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singer,

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. This was Osmond's first album under the Polydor/Kolob label, following her departure from

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. It was released in April 1977 and would be her last solo studio album for eight years. ''This Is the Way That I Feel'' was a departure for Osmond as it took a more Pop-sounding direction than any of her previous albums. The album produced two singles, only the title track charted, peaking within the Top 40, at #39, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1977; that song was written by George Jackson, who had previously penned the breakthrough hit "

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" for Osmond's brothers. The other single from the album, "Please Tell Him That I Said Hello," failed to chart. The album reached a peak of #152 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. The album was produced by

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, who had also previously produced for her brothers in the early 1970s. It was reviewed by

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and was given 3 out of 5 stars.

Track listing

#"This Is the Way That I Feel" — (George Jackson) 3:20 #"Play the Music Loud" — (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond) 3:09 #"Didn't I Love You, Boy" — (Barbara Wyrick) 3:27 #"Please Tell Him That I Said Hello" — (Mike Stepstone, Peter Dibbens) 3:25 #"

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" — ( Holland-Dozier-Holland) 3:10 #"Cry Baby, Cry" — (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond) 3:22 #"You're My Superman, You're My Everything" — (John Lombardo) 3:20 #"All He Did Was Tell Me Lies (To Try to Woo Me)" — (

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) 3:35 #" Run to Me" — (

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) 3:02

Chart positions

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References

{{Authority control 1977 albums Marie Osmond albums Polydor Records albums