Straight to the Heart (Crystal Gayle album)
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Released | August 1986 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Jim Ed Norman | |||
Crystal Gayle chronology | ||||
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Straight to the Heart is an album by the American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in August 1986, it peaked at #12 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
Two singles from the album, "Cry" and "Straight to the Heart", both reached #1 on the Country Singles Chart in 1986 (the latter of which was Gayle's final #1 hit to date). Further hits were "Nobody Should Have To Love This Way" at #26, and "Only Love Can Save Me Now" at #11. Three songs ,”Deep Down”, “Lonely Girl” and “Cry” were performed on the daytime drama “Another World” in 1986. Crystal also played herself in the storyline involving a serial killer.
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Straight to the Heart" | Graham Lyle, Terry Britten | 4:00 |
2. | "Cry" | Churchill Kohlman | 4:18 |
3. | "Take This Heart" | Peter Leinheiser | 3:05 |
4. | "A Little Bit Closer" | Thom Schuyler, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy | 3:27 |
5. | "Do I Have to Say Goodbye?" | Peter McCann, Jim McBride | 3:00 |
6. | "Deep Down" | Gary Nicholson, Kevin Welch | 3:01 |
7. | "Crazy in the Heart" | Bob Garfrerick, Billy Henderson | 3:05 |
8. | "Only Love Can Save Me Now" | Bucky Jones, Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro | 3:24 |
9. | "Nobody Should Have to Love This Way" | Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black, Rory Bourke | 4:12 |
10. | "Lonely Girl" | Josh Leo | 3:47 |
Chart performance[]
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 12 |
References[]
Categories:
- Crystal Gayle albums
- 1986 albums
- Warner Records albums
- Albums produced by Jim Ed Norman