The Power of Gloria Gaynor
Studio album by
Gloria Gaynor
Released1986
Recorded1986
GenrePop, soft rock
LabelStylus
ProducerSteve Rowland
Gloria Gaynor chronology
I Am Gloria Gaynor
(1984)		 The Power of Gloria Gaynor
(1986)		 Gloria Gaynor '90
(1990)
Reissue cover
One of the many reissued covers, this one under the name I Am What I Am.
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Allmusic[1]

The Power of Gloria Gaynor, also known as The Power, or The Power of Love, is the twelfth studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1986, which is composed mostly of cover versions of other popular songs from the 1970s and 1980s, and is her only album to be released on Stylus Records. It was originally only released in the UK. The album was issued on record, compact disc and cassette, each containing bonus tracks of re-recorded versions of a few of Gaynor's biggest hits in a medley and a remixed version of "Don't You Dare Call It Love".

The Power of Gloria Gaynor was a huge departure from her disco albums, as well as her previous two albums that were R&B and dance based. It failed to perform any better than Gaynor's previous efforts of the 1980s, but did peak at #81 on the UK album chart in October 1986. It has been licensed by many low-budget record labels and re-released on CD countless times (never by the same name) occasionally with other tracks by Gloria Gaynor recorded for other albums. On many reissues of the album, a cover of "Careless Whisper" is also included, which was presumably recorded for this album in London with the rest of the tracks, but went unused when the album was originally released.

The only single released was the remixed version of "Don't You Dare Call It Love", one of two tracks written by Gaynor for this release, on a 12-inch single in the UK. The B-side contained Gaynor's cover of "Every Breath You Take", originally recorded by The Police in 1983, also remixed.

Track listing

No. Title Original artist Writer Length
1. "The Eye of the Tiger" Survivor Frankie Sullivan
Jim Peterik		 3:57
2. "The Heat Is On" Glenn Frey Harold Faltermeyer
Keith Forsey		 4:20
3. "Feel So Real" Steve Arrington Steve Arrington 3:53
4. "The Power of Love" Huey Lewis and the News Hugh Cregg III
Chris Hayes
John Colla		 4:06
5. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears Roland Orzabal
Ian Stanley
Chris Hughes		 4:02
6. "What a Wonderful World" Sam Cooke Lou Adler
Herb Alpert
Sam Cook		 3:14
7. "Every Breath You Take" The Police Gordon Sumner 2:45
8. "Don't You Dare Call It Love" Original composition Gloria Gaynor
Linwood Simon		 4:45
9. "Everytime You Go Away" Paul Young Daryl Hall 3:52
10. "Broken Wings" Mr. Mister Richard Page
Steve George
John Lang		 5:04
11. "Suddenly" Billy Ocean Leslie Charles
Keith Diamond		 3:40
12. "Top Shelf" Original composition Gloria Gaynor
Linwood Simon		 4:54
13. "He's Out Of My Life" Michael Jackson Tom Bahler 3:28
14. "I Want to Know What Love Is" Foreigner Michael Jones 4:05
15. "I Will Survive
Never Can Say Goodbye
Reach Out (I'll Be There)
I Am What I Am"		 Gloria Gaynor
Jackson 5
Four Tops
La Cage aux Folles		 Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren
Clifton Davis
Holland–Dozier–Holland
Gerald Herman		 9:38
16. "Don't You Dare Call It Love" (remix) Original composition Gloria Gaynor
Linwood Simon		 5:47

References

  1. ↑ "The Power of Gloria Gaynor". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
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