Think It Over is the third studio album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1978 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. The album was #7 on the Canadian Dance charts October 14, 1978.
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.
Track listing
Side one
- "Think It Over" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) â 6:00
- "Love Don't Hurt People" (Ron Netsky, Steve Netsky) â 3:01
- "Somebody Should Have Told Me" (Cissy Houston, Doug Frank, Doug James) â 4:30
- "After You" (Doug Frank, Doug James) â 4:38
Side two
- "Warning - Danger" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) â 5:56
- "I Just Want To Be With You" (Alvin Fields, Michael Zager) â 5:08
- "An Umbrella Song" (Alvin Fields, Michael Zager) â 2:58
- "Sometimes" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) â 3:33
- "I Won't Be The One" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Doug Frank) â 3:00
CD reissue bonus tracks
- "Warning-Danger" (Extended Disco Mix) â 10:26
- "An Umbrella Song" (Extended Disco Mix) â 5:52
- "Somebody Should Have Told Me" (Extended Disco Mix) â 8:04
- "Think It Over" (Extended Disco Mix) â 7:59
Production
- Arranged by [Backing Vocals] â Cissy Houston, Michael Zager (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)
- Arranged By, Conductor â Michael Zager
- Backing Vocals â Alvin Fields (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5), Beverly Ingram (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B4, B5), Cissy Houston (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)<br>Donny Harper (tracks: B2, B5), Lani Groves (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Whitney Houston (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
- Baritone Saxophone â Ronnie Cuber
- Bass â Francisco Centeno
- Alto Saxophone â Lenny Hambro
- Drums â Allan Schwartzberg
- Electric Piano â Michael Zager (tracks: B2)
- Engineer [Assistant] â Darroll Gustamachio
- Engineer [Recording, Mixing] â Rick Rowe
- Executive-Producer â Jerry Love
- Guitar â Jeff Mironov
- Harmonica â Michael Chimes (tracks: B3)
- Keyboards, Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Moog] â Rob Mounsey
- Mastered by â Joey Gastwirt
- Percussion â Rubens Bassini
- Strings â Alfred Brown String Section
- Trombone â Gerald Chamberlain
- Bass trombone â Jack Jeffers
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn â Alan Rubin, Burt Collins, John Gatchell, Robert Milliken
- Vibraphone â Dave Carey
- Art direction â Abie Sussman
- Voice [Siren] â Jerry Love (tracks: B1)
Credits
- Produced, Arranged, Conducted â Michael Zager
- Executive-producer â Jerry Love
- Recorded at Secret Sound Studios, New York City.
- Mastered at Masterdisc, New York City.
Charts
Singles
References
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