Facts of Love (album)

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Facts of Love
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Studio album by
Released1992
StudioMidtown Tone & Volume, OmniSound, Woodland Studios, Quad Studios, GBT Studio, Allies Studios, Javelina Studios and Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee); Classic Recording and Shakin' Studios (Franklin, Tennessee).
Genre CCM, dance pop, adult contemporary
Length41:39
Label Warner Alliance
Producer Brian Tankersley, Bryan Lenox
Kim Boyce chronology
This I Know
(1990)
Facts of Love
(1992)
By Faith
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Facts of Love is the fifth studio album by American Christian singer-songwriter Kim Boyce, released in 1992. It is Boyce's first album on Warner Music Group's Christian/gospel label Warner Alliance. [2] The album's first single released to both Christian AC and Christian CHR/Pop was "When Love Calls Your Name", which was originally recorded by American actress and singer Cher on her 1991 album Love Hurts . The title song is a cover of the British pop duo Climie Fisher from their 1989 album Coming In for the Kill . Brian Tankersley and musician Bryan Lenox produced five tracks each. The album debuted and peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When Love Calls Your Name" Tom Snow, Jimmy Scott4:03
2."Love Has Made The Difference" (*) Kim Boyce, Tommy Sims, Gary Koreiba3:42
3."Everything"K. Boyce, Scott MacLeod, Trace Scarborough4:36
4."Dancin' to the Beat of Your Heart"K. Boyce, Bo Cooper, Todd Cooper, Vernon Bishop3:41
5."Until Now"K. Boyce, B. Cooper, Bryan Lenox4:04
6."Facts of Love" Simon Climie, Rob Fisher, Dennis Morgan 4:35
7."Hurting People" (*)K. Boyce, Julius Drummin4:08
8."I Just Wanna Live Right" (*)Allan Todd Koppelberger4:17
9."Let's Stay Together" (*)K. Boyce, G. Koreiba, Phil Sillas3:41
10."Thank You for Being My Friend" (*)K. Boyce, G, Koreiba, S. MacLeod, T. Scarborough4:52

Note: (*) – tracks produced by Brian Tankersley; all other songs produced by Bryan Lenox.

Personnel

Production and technical

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
US Top Christian Albums ( Billboard ) [3] 16

Radio singles

YearSinglesPeak positions
CCM AC [4] CCM CHR [5]
1992"When Love Calls Your Name"412
1992"Everything"2
1992–93"Facts of Love"6
1993"Until Now"10
1993"Love Has Made the Difference193
1993"Thank You for Being My Friend"32
1993"Dancin' to the Beat of Your Heart"9

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References

  1. Kim Boyce – Facts of Love at AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  2. Kim Boyce: Facts of Love. Warner Alliance. 1992.
  3. 1 2 "Top Christian Albums" (PDF). Billboard . October 3, 1992. p. 38.
  4. Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 – 2001. AuthorHouse. p. 41. ISBN   1-4107-3294-0.
  5. Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (1999). CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More. CCM Books. p. 34. ISBN   0-8230-7718-7.