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1990
Take It To Heart

 
  1. All We Got
  2. Get The Word Started
  3. Love Can Break Your Heart
  4. Take It To Heart
  5. Tear It Up
  6. Lonely Talk
  7. Searchin' For Understanding
  8. Home Boy
  9. No Amount Of Reason
  10. One Step Away
  11. You Show Me

Album Notes

All We Got - 5:45
(Peter Leinheiser and Michael McDonald)

Peter Leinheiser and Michael McDonald: Synth Programming and Sequencing
Peter Leinheiser: Guitar
Michael McDonald, Chuck Sabatino and Brian McKnight: Background Vocals


Get The Word Started* - 5:40
(David Pack and Michael McDonald)

George Perilli: Drums
Charles Frichtel: Bass
Bernie Chiaravalle: Guitar
Debra Dobkin: Congas
Michael McDonald and Michael Hanna: Keyboards
Vince Denham: Saxophone Solo
Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, David Lasley, Kathy Walker and Michael McDonald: Background Vocals
Paul Riser: String Arrangement


Love Can Break Your Heart - 4:54
(Paul Carrack and Michael McDonald)

Jeff Porcaro: Drums
Abraham Laboriel: Bass
Michael Landau: Guitar
Michael McDonald: Keyboards
Kirk Whalum: Saxophone
Amy Holland and Michael McDonald: Background Vocals


Take It To Heart* - 5:57
(Diane Warren and Michael McDonald)

Michael McDonald, Michael Mason, Michael Hanna, Don Was and John Tesh: Synth Programming and Sequencing
George Perilli: Acoustic Drums
Bernie Chiaravalle: Guitar and Coral Sitar
Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, David Lasley and Michael McDonald: Background Vocals
Paul Riser: String Arrangement


Tear It Up** - 4:25
(Gardner Cole and Seth Swirsky)

David Gamson and Gardner Cole: Synth Programming and Sequencing
Michael Landau: Guitar
Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, David Pack and Michael McDonald: Background Vocals


Lonely Talk - 4:40
(Chuck Sabatino and Michael McDonald)

Jeff Porcaro: Drums
Abraham Laboriel: Bass
Michael Landau: Guitar
Michael McDonald: Keyboards
Terry McMillan and Jeff Porcaro: Percussion
Chuck Sabatino, Terry McMillan and Michael McDonald: Background Vocals


Searchin' For Understanding - 3:42
(Darrell Brown and Michael McDonald)

Jeff Porcaro: Drums and Percussion
Abraham Laboriel: Bass
Michael Landau and Bernie Chiaravalle: Guitar
Michael McDonald: Keyboards
Terry McMillan: Percussion
Maureen McDonald Ferguson, David Pack, Michael McDonald: Background Vocals


Homeboy - 4:35
(Ed Sanford and Michael McDonald)

Jeff Porcaro: Drums
Abraham Laboriel: Bass
Michael Landau: Guitar
Michael McDonald: Keyboards


No Amount Of Reason - 4:37
(George Hawkins and Michael McDonald)

Jeff Porcaro: Drums and Percussion
Abraham Laboriel: Bass
Michael Landau: Guitar
Michael McDonald: Keyboards


One Step Away - 4:12
(Tom Whitlock and Chris Thompson)

Michael McDonald: Synth Programming and Sequencing
Bernie Chiaravalle: Guitar
Jeff Porcaro: Percussion
Michael McDonald: Background Vocals


You Show Me - 4:59
(Harry Garfield and Michael McDonald)

Jeff Porcaro: Drums, Percussion and African Log Drum
Abraham Laboriel: Bass and Acoustic Guitar
Michael Landau: Electric Guitar
Michael McDonald: Keyboards
Stan Getz: Saxophone


Producers: Ted Templeman and Michael McDonald; *Don Was and Michael McDonald ("Get The Word Started" and "Take It To Heart"); **David Gamson, Gardner Cole and Michael McDonald ("Tear It Up")
Engineers: Jeff Hendrickson, Ed Cherney, Ross Pallone and Bob Schaper, "All We Got" remixed by Shep Pettibone
Recorded and mixed at A&M Studios, Hollywood, California, Can-Am Recorders, Tarzana, California, Smoketree Ranch, Chatsworth, California, One On One Studios, North Hollywood, California and Axis Studios, New York City, New York
Additional recording at Circle 7 Recording, Pacific Palisades, California, Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, California and John Tesh Studios, Santa Monica, California
Additional Engineers: Brian Scheuble, Ed Goodreau and Bob Schaper
Assistant Engineers: Scott Symington, Rob Jaczko, Michael Douglass, Toby Wright, John Jackson, Michael Tacci, Elaine Anderson, Calcin Loser, Michael Mason, Lori Fumar and Eric Rudd
Mastered by George Marino at Stering Sound, New York City, New York
Production Coordinator: Joan Parker

Special thanks to Mo Ostin, Lenny Waronker, Irving Azoff, Howard Kaufman, Craig Fruin, Don Passman, Bernard Gudvi, Joan Parker, Malinda Ramirez, Anna McNeal, Joyce Mastro, Herb Alpert, Larry Cummins, Shelly Yakus, Colleen Harris, Stacy Wayne, Casey Carter, Kathy Pelizzi, Michael Ostin, John Beug, Benny Medina, Lee Herschberg, John Tesh, Mark Harvey, Steve Lang, Barry Square, Doug Perry, Cherryl Stone, Yvonne Garcia, Waverly Herr, Drum Paradise and all of the songwriters, musicians, vocalists, technical and executive personnel whose efforts went into the making of this album

Art Direction: Martyn Atkins T + CP Associates, Hollywood and London
Photography: Andy Earl

1990 Reprise Records, a Warner Communications Company



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