Within a year of her ground breaking double album "Bad Girls" Donna Summer left Casablanca Records to become the first artist signed to the new Geffen Records label.
"The Wanderer" was the first album released on the label, legendary producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte remained at the helm, with standout tracks 'Looking Up','Cold Love','Who Do You Think You're Foolin'' and ' Nightlife'.

"The Wanderer" continued Donna's creative output, released the year after the 'disco demolition night' event, which was held, ironically, two days before 'Bad Girls' became a US #1 single and despite introducing more rock infused dance/pop tunes copied by many artists through the 1980 s the album which despite being another US Billboard top 20 album with a 3 single has been under appreciated until now! At the same time, the Italian American aggregation, change broke out from the clubs and into the charts worldwide, with their sublime, slick and classy productions, which also featured and introduced the wider world to Luther Vandross