''Think with Your Heart'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released on July 4, 1995, by

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, a division of

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. The album sold only 25,000 copies in the U.S., but was a minor success in Japan, peaking at No. 46 on Oricon's album charts, as well as some success in South Africa. The album was produced by Gibson herself, and largely recorded with a live orchestra and shows the maturity of Gibson as a musician. The album was included in the 2017 box set '' We Could Be Together'', with the Japan-only bonus tracks included.

Singles

*"For Better or Worse" (EMI Records Japan TODP-2525), released as the first single from her album in July 1995. It was released for promotion only in the U.S. and as a commercial single in Japan. *"Didn't Have the Heart" is the second and last single. It was issued in the U.S. as a promotional release only and was edited in length from the album version.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *Deborah Gibson - lead vocals, piano, keyboards *Steve Rosen - keyboards, piano, Hammond B3 (tracks 2-6, 9-10, 12-14) *Ira Siegel - guitar, acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 3, 14) * John Leventhal - guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin (tracks 6, 9, 12) *

Bob Cranshaw Melbourne Robert Cranshaw (December 3, 1932 – November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long associa ...

- bass (track 1) *

T-Bone Wolk Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (December 24, 1951 – February 28, 2010) was an American musician and bassist for the music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates and a member of the ''Saturday Night Live'' house band. Life and career Wolk was born and raised in Yon ...

- bass (tracks 2-6, 8-10, 12-14) * Bashiri Johnson - percussion (tracks 2-4, 10, 12, 13) *

Steve Jordan Steve, Stephen, or Steven Jordan may refer to: Music * Steve Jordan (guitarist) (1919–1993), American jazz guitarist * Steve Jordan (drummer) (born 1957), American drummer, studio musician * Steve Jordan (accordionist) (born Esteban Jordan) (1939 ...

- drums (track 1) * Russ Kunkel - drums, percussion, congas (tracks 2-6, 8-10, 13-14) *Arno Hecht - baritone saxophone (tracks 5, 8, 13) *

Richie Cannata Richie Cannata (born March 3, 1949) is an American music producer, saxophonist, keyboardist and studio owner. He is most notable for playing saxophone in Billy Joel's band alongside Liberty DeVitto, Russell Javors, and Doug Stegmeyer. After leav ...

- tenor saxophone (tracks 4-5, 8-9, 13) *

Ozzie Melendez Osvaldo Melendez Jr, known professionally as Ozzie Melendez, has been a highly regarded studio musician and touring artist in various genres of the music industry since the mid- 1980’s. He has performed with some of the biggest names in the ind ...

- trombone (tracks 5, 8, 13) *Alan Chez - trumpet (tracks 5, 8, 13) *Shelley Woodworth - oboe (track 10) *

Gavyn Wright Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He is best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions (including Elton John, Simply Red, Bush, Mecano, Oasis, ...

- violin solo (track 2) * May Pang - strings contractor (track 1) * The London Session Orchestra - strings (tracks 2-4, 6-7, 10, 12) *B.J. Nelson - background vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 13) *

Diva Gray Diva Gray is an American singer. She is best known as a background vocalist behind the band Chic, as well as in disco groups, including Change, and Lemon with Lani Groves, Gordon Grody, Luther Vandross, David Lasley and Kenny Lehman, and in Bette ...

- background vocals (tracks 3, 9, 13) *

Fonzi Thornton Alfonso "Fonzi" Thornton is a U.S. songwriter/producer and vocal contractor. In a career spanning 40 years, Thornton has sung backing vocals for top artists across many genres of music. His vocal credits can be found on the recordings of Aret ...

- background vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 13) *Michelle Cobbs - background vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 13) *

Robin Clark Robin Clark is an American vocalist known for her work as a vocalist on David Bowie's 1975 album ''Young Americans'' and Simple Minds' 1985 album ''Once Upon a Time''. Clark was born in New York. In 1966, when Clark was 16, she and future s ...

- background vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 13) Production *Nathaniel Kunkel - engineer * Geoff Foster - engineer * Niko Bolas - engineer, mixing *Suz Syer - assistant engineer *Andy Grassi - assistant engineer, assistant mixing engineer *Glen Marchese - assistant engineer *Jon Bailey - assistant engineer *Steve Orchard - assistant engineer *Rory Romano - assistant engineer *David Voigt - assistant engineer *David Kutch - assistant engineer *Danny Kadar - assistant engineer *Henry Marquez - art direction *LuAnn Graffeo - art direction *Etsuko Iseki - design *Alberto Tolot - photography *Jill Dell'Abate - production coordination * Brian Koppelman - executive producer *Dave Collins - mastering ( A&M Recording Studios)

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1995 albums Debbie Gibson albums SBK Records albums