Heartbreak is the eighth album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1984 on the SOLAR label. It features a new line-up of Delisa Davis, Micki Free and Howard Hewett (Davis and Free having replaced Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley who had both left the group after the release of the previous album The Look). The album features Grammy nominated songs included on the Footloose and Beverly Hills Cop soundtracks. This would be Hewett's last album with the group before embarking on a solo career.
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| Released | November 12, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1983-1984 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop, new wave, boogie | |||
| Length | 40:41 | |||
| Label | SOLAR | |||
| Producer | Howard Hewett, Hawk, Bill Wolfer[1] | |||
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| Singles from Heartbreak | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B[3] |
Heartbreak peaked at No. 32 on the R&B chart and No. 90 on the Billboard chart. The Grammy nominated song "Dancing in the Sheets" was included on the Multi-Platinum chart-topping soundtrack album of the film Footloose, while Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills featured on the Multi-Platinum Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack won the group a Grammy. Heartbreak went Gold in the United States for sales over 500,000.
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Amnesia" | George Duke, Howard Hewett | 5:32 |
| 2. | "Dancing in the Sheets" | Bill Wolfer, Dean Pitchford | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Whenever You Need Me" | Delisa Davis | 4:53 |
| 4. | "Heartbreak" | Fenderella, Chuck Gentry | 5:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills" | Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free | 4:24 |
| 6. | "My Girl Loves Me" | Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Melody (An Erotic Affair)" | Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free | 7:08 |
| 8. | "Deceiver" | Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free | 4:04 |
Singles edit
| Year | Single | Chart positions[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop |
US R&B |
UK Pop | ||
| 1984 | "Dancing In The Sheets" | 17 | 18 | 41 |
| "Amnesia" | 73 | 49 | 61 | |
| 1985 | "My Girl Loves Me" | 106 | 22 | 45 |
| "Don't Get Stopped In Beverly Hills" | - | 79 | - | |
Personnel edit
- Delissa Davis - Keyboards, Vocals
- George Duke - Keyboards
- Micki Free - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar (Synthesizer), Vocals
- Chuck Gentry - Guitar, Keyboards, Sequencing Programmer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Mitch Gibson - Assistant Engineer
- Hawk - Drum Programming, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer
- Howard Hewett - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Joyce "Fenderella" Irby - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
- John "J.R." Robinson - Percussion
- Barry Sarna - Keyboards
- Ernie Watts - Saxophone
- David Williams - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
- Bill Wolfer - Keyboards, Synthesizer
- William "Dr. Z." Zimmerman - Sequencing Programmer
References edit
- ^ "Bill Wolfer | Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Shalamar – Heartbreak". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Shalamar – Heartbreak". Robert Christgau. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Shalamar US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.