Heartbreak
Studio album by
Shalamar
ReleasedNovember 12, 1984
Recorded1983-1984
GenreDance-pop, new wave, boogie
Length40:41
LabelSOLAR
ProducerHoward Hewett, Hawk, Bill Wolfer[1]
Shalamar chronology
The Look
(1983)		 Heartbreak
(1984)		 Circumstantial Evidence
(1987)
Singles from Heartbreak
  1. "Dancing in the Sheets"
    Released: 1984
  2. "Amnesia"
    Released: 1984
  3. "My Girl Loves Me"
    Released: 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB[3]

Heartbreak is the eighth album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1984 on the SOLAR label. It features a new line-up of Delisa Davis, Micki Free and Howard Hewett (Davis and Free having replaced Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley who had both left the group after the release of the previous album The Look). The album features Grammy nominated songs included on the Footloose and Beverly Hills Cop soundtracks. This would be Hewett's last album with the group before embarking on a solo career.

Heartbreak peaked at No. 32 on the R&B chart and No. 90 on the Billboard chart. The Grammy nominated song "Dancing in the Sheets" was included on the Multi-Platinum chart-topping soundtrack album of the film Footloose, while Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills featured on the Multi-Platinum Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack won the group a Grammy. Heartbreak went Gold in the United States for sales over 500,000.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Amnesia"George Duke, Howard Hewett5:32
2."Dancing in the Sheets"Bill Wolfer, Dean Pitchford4:01
3."Whenever You Need Me"Delisa Davis4:53
4."Heartbreak"Fenderella, Chuck Gentry5:27
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills"Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free4:24
6."My Girl Loves Me"Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free4:41
7."Melody (An Erotic Affair)"Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free7:08
8."Deceiver"Hawk, Howard Hewett, Micki Free4:04

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4]
US
Pop		 US
R&B		 UK
Pop
1984 "Dancing In The Sheets" 17 18 41
"Amnesia" 73 49 61
1985 "My Girl Loves Me" 106 22 45
"Don't Get Stopped In Beverly Hills" - 79 -

Personnel

  • Delissa Davis - Keyboards, Vocals
  • George Duke - Keyboards
  • Micki Free - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar (Synthesizer), Vocals
  • Chuck Gentry - Guitar, Keyboards, Sequencing Programmer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
  • Mitch Gibson - Assistant Engineer
  • Hawk - Drum Programming, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer
  • Howard Hewett - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
  • Joyce "Fenderella" Irby - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
  • John "J.R." Robinson - Percussion
  • Barry Sarna - Keyboards
  • Ernie Watts - Saxophone
  • David Williams - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
  • Bill Wolfer - Keyboards, Synthesizer
  • William "Dr. Z." Zimmerman - Sequencing Programmer

References

  1. ↑ "Bill Wolfer | Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Shalamar – Heartbreak". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Shalamar – Heartbreak". Robert Christgau. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Shalamar US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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