Hearsay (album)

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Hearsay
Studio album by Alexander O'Neal
Released	1986
Genre	R&B
Length	41:32
Label	Tabu
Producer	Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link
Alexander O'Neal chronology
Alexander O'Neal (1985) Hearsay (1986) All Mixed Up (1988)

Hearsay is a 1986 album by R&B musician Alexander O'Neal. The album peaked at #29 on the "Billboard 200" and reached #2 on "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums".^[1] The album launched five charting singles in the UK. "Fake" peaked at #33 on "UK Singles"; "Criticize" peaked at #4; "Never Knew Love Like This" at #26; "The Lovers" at #28; "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" at #27.^[2] Several remixes of the album's songs also charted. "Hearsay '88" reached #56; "Fake '88", #16; "Hearsay '89", #56.^[2] Two of the tracks, "Fake" and "Criticize", were popular anthems in UK dance clubs.^[3] The album certified gold by the RIAA on October 20, 1987.^[4] In the UK, it sold more than 700,000 copies.^[3]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 Reference 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by James Harris and Terry Lewis.

[edit] Side one

1. "Intro" – 0:35
2. "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" – 5:27
3. "Hearsay" – 4:18
4. "The Lovers" – 5:27
5. "Fake" – 4:37
6. "Criticize" – 4:11

[edit] Side two

1. "Intro" – 0:28
2. "Never Knew Love Like This" – 5:30
3. "Sunshine" – 6:04
4. "Crying Overtime" – 5:42
5. "When the Party's Over" – 3:32

[edit] Personnel

• Clarence Avant – executive producer
• Jerome Benton
• Spencer Bernard – programming, sequencing
• Cherrelle – arranger, vocals, backing vocals
• David Eiland – saxophone, soloist
• A. Scott Galloway – liner notes
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• James Greer – handclapping
• Steve Hodge – percussion, engineer
• Jimmy Jam – percussion, arranger, keyboards, backing vocals, handclapping, producer, drum programming, rhythm arrangements, keyboard programming, synthesizer programming
• Jellybean Johnson – percussion, keyboards, background vocals, handclapping, drum programming, rhythm arrangements, keyboard programming, synthesizer programming
• Lisa Keith – background vocals, rhythm arrangements
• Terry Lewis – percussion, arranger, background vocals, handclapping, producer, rhythm arrangements
• Alexander O'Neal – arranger, vocals, rhythm arrangements
• Randy Ran – background vocals
• Stafford – photography
• Dale Wehlacz – art direction, design
• Karen Williams

[edit] Reference

[edit] External links

• Audio samples and lyrics hosted with permission by MTV