Something to Talk About (album)

Something to Talk About
Studio album by Anne Murray
Released	1986 (1986)
Studio	Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Lion Share Studios, Image Recording Studios, Oasis Studios and Westlake Studios (Los Angeles, California, USA) Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California, USA) Larrabee Sound Studios (West Hollywood, California, USA) Unique Recording Studios (New York City, New York) D.I. Musikstudio and Paradise Studios (Munich, Germany)
Genre	Country, Pop [1]
Length	38:21
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
"Now and Forever (You and Me)" Released: January 1986 "Who's Leaving Who" Released: April 1986 "My Life's a Dance" Released: June 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]

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.	Title	Writer(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, Spiro	4:23
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 Schwartz	3:54
8.	"When You're Gone"	Keith Diamond, Cliff Dawson	4:05
9.	"You Never Know"	Gary Nicholson, Amy Sky	3:09
10.	"Gotcha"	White, Spiro, Ed Arkin	3:22

Personnel

• Anne Murray – lead vocals
• David Foster – keyboards (1), synthesizers (1), arrangements (1)
• Ed Arkin – keyboards (2-6, 10), synthesizers (2-6, 10), programming (2-6, 10), bass (2-6, 10), electronic drums (2-6, 10), arrangements (5, 6)
• Michael Boddicker – keyboards (2-6, 10), synthesizers (2-6, 10), programming (2-6, 10), bass (2-6, 10), electronic drums (2-6, 10)
• Harold Faltermeyer – keyboards (2-6, 10), synthesizers (2-6, 10), programming (2-6, 10), bass (2-6, 10), electronic drums (2-6, 10), arrangements (10)
• Mark Spiro – keyboards (2-6, 10), synthesizers (2-6, 10), programming (2-6, 10), bass (2-6, 10), electronic drums (2-6, 10), backing vocals (2-6, 10), arrangements (2-6, 10)
• Bo Tomlyn – keyboards (2-6, 10), synthesizers (2-6, 10), programming (2-6, 10), bass (2-6, 10), electronic drums (2-6, 10)
• Uve Schikora – keyboards (2-6, 10), synthesizers (2-6, 10), programming (2-6, 10), bass (2-6, 10), electronic drums (2-6, 10), arrangements (2-4)
• Kristian Schultze – keyboards (2-6, 10), synthesizers (2-6, 10), programming (2-6, 10), bass (2-6, 10), electronic drums (2-6, 10)
• Tom Hensley – acoustic piano (4)
• Skip Anderson – keyboards (7-9), acoustic piano (7-9)
• Oscar Brown – keyboards (7-9)
• Keith Diamond – synthesizers (7-9), programming (7-9), bass (7-9), electronic drums (7-9), arrangements (7-9)
• Michael Landau – guitars (1-6, 10)
• Bob Mann – guitars (1)
• Russ Freeman – guitars (2-6, 10)
• Dann Huff – guitars (2-6, 10)
• Ronny Drayton – guitars (7-9)
• Paul Pesco – guitars (7-9)
• Bob Rosa – drums (7-9)
• Terry Silverlight – drums (7-9)
• Brian Malouf – percussion (2-6, 10)
• Gary Herbeck – saxophone solos (2-6, 10)
• Larry Williams – saxophones (2-6, 10), sax solos (2-6, 10)
• Lew McCreary – trombone (2-6, 10)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (2-6, 10)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (2-6, 10)
• Richard Page – backing vocals (1-6, 10)
• Jill Colucci – backing vocals (2-6, 10)
• Cindy Fee – backing vocals (2-6, 10)
• Steve George – backing vocals (2-6, 10)
• Jim Haas – backing vocals (2-6, 10)
• Jon Joyce – backing vocals (2-6, 10)
• Tom Kelly – backing vocals (2-6, 10)
• Edie Lehmann – backing vocals (2-6, 10)
• Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals (2-6, 10)
• Andrea Robinson – backing vocals (2-6, 10)
• Cliff Dawson – backing vocals (7-9)
• Jill Dell'Abate – backing vocals (7-9)
• Curtis King – backing vocals (7-9)
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (7-9)
• Cindy Mizelll – backing vocals (7-9)
• Sandy Pandya – backing vocals (7-9)

Production

• Balmur Ltd. – executive producers
• David Foster – producer (1)
• Jack White – producer (2-6, 10)
• Mark Spiro – associate producer (2-6, 10)
• Keith Diamond – producer (7-9)
• Paul Cade – art direction, design
• Nigel Dixon – photography
• Sheila Yakimov – hair stylist
• George Abbott – make-up
• Lee Kinoshita-Bevington – wardrobe designer
• Leonard T. Rambeau – personal management

Technical

• Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) (2-6, 10)
• Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Records (Hollywood, California) (7-9)
• Ken Friesen – engineer (1-6, 10)
• Humberto Gatica – mixing (1)
• Jürgen Koppers – engineer (2-6, 10), mixing (2, 4-6, 10)
• Brian Malouf – engineer (2-6, 10), remixing (3)
• Kristian Schultze – engineer (2-6, 10)
• Jon Van Nest – engineer (2-6, 10)
• Bob Rosa – engineer (7-9), mixing (8, 9)
• Tom Lord-Alge – mixing (7)
• Tom Henderson – assistant engineer (1-6, 10)
• Stephen Krause – assistant engineer (2-6, 10)
• Peggy McAffee – assistant engineer (2-6, 10)
• Samii Taylor – assistant engineer (2-6, 10)
• Sabrina Buchanek – mix assistant (2-6, 10)
• Acar Key – assistant engineer (7-9)

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

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.