Tell It to My Heart

Tell It to My Heart
Studio album by Taylor Dayne
Released	January 19, 1988
Recorded	1987 at Cove City Sound Studios, Glen Cove, New York, Platinum Island Studios, NYC, Power Station, NYC, Quad Recording Studios, NYC, Sigma Sound Studios, NYC
Genre	Dance-pop, Club/Dance, Adult Contemporary
Length	38:48
Label	Arista Records
Producer	Ric Wake for Bleux Productions
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Taylor Dayne chronology
Tell It to My Heart (1988) Can't Fight Fate (1989)

Tell It to My Heart is the debut album by singer-songwriter Taylor Dayne. The LP yielded four top ten singles. "Tell It to My Heart" (peaked at #7), "Prove Your Love" (also peaked at #7), "I'll Always Love You" (which climbed to #3) and "Don't Rush Me" (obtaining the highest charting position of the four at #2). This album went 2x platinum in the United States.

Two covers were used for the album: the original was very colorful and had Dayne resemble her appearance in the "Tell it to My Heart" music video with big hair and a tight black dress. The subsequent cover was more subdued and had Dayne with much less makeup and hair, sitting against a wall in a brown leather jacket and white t-shirt.

Track listing

1. "Tell It to My Heart" (S. Swirsky, E. Gold) (3:41)
2. "In the Darkness" (B. Steinberg, T. Kelly) (3:17)
3. "Don't Rush Me" (A. Forbes, J. Franzel) (3:50)
4. "I'll Always Love You" (J. George) (4:33)
5. "Prove Your Love" (S. Swirsky, A. Roman) (3:28)
6. "Do You Want It Right Now" (C. Burton, N. Straker) (4:04)
7. "Carry Your Heart" (S. Peiken) (4:22)
8. "Want Ads" (G. Perry, G. Johnson, B. Perkins) (3:00)
9. "Where Does That Boy Hang Out" (D. Lasley) (4:23)
10. "Upon the Journey's End" (duet w/ Billy T. Scott) (J. Sciarrone) (4:05)

Personnel

Musicians

• Taylor Dayne - lead and background vocals
• Rich Tancredi - keyboards (tracks 1-2, 5-10), percussion and drum programming
• Steve Skinner - keyboards (tracks 3-4)
• Bob Cadway - guitar
• Donald Gladstone - bass guitar
• Ric Wake - percussion and drum programming
• Frank Desaro - tom and cymbal overdubs
• Richie Cannata - saxophones
• Casey Warner - additional background vocals
• Shelly Peiken - additional background vocals
• Michael L. Gray - additional background vocals
• Billy T. Scott - additional background vocals

Production

• Ric Wake - arranger, recording engineer (track 1)
• Rich Tancredi - arranger
• Bob Cadway - recording engineer, mixing engineer (tracks 1, 3-4, 7-10)
• Clay Hutchinson - additional vocal engineering
• Michael Hutchinson - mixing enginner (track 5)
• Jason Corsaro - mixing engineer (tracks 2, 6)
• Thomas Uberman Yezzi - assistant engineer
• John Herman - assistant engineer
• Mario Rodriguez - assistant engineer
• Dave O'Donnell - assistant engineer
• Don Rodenback - assistant engineer
• Gilles Larrain - photography (original 1987 cover)
• Jennifer Baumann - photography (1988 re-issue)
• Susan Tobman - styling
• Timmothy Montgomery - hair/make-up
• Margery Greenspan - art direction

Singles

• Tell It to My Heart 1987
• Prove Your Love 1988
• I'll Always Love You 1988
• Don't Rush Me 1989