Something to Talk About (album)

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Something to Talk About
Something to Talk About (Anne Murray) album coverart.jpg
Studio album by
Released1986 (1986)
Studio
Genre Country, Pop [1]
Length38:21
Label Capitol
Producer David Foster (track 1)
Jack White (tracks 2-6, 10)
Keith Diamond (tracks 7-9)
Anne Murray chronology
Heart Over Mind
(1984)
Something to Talk About
(1986)
Harmony
(1987)
Singles from Something to Talk About
  1. "Now and Forever (You and Me)"
    Released: January 1986
  2. "Who's Leaving Who"
    Released: April 1986

Something to Talk About is the twenty-second studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1986. The album is so named after the Shirley Eikhard-composed song "Something to Talk About", which Murray had wanted to record for the album but was rejected by her producers; Bonnie Raitt went on to have a huge hit with the song. [2]

Contents

The album peaked at #2 for several weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart - Anne's highest position. The disc was certified Gold by the RIAA. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Now and Forever (You and Me)" David Foster, Jim Vallance, Randy Goodrum 4:14
2."Who's Leaving Who" Jack White, Mark Spiro 3:40
3."My Life's a Dance"White, Spiro4:23
4."Call Us Fools"Alan Roy Scott, Roy Freeland, Jill Colucci 3:51
5."On and On" Jerry Buckner 4:02
6."Heartaches" C. F. Turner [4] 3:53
7."Reach for Me"Roger Bruno, Ellen Schwartz3:54
8."When You're Gone" Keith Diamond, Cliff Dawson4:05
9."You Never Know" Gary Nicholson, Amy Sky3:09
10."Gotcha"White, Spiro, Ed Arkin3:22

Personnel

Production

Technical

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Canadian Albums ( RPM )22
US Billboard 200 [5] 68
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 37

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References

  1. "Anne Murray Going Pop Again After Six Years" (PDF). Billboard . February 15, 1986.
  2. Susan Beyer, "Anne Murray's Million-dollar instincts". Ottawa Citizen , November 2, 1991.
  3. "Something to Talk About charts". Allmusic . Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  4. "Heartaches". BMI. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  5. "Anne Murray Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  6. "Anne Murray Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  7. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.