Passion (Jennifer Rush album)

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Passion
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ReleasedNovember 1988
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Label CBS Records
Producer
Jennifer Rush chronology
Heart over Mind
(1987)
Passion
(1988)
Wings of Desire
(1989)
Singles from Passion
  1. "You're My One and Only"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Keep All the Fires Burning Bright"
    Released: 1988
  3. "Love Get Ready"
    Released: 1989

Passion is the fourth studio album by American singer Jennifer Rush, released in November 1988. [1]

Contents

Background

Following on from the success of her previous album Heart over Mind , Rush continued working with much of the same team of writers and producers. Passion, however, failed to find the same high level of success and didn't chart at all in the UK. Despite this, sales were satisfying in her most successful market, Germany, where the album reached No.3 and was certified platinum. The lead single "You're My One and Only" became a hit, but further releases "Keep All the Fires Burning Bright" and "Love Get Ready" did little to generate interest. [2]

Single success did come a few months later in the UK, when a duet with Plácido Domingo, "Till I Loved You", became a hit in the summer of 1989. [3] The record company however failed to capitalise on this by not repromoting the album.

Notable tracks on this album include "Same Heart" - a duet with Michael Bolton, although this came a year before his international breakthrough (another opportunity for repromotion), and "Remind My Heart" which is a collaboration with producer Jellybean Benitez who was then at the peak of his fame.

Track listing

Passion track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Love Get Ready"
4:03
2."You're My One and Only"
3:41
3."Falling in Love"
  • Ernie Gold
  • Michael Omartian
3:59
4."When I Look in Your Eyes"
  • Jack Conrad
  • Larry Henley
  • Tancredi
  • Wake
3:20
5."Remind My Heart"4:30
6."Keep All the Fires Burning Bright"
  • Faltermeyer
4:53
7."Same Heart" (Duet with Michael Bolton )
  • Bolton
  • Halligan Jr.
  • Omartian
4:17
8."My Heart is Still Young"
  • Rush
  • Michael Roth
  • Geoffrey Iwamoto
  • Omartian
4:00
9."You Don't Know What You've Got ('Til it's Gone)"
  • Faltermeyer
4:30
10."Rain Coming Down on Me"
  • Rush
  • Bob Marlette
  • Nancy Shanks
  • Tancredi
  • Wake
4:06
11."Now That It's Over"
  • Bolton
  • Doug James
  • Faltermeyer
4:01
Total length:45:26


Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Passion
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [13] Platinum500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [14] Gold25,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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