''Eyes Don't Lie'' is a full-length album by

Donny Osmond Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, dancer, actor, television host, and former teen idol. He first gained fame performing with four of his elder brothers as the Osmonds, earning several top ten hits and gol ...

, his eleventh solo studio album. Released on 30 October 1990 on the Capitol label, it peaked at 177 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album featured three singles, two of which made Billboard's Hot 100 chart: "

My Love Is A Fire "My Love Is A Fire" is a pop song written by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers and performed by Donny Osmond. The song was the first single released from the October 1990 Donny Osmond album ''Eyes Don't Lie''. The single reached #21 in the Billboard Hot ...

" that reached number 21 and "Sure Lookin'" that reached number 54. The last single "Love Will Survive" peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart.

Track listing

#"My Love Is a Fire" (

Carl Sturken Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers are New York–based songwriters and record producers. They have produced hits for Ruben Studdard, Wild Orchid, Christina Aguilera and Evelyn Champagne King and helped build the career of Rihanna. In addition to ...

Evan Rogers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers are New York–based songwriters and record producers. They have produced hits for Ruben Studdard, Wild Orchid, Christina Aguilera and Evelyn Champagne King and helped build the career of Rihanna. In addition to ...

) – 4:28 #"Eyes Don't Lie" (Donny Osmond, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers) – 4:24 #"Love Will Survive" (Donny Osmond, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers) – 5:27 #"Sure Lookin (Donny Osmond, David Gamson,

Tony LeMans Tony LeMans was an American singer and songwriter, associated with Prince and signed to Prince's Paisley Park Records. Biography Tony LeMans was born Antony L. Fortier on July 14, 1963, in Santa Monica, California, United States. He attended Wil ...

) – 4:22 #"Private Affair" (

Diane Warren Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has received several awards including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three ''Billboard'' Music Awards and an Honorary Academy Award. Wa ...

) – 3:49 #"Take Another Try (At Love)" (Donny Osmond, David Gamson, Tony LeMans) – 4:27 #"Make It Last Forever" (Donny Osmond, Mark Holding, Mark Mancina) – 5:25 #"Never Too Late For Love" (Donny Osmond, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers) – 5:26 #"Just Between You and Me" (Donny Osmond, Duane Hitchings, Alan Hewitt) – 3:46 #"Before It's Too Late" (Donny Osmond, Oliver Leiber, David Gamson) – 5:18

Track publishing

Track 1

Copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, education ...

Warner-Tamerlane Music/Bayjun Beat Music/Green Lantern Music. Tracks 2, 3, & 8 Copyright My Idumea Music-Virgin Music/Warner-Tamerlane Music/Bayjun Beat Music/Green Lantern Music. Tracks 4 & 6 Copyright My Idumea Music-Virgin Music/WB Music Corp/Gamson Songs/LeMans Music. Track 5 Copyright RealSongs. Track 7 Copyright My Idumea Music-Virgin Music/Mark I. Holding Music/Ocheltree Music/Mark A. Mancina Music. Track 9 Copyright My Idumea Music-Virgin Music/Hitchings Music/Editions EG/Don Tina Music. Track 10 Copyright My Idumea Music-Virgin Music/Oliver Leiber Music/Virgin Music/Gamson Songs/WB Music Corp.

Production and personnel

*Tracks 1-3 & 8 Produced by Carl Sturken & Evan Rogers. Track 1 Engineered by Al Hemburger & Matt Noble; Tracks 2, 3 & 8 Engineered by Al Hemburger, Matt Noble & Acar Key. Engineering Assistance on all tracks by Ed Murphy. Mixed by Steve Peck,

Electric Lady Studios Electric Lady Studios is a recording studio in Greenwich Village, New York City. It was commissioned by rock musician Jimi Hendrix in 1968 and designed by architect John Storyk and audio engineer Eddie Kramer by 1970. Hendrix spent only ten ...

. **All Instruments on Tracks 1 & 8 by Carl Sturken. **Musicians On Tracks 2 & 3 - Carl Sturken: Guitars, Keyboards; John "Noodle" Nevin: Bass;

Dave Koz David Stephen Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, record producer, and radio personality based in California. Early life Dave Koz was born in Encino, California, to Jewish parents: Norman, a dermatologist ...

: Saxophone On Track 3 *Tracks 4, 6, 7 & 10 Produced by David Gamson. Tracks 4 & 6 Engineered by Stephen Shelton, Ryan Dorn & Ray Bardani. Tracks 7 & 10 Engineered by Ryan Dorn & Ray Bardani. Mixed by Ray Bardani & Ryan Dorn. **David Gamson: Keyboards & Drum Programming;

Paul Jackson, Jr. Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musi ...

: Guitars (Tracks 7 & 10); Paulinho da Costa: Percussion (track 10); Cornelius Mims: Bass (Track 6); Oliver Leiber: Additional Drum Programming (Track 10);

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

: Saxophone (Track 6); DJ Aladdin: Scratching (Track 6); Strings On Track 10 Arranged & Conducted by Jeremy Lubbock; Contracted by Jules Chalkin. *Track 5 Produced by

Ric Wake Ric Wake is an American record producer who has won four Grammy Awards and two Oscar Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment he has worked with vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lucero, Taylor D ...

(For Wake Productions); Arranged by Ric Wake & Rich Tancredi. Engineered & Mixed by Bob Cadway, with assistance from Dan Hetzel & Tom Yezzi. **Rich Tancredi: Keyboards; Joe Franco: Drums, Percussion; Billy T. Scott, Jamillah Muhammed &

Shelly Peiken Shelly Meg Peiken is an American songwriter who is best known for co-writing the US No. 1 hits " What a Girl Wants" and " Come On Over Baby" by Christina Aguilera the US No. 2 hit "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks, "Almost Doesn't Count" by Brandy, and ...

: Vocal Backing *Track 9 Arranged & Produced by Ric Wake & Donny Osmond. Engineered & Mixed by Bob Cadway & Ryan Dorn. **Joe Franco: Drums, Percussion; Rich Tancredi: Keyboards;

Al Pitrelli Al Pitrelli is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Joe Lynn Turner, Asia and Savatage. Career Early career (1982–1995) Pitrelli attended the Berklee College of Music ...

: Rhythm Guitar; Rory James Collen:

Lead Guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

**Strings On Track 10 - Bruce Dukov, Debra Price, Arnold Belnick, Isabelle Daskoff, Joel Derouin, Henry Ferber, Reg Hill, Brian Leonard, Gordon Marron, Don Palmer, Haim Shtrum, Bob Sushel, Mari Tsumura, Shari Zippert:

Violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

s; Fred Seykora, Ron Cooper, Larry Corbett, Ernie Ehrhradt, Dennis Karmazyn, Suzie Katayama: Celli; Sam Boghossian, Ken Burward-Hoy, Myra Kestenbaum, Dan Neufeld:

Viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

*Album Mastered by

Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979. Biography Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at ...

at Precision Lacquer,

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

Reception

Charlotte Dillon of Allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of a possible 5, writing that the album was "worth a listen" due Osmond's vocal talents

Album cover differences

*The Vinyl LP release features the artist name in green and album title with a green drop shadow. *The cassette release features the artist name in orange and album title with an orange drop shadow. *The CD release features the artist name in light blue and album title with a light blue drop shadow.

References Reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. The first object in this relation is said to ''refer to'' the second object. It is called a ''name'' ...

*Donny Osmond: "Eyes Don't Lie" CD Booklet. 1990 Capitol Records. {{Authority control 1990 albums Donny Osmond albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers Albums produced by Ric Wake