1985 Johnny Mathis – Right From The Heart
Right From The Heart is an album by the American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on March 18, 1985, by Columbia Records. It was his first album without songs that were previously recorded by other artists. The title track is one of the album’s four ballads that, along with four of the remaining six up-tempo tracks, delve into the subject of relationships, but it is the synth-driven “Step by Step” and the anthemic “Hold On” on which Mathis take a break from the usual focus on love songs. The former offers the hope that can be found in change that comes gradually until “I can see the way free from yesterday to a new beginning”. The latter stresses the importance of being oneself: “Life is a party. Why don’t you come the way you are?”
Even though the title track was used on the ABC soap opera Ryan’s Hope, the album did not make it onto Billboard magazine’s Top Pop Albums chart. The song “Right from the Heart” did reach number 38 during its two weeks on the magazine’s list of the 40 Hot Adult Contemporary songs of the week in the US in May that year
Tracks
1 Touch By Touch (Keith Stegall; Brent Mason) 04:23
2 Love Shock (Denny Diante; Kathy Wakefield; Michel Colombier) 04:20
3 Just One Touch (Diane Warren; Robbie Buchanan) 04:03
4 Hooked On Goodbye (Denny Diante; Kathy Wakefield; Michel Colombier) 04:05
5 I Need You (The Journey) (Kathy Wakefield; Michel Colombier) 05:12
6 Step By Step (Brian Fairweather; Kathy Wakefield) 04:33
7 Right From The Heart (From ABC Television’s Ryan’s Hope) (Earl Rose; Kathy Wakefield) 04:21
8 Falling In Love (Douglas Getschal; JR Robinson) 04:31
9 Here We Go Again (Dave DeLuca; Marvin Morrow) 04:05
10 Hold On (Denny Diante; Kathy Wakefield; Michel Colombier) 04:30
Musicians
1 Touch By Touch
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Fender Rhodes | Michel Colombier |
Piano | Robbie Buchanan |
Synthesizer | Michel Colombier |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Sax | Ernie Watts |
Sax | Tom Scott |
Sax | Larry Williams |
Background Vocals | Phil Perry |
Background Vocals | Edie Lehmann |
Background Vocals | Kate Markowitz |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
2 Love Shock
Electronic Drums | JR Robinson |
Drums (programming) | Michel Colombier |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Guitar | David Williams |
Fender Rhodes | Michel Colombier |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Programming | Robbie Buchanan |
Programming | Michel Colombier |
Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
Background Vocals | Edie Lehmann |
Background Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
3 Just One Touch
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Background Vocals | Phil Perry |
Background Vocals | Edie Lehmann |
Background Vocals | Kate Markowitz |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
4 Hooked On Goodbye
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Fender Rhodes | Michel Colombier |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Synthesizer | Michel Colombier |
Programming | Robbie Buchanan |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
Background Vocals | Phil Perry |
Background Vocals | Edie Lehmann |
Background Vocals | Darryl Phinnessee |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
5 I Need You (The Journey)
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Keyboards | Randy Kerber |
Synthesizer | Michel Colombier |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Vocals | Lynn Davis |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
6 Step By Step
Bass (synthesizer) | Jeff Lorber |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Brian Fairweather |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Mini Moog | Jeff Lorber |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Synthesizer | Jeff Lorber |
Synthesizer | Brian Fairweather |
Programming | Robbie Buchanan |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
Background Vocals | Brian Fairweather |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
7 Right From The Heart (From ABC Television’s Ryan’s Hope)
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Mini Moog | Jeff Lorber |
Synthesizer | Michel Colombier |
Synthesizer | Jeff Lorber |
Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
8 Falling In Love
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Synthesizer | JR Robinson |
Synthesizer | Douglas Getschal |
Programming | JR Robinson |
Programming | Douglas Getschal |
Background Vocals | Phil Perry |
Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
Background Vocals | Edie Lehmann |
Background Vocals | Darryl Phinnessee |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
9 Here We Go Again
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Keyboards | Michel Colombier |
Keyboards | Robbie Buchanan |
Synthesizer | Michel Colombier |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Background Vocals | Phil Perry |
Background Vocals | Edie Lehmann |
Background Vocals | Kate Markowitz |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
10 Hold On
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Fender Rhodes | Michel Colombier |
Synthesizer | Robbie Buchanan |
Programming | Robbie Buchanan |
Sax | Ernie Watts |
Sax | Tom Scott |
Sax | Larry Williams |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Phil Perry |
Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
Background Vocals | Edie Lehmann |
Background Vocals | Darryl Phinnessee |
Background Vocals | Buster Bradford |
Background Vocals | Toni Bradford |
Background Vocals | Maxine Sibley |
Background Vocals | Clem Mathis |
Percussion | Jim Ganduglia |
Background Vocals | Gil Reigers |
Background Vocals | Mike Reigers |
Background Vocals | Jeff Clarke |
Background Vocals | Judy Clarke |
Background Vocals | Tammy Clarke |
Background Vocals | Charles Zacharie |
Background Vocals | Seline Armbeck |
Background Vocals | Teri Armbeck |
Background Vocals | Ron Bergan |
Background Vocals | Don Watson |
Background Vocals | Farrell Brown |
Background Vocals | Dana Tehen |
Vocals | Johnny Mathis |
Liner Notes
Producer – Denny Diante
Arranged By – Michel Colombier (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Arranged By – Robbie Buchanan (Track 3)
Arranged By – Brian Fairweather (Track 6)
Arranged By – Douglas Getschal, JR Robinson (Tracks 8)
Arranged By (Strings) – Michel Colombier (Track 3)
Concertmaster – Sidney Weiss
Contractor (Horns, Strings) – Jules Chaikin
Coordinator – Jo-Anne McGettrick
Engineer (Second) – Rick Clifford, Richard McKernan, Bill Jackson, Terry Christian, Steve Shelton, Sharon Rice
Engineer (Additional) – Frank Wolf, Peggy McCreary, Jeremy Smith, Erik Zobler, Ed Cherney, Peter Chaikin, Larry Hirsch
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Recorded By – Mick Guzauski
Recorded At Conway Studios
Recorded At Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood
Recorded At The Complex, LA
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