''Lea Salonga'' is the third studio album by the Filipino Broadway pop singer

Lea Salonga Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga (; born February 22, 1971), known professionally as Lea Salonga, is a Filipino singer, actress, and columnist. Nicknamed "Pride of the Philippines," she is best known for her roles in musical theatre, for supply ...

. It was her first album to receive an international release in October 1993 through

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most ...

, making her the first Filipino singer to be signed on an international record label. The album peaked at number 25 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums, making Salonga the first Filipino to break onto the American chart. The making of this album was helmed by two multi-

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...

winners: Producer

Glen Ballard Basil Glen Ballard Jr. (born May 1, 1953) is an American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer. He is best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's 1995 album ''Jagged Little Pill'', which won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album ...

, and Executive Producer Steve Greenberg.

Track listing

# Vision of You (

Rick Nowels Richard Wright Nowels Jr. is an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and arranger. He has co-written and co-produced over 90 hit singles with multiple artistsEllen Shipley) # Every Time We Fall (

Kit Hain Kit Hain (born 15 December 1956) is a British musician, songwriter and writer. She was a member of the rock duo Marshall Hain and had a solo career as a performer and songwriter. Musical career Hain met Julian Marshall while they were pupils ...

, Mark Goldenberg) # It's Just Good-Bye (

Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Life and career Weil was born in New York City, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris We ...

Jay Gruska Jay Gruska (; born April 23, 1952) is an American songwriter and composer best known for his film and television scoring, and for writing hit songs for a variety of artists. He has composed musical scores for dozens of TV dramas, with over 50 ...

) # Finish What You Started (Marsha Malamet, Annie Roboff, April Lang) # Heaven Tonight (Carole Rowley,

Tessa Niles Tessa Margaret Niles ( ''née'' Webb; born 27 January 1961 in Ilford, Essex) is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of contemporary artists. She began her professional singing career in 1979. Early life and ca ...

, Charlie Mole) # We Could Be in Love (duet with

Brad Kane Bradley Caleb Kane (born September 29, 1973) is an American actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. Career Kane began to act with a small role in the movie ''Six Weeks''. At the age of eight, he obtained the role of one of the four chorus bo ...

) ( Glen Burtnik,

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, a ...

) # Lessons of Love (

Siedah Garrett Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand N ...

) # Remind My Heart (Hain,

Jeff Franzel Jeffrey B. Franzel is an American, New York-based songwriter and musician. His songs have been featured on albums in several countries. He also performs in a Jazz Quartet in his hometown, New York City. Background He began his career as a jazz ...

) # I Honestly Love You (

Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Do Wah Diddy Diddy", " Da Doo Ron Ron", " Then He Kiss ...

, Peter Allen) # A Flame for You (Dane Deviller, Sean Hosein, Connie Russell # The Journey ( Julie Gold)

Personnel

* Boy Angos - percussion *

- keyboards * Bruce Gaitson - acoustic guitar * Mark Goldenberg - synthesizer * Daniel Higgins - saxophone * Joel F. Jacinto - percussion * Jimmy Johnson - bass * Randy Kerber - keyboards, synthesizer * Brian Kilgore - percussion *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitc ...

- guitar *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

- bass, synthesizer *

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

- drums *

- vocals * Doug Scott - programming ;Background vocals: * Maxi Anderson * B.G. Ballard * Amy Boylan * Janak Chandrasoma * Chalan Ford * Phillip Ingram * Edie Lehman * Justin Jackson * Megan Joyce * Ben McCrary * Arnold McCuller * Clif Magness * Rooney Saulsberry * Christine Schilinger * Mark Schilinger * Kristen True * Maxine Waters-Willard * Julia Waters-Tilman

Charts

References

{{Authority control Lea Salonga albums 1993 albums Albums produced by Glen Ballard Atlantic Records albums