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Think It Over (Cissy Houston album)

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Released
  
1978

Think It Over (1978)
  
Warning-Danger (1979)

Release date
  
1978

Label
  
Private Stock Records

Length
  
72:31

Artist
  
Cissy Houston

Producer
  
Michael Zager

Genre
  
Disco

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Recorded
  
1977-1978 Seret Sound Studies, New York City

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Think It Over is a 1978 studio album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released on Private Stock Records. The album was produced by Michael Zager and features Houston's R&B hit "Think It Over", which peaked at #5 on the Billboards Dance chart and #32 on Billboards Hot Soul chart.

Contents

In 2013, the original recording was remastered and re-released on CD with bonus tracks under Cherry Red Records. The bonus extra are remixes of "An Umbrella Song", "Warning-Danger", "Somebody Should Have Told Me" and "Think It Over", which were originally included on her 1979's album Warning-Danger, released by Columbia Records.

Cissy houston think it over 1978


Track listing

UK, CD Album re-issue

A Side
  1. "Think It Over" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) - 6:00
  2. "Love Don't Hurt People" (Ron Netsky, Steve Netsky) - 3:01
  3. "Somebody Should Have Told Me" (Cissy Houston, Doug Frank, Doug James) - 4:30
  4. "After You" (Doug Frank, Doug James) - 4:38
B Side
  1. "Warning - Danger" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) - 5:56
  2. "I Just Want To Be With You" (Alvin Fields, Michael Zager) - 5:08
  3. "An Umbrella Song" (Alvin Fields, Michael Zager) - 2:58
  4. "Sometimes" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) - 3:33
  5. "I Won't Be The One" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Doug Frank) - 3:00
CD reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Warning-Danger" (Extended Disco Mix) - 10:26
  2. "An Umbrella Song" (Extended Disco Mix) - 5:52
  3. "Somebody Should Have Told Me" (Extended Disco Mix) - 8:04
  4. "Think It Over" (Extended Disco Mix) - 7:59

Production

  • Alto Saxophone – Lenny Hambro
  • Arranged By [Backing Vocals] – Cissy Houston, Michael Zager (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)
  • Arranged By, Conductor – Michael Zager
  • Art Direction – Abie Sussman
  • Backing Vocals – Alvin Fields (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5), Beverly Ingram (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B4, B5), Cissy Houston (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5), Donny Harper (tracks: B2, B5), Lani Groves (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Whitney Houston (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
  • Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
  • Bass – Francisco Centeno
  • Drums – Allan Schwartzberg
  • Electric Piano – Michael Zager (tracks: B2)
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Darroll Gustamachio
  • Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Rick Rowe
  • Executive-Producer – Jerry Love
  • Guitar – Jeff Mironov
  • Harmonica – Michael Chimes (tracks: B3)
  • Keyboards, Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Moog] – Rob Mounsey
  • Mastered By – Joey Gastwirt
  • Percussion – Rubens Bassini
  • Strings – Alfred Brown String Section
  • Trombone – Gerald Chamberlain
  • Bass Trombone – Jack Jeffers
  • Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Alan Rubin, Burt Collins, John Gatchell, Robert Milliken
  • Vibraphone – Dave Carey
  • Voice [Siren] – Jerry Love (tracks: B1)

    • Credits

  • Produced, Arranged, Conducted – Michael Zager
  • Executive-producer – Jerry Love
  • Recorded at Secret Sound Studios, New York City.
  • Mastered at Masterdisc, New York City.

    • Charts

    Singles

    Songs

    1Think It Over6:00
    2Love Don't Hurt People3:01
    3Somebody Should Have Told Me4:30

    References

    Think It Over (Cissy Houston album) Wikipedia
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