Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson album)

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Out Of The Blue
Out Of The Blue cover
Front cover, Atlantic SD 81780.
Studio album by Deborah Gibson
Released August 18, 1987 (U.S.)
Recorded 1986–1987
Genre Teen idol, dance, Pop/Rock, Dance-pop
Length 40:53
Label Atlantic
Producer Fred Zarr
Deborah Gibson
John Morales
Sergio Munzibai
Lewis A. Martineé
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4.5/5 stars link
Deborah Gibson album chronology
Out Of The Blue
(1987)		 Electric Youth
(1989)
Singles from Out of the Blue
  1. "Only In My Dreams"
    Released: February 1987
  2. "Shake Your Love"
    Released: September 1987
  3. "Out of the Blue"
    Released: January 1988
  4. "Foolish Beat"
    Released: April 1988
  5. "Staying Together"
    Released: September 1988
  6. "Red Hot*"
    Released: 1988
*"Red Hot" had been B-side for "Donna Allen — Make It My Night (Atlantic 89149), released November 1987, prior to its official release as a single (Atlantic Philippines ATR-0357) late in 1988.

Out of the Blue (Atlantic LP 81780; Atlantic UK WX139) is the debut album by American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson. Gibson personally wrote all ten songs on this album. As executive producer, Douglas Breitbart of Broadbeard Productions, Inc. (whom Gibson's mother had hired as manager five years before), assembled a team of producers from both New York and Florida: Fred Zarr of BiZarr Music, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (producer for "Only in My Dreams," released as a maxi single (Atlantic DM 86744) the previous year and as a single (Atlantic 89322) the preceding February); John Morales and Sergio Munzibai of Another M+M Production, Inc., New York City; and Lewis A. Martineé of Pantera Productions, Inc., Miami, Florida.

Zarr produced "Shake Your Love" and "Fallen Angel" in addition to "Only in My Dreams," and co-produced "Out of the Blue," "Staying Together" and "Wake Up to Love" with Gibson, sole producer for "Foolish Beat." Morales and Munzibai produced "Red Hot" and "Between the Lines." Martineé produced "Play the Field."

Out of the Blue made #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Albums chart and #26 on the U.K. album chart. The album became Gibson's best-selling album to date, selling over 3 million copies in the United States (over 8 million worldwide) and was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Out Of The Blue" (3:55)
  2. "Staying Together" (4:07)
  3. "Only in My Dreams" (3:54)
  4. "Foolish Beat" (4:25)
  5. "Red Hot" (3:54)
  6. "Wake Up to Love" (3:42)
  7. "Shake Your Love" (3:44)
  8. "Fallen Angel" (3:43)
  9. "Play the Field" (4:37)
  10. "Between the Lines" (4:42)



All songs written by Deborah Gibson - Music Sales Corp., ASCAP.

[edit] Personnel

Deborah Gibson - Lead and Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Rhythm Programs, Synthesizers
Fred Zarr - Keyboards, Rhythm Programs, Synthesizers
John Morales - Programming and sequencing on "Red Hot," "Between the Lines"
Lewis A. Martineé - Keyboards, Rhythm Programs, Backing Vocals on "Play the Field"
Mike Baskt - Keyboards on "Play the Field"
David 'Jaz' Grant - Keyboards on "Red Hot," "Between the Lines"
Ira Siegel - Guitars
Tommy Williams - Guitars
Nestor Gomez - Guitars on "Play the Field"
Jeff Smith - Saxophones
Bashiri Johnson - Percussion
Jimmy Maelen - Percussion on "Red Hot," "Between the Lines"
Tim Lawless - Backing Vocals
LaRita Gaskins - Backing Vocals
Carrie Johnson - Backing Vocals
Libby Johnson - Backing Vocals
Janet Wright - Backing Vocals on "Red Hot," "Between the Lines"
Connie Harvey - Backing Vocals on "Red Hot," "Between the Lines"
Wendell Morrison - Backing Vocals on "Red Hot," "Between the Lines"

[edit] References

  1. /Pop2/DeborahGibsonDiscog/Discog.txt at AngelFire.com.
  2. Liner notes, SD 81780. NYC: Atlantic Recording Corp., 1987.
  3. Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson songbook), CatNo. HL00356822. Hal Leonard, 1988.

[edit] External links

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Deborah Gibson
Studio Albums
Out of the Blue (1987) · Electric Youth (1989) · Anything Is Possible (1990) · Body Mind Soul (1992) · Think With Your Heart (1993) · Deborah (1997) · M.Y.O.B. (2001) · Colored Lights: The Broadway Album (2003)
Compilation Albums
Greatest Hits (1995) · Lost in Your Eyes and Other Hits (1999) · Memory Lane, Volume 1 (2005) · Memory Lane, Volume 2 (2005) · Rhino Hi-Five: Debbie Gibson (2008)
Singles
"Only in My Dreams" (1986) · "Shake Your Love" (1987) · "Out of the Blue" (1987) · "Foolish Beat" (1988) · "Staying Together" (1988) · "Red Hot" (1988) · "Lost in Your Eyes" (1989) · "Electric Youth" (1989) · "No More Rhyme" (1989) · "We Could Be Together" (1989) · "Without You" (1990) · "Anything Is Possible" (1990) · "(This So-Called) Miracle" (1991) · "One Hand, One Heart" (1991) · "One Step Ahead" (1991) · "Sure" (1991) · "In His Mind" (1992) · "Losin' Myself" (1993) · "Eyes of the Child" (1993) · "Shock Your Mama" (1993) · "How Can This Be?" (1993) · "Free Me" (1993) · "For Better or Worse" (1995) · "Didn't Have the Heart" (1995) · "Only Words" (1997) · "Moonchild" (1997) · "Only in My Dreams 1998" (1998) · "Naturally" (1998) · "What You Want" (2000) · "Your Secret" (2001) · "Naked" (2005)
Collaborations
"Voices That Care" (Various artists, 1991) · "Hip Hop" (Chris Cuevas, 1991) · "Someday" (Chris Cuevas, 1992) · "You're The One That I Want" (Craig McLachlan, 1993) · "I Wanna Destroy You" (Circle Jerks, 1995) · "Light the World" (Peabo Bryson, 1999) · "Someone You Love" (O'Neill Brothers, 2006) · "Lost in Your Eyes" (Acoustic Version) (O'Neill Brothers, 2006) · "Say Goodbye" (Jordan Knight, 2006)
Videos
Out of the Blue (1988) · Live in Concert - The Out of the Blue Tour (1988) · Live Around the World (1990)
Films
Ghostbusters (1984) · My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (1999) · Wedding Band (2001) · Soulkeeper (2001) · Celeste in the City (2004) · Coffee Date (2005) · Body/Antibody (2007)
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