Heart over Mind (Anne Murray album)

Heart Over Mind is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in the fall of 1984. The album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA.

The disc's first 45, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do", a duet with Dave Loggins, hit #1 on the U.S. Country singles chart and went Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. The follow-up single, "Time Don't Run Out on Me", reached #2 Country and #11 A/C. Both singles topped the Canadian Country singles chart.

Track listing

Personnel

• Anne Murray – lead vocals
• Dennis Burnside – acoustic piano (1, 2, 9, 10)
• David Innis – synthesizers (1–5, 8–10)
• Keith Thomas – synthesizers (2, 8)
• John Barlow Jarvis – electric piano (3)
• Doug Riley – acoustic piano (3, 6), electric piano (4, 5, 7, 8)
• Jack Lenz – synthesizers (4, 5, 8), electric piano (6), acoustic piano (7)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (5)
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar (1–3, 9, 10)
• Paul Worley – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 9, 10)
• Mike "Pepe" Francis – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (4–8)
• John Hug – electric guitar (4, 8)
• Bob Mann – electric guitar (4, 5, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (6)
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (7, 10)
• Tom Robb – bass (1)
• Michael Rhodes – bass (2, 9, 10)
• Tom Szczesniak – bass (3–8)
• James Stroud – drums (1)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (2, 9, 10)
• Barry Keane – drums (3–8)
• Mark Harris – percussion (2)
• Bryan Cumming – saxophone (1)
• Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor
• Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Thom Flora – backing vocals (1, 4, 8)
• Bill Lamb – backing vocals (1, 4, 8)
• Gary Pigg – backing vocals (1, 4, 8)
• Randy Sharp – backing vocals (1)
• Tom Kelly – backing vocals (2, 5)
• Richard Page – backing vocals (2, 5, 9)
• Dave Loggins – lead vocals (6), backing vocals (9)

Production

• Jim Ed Norman – producer
• Balmur Ltd. – executive producer
• Ken Friesen – recording
• Terry Christian – additional recording
• Scott Hendricks – additional recording
• Eric Prestidge – additional recording, mixing, mastering
• Rick Caughron – recording assistant
• Lee Groitzsch – recording assistant
• Tom Henderson – recording assistant
• Alan Henry – recording assistant
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Paige Rowden – production manager
• Paul Cade – art direction, design
• Bill King – photography

Studios

• Recorded at Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada); Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee, USA); Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California, USA).
• Mixed at Sound Stage Studios
• Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee, USA).

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References