.


Bathhouse Betty(1998)
  1. Song Of Bernadette
  2. I'm Beautiful
  3. Lullaby In Blue
  4. Ukelede Lady
  5. I'm Hip
  6. I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
  7. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
  8. Boxing
  9. Big Socks
  10. That's How Love Moves
  11. My One True Friend
  12. Laughing Matters

"Bathhouse Betty" is set to be released on September 15. It will include songs of all different styles, and should bring Bette back to the wonderful 70's. "My One True Friend" is said to be as moving as "Wind Beneath My Wings". Let's hope it's another #1 for Miss Midler.

The Other Albums


TITLEYEARSONG
Here's Johnny: Magic Moments From The Tonight Show1974Lullabye Of Broadway/Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Carole Bayer Sager1977"Shy As A Violet" Backing vocals.
Ringo Starr: Ringo The 4'th1977"Tango All Night" Backing vocals.
Tom Waits: Foreign Affairs1977"I Never Talk To Strangers" Same as on "Broken Blossom"
In Harmony: A Seseme Street Record1980"Bluebery Pie"
Oliver And Company soundtrack1988"Perfect Isn't Easy"
For Our Children1992"Blueberry Pie" Same as on "In Harmony"
Home Alone 2 soundtrack1992"Somewhere In My Memory"
The Manhattan Transfer: Tonin'1994"It's Gonna Take A Miracle". Duet with the Manhattan Tranfer.
"The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" soundtrack1995"God Help The Outcasts"
"The First Wives Club" soundtrack1996You Don't Own Me" . Sings with Goldie and Diane
"That Old Feeling" soundtrack1997"Somewhere Along The Way"
The Rainforest Foundation Carnival!1997"Sweet And Low"

The Rare Albums

TITLEYEARDESCRIPTION
Bette Midler: That's Entertainment!1977This album has the exact same tracks as "The Divine Miss M" This was an album made in germany, to promote Bette's records.
The Best Of Bette1978This album is a "Best Of" It features "Do you Want To Dance", "You're Moving Out Today" and many more.