''Think It Over'' is the third studio album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1978 on

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. The album was produced by

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and features Houston's R&B hit " Think It Over", which peaked at #5 on the ''Billboard''s Dance chart and #32 on ''Billboard''s Hot Soul chart. In 2013, the original recording was remastered and re-released on CD with bonus tracks under Cherry Red Records. The bonus extra are remixes of "An Umbrella Song", "Warning-Danger", "Somebody Should Have Told Me" and "Think It Over", which were originally included on her 1979's album ''Warning-Danger'', released by Columbia Records.

Track listing

;Side One #"Think It Over" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston,

) – 6:00 #"Love Don't Hurt People" (Ron Netsky, Steve Netsky) – 3:01 #"Somebody Should Have Told Me" (Cissy Houston, Doug Frank, Doug James) – 4:30 #"

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" (Doug Frank, Doug James) – 4:38 ;Side Two #"Warning - Danger" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) – 5:56 #"I Just Want To Be With You" (Alvin Fields, Michael Zager) – 5:08 #"An Umbrella Song" (Alvin Fields, Michael Zager) – 2:58 #"Sometimes" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) – 3:33 #"I Won't Be The One" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Doug Frank) – 3:00 ;CD reissue bonus tracksCissy Houston-''Think It Over'' (CD, Album)
/ref> # "Warning-Danger" (Extended Disco Mix) – 10:26 # "An Umbrella Song" (Extended Disco Mix) – 5:52 # "Somebody Should Have Told Me" (Extended Disco Mix) – 8:04 # "Think It Over" (Extended Disco Mix) – 7:59

Production

*Arranged by acking Vocals– Cissy Houston, Michael Zager (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5) *Arranged By, Conductor – Michael Zager *Backing Vocals – Alvin Fields (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5), Beverly Ingram (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B4, B5), Cissy Houston (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
Donny Harper (tracks: B2, B5), Lani Groves (tracks: A1, A2, B1),

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(tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5) *Baritone Saxophone –

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*Bass – Francisco Centeno *Alto Saxophone – Lenny Hambro *Drums –

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*Electric Piano – Michael Zager (tracks: B2) *Engineer ssistant– Darroll Gustamachio *Engineer ecording, Mixing– Rick Rowe *Executive-Producer – Jerry Love *Guitar – Jeff Mironov *Harmonica – Michael Chimes (tracks: B3) *Keyboards, Synthesizer, Synthesizer

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*Mastered by – Joey Gastwirt *Percussion –

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*Strings – Alfred Brown String Section *Trombone – Gerald Chamberlain *Bass trombone – Jack Jeffers *Trumpet, Flugelhorn –

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, Burt Collins,

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, Robert Milliken *Vibraphone – Dave Carey *Art direction – Abie Sussman *Voice iren– Jerry Love (tracks: B1)

Credits

*Produced, Arranged, Conducted – Michael Zager *Executive-producer – Jerry Love *Recorded at Secret Sound Studios, New York City. *Mastered at Masterdisc, New York City.

Charts

Singles

References

External links

Cissy Houston Bio pageCissy Houston - ''Think It Over'' CD
{{DEFAULTSORT:Think It Over (Cissy Houston album) 1978 albums Cissy Houston albums Private Stock Records albums