Heartbreak (Shalamar album)

Heartbreak
Studio album by Shalamar
Released	November 12, 1984
Recorded	1983-1984
Genre	Dance-pop, new wave, boogie
Length	40:41
Label	SOLAR
Producer	Howard Hewett, Hawk, Bill Wolfer
Shalamar chronology
The Look (1983)The Look1983 Heartbreak (1984) Circumstantial Evidence (1987)Circumstantial Evidence1987

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B[2]

Heartbreak is the eighth album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1984 on the SOLAR label. It features a new line-up of Delisa Davis, Micki Free and Howard Hewett (Davis and Free having replaced Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley who had both left the group after the release of the previous album The Look).

Heartbreak peaked at #32 on the R&B chart and #90 on the Billboard chart. The single "Dancing in the Sheets" was included on the chart-topping soundtrack album of the film Footloose, while "Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills" featured on the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack.

Track listing

Singles

• "Dancing in the Sheets" (US Hot 100 #17, US R&B #18, UK #41)
• "Amnesia" (US Hot 100 #73, US R&B #49, UK #61)
• "My Girl Loves Me" (US R&B #22, UK #45)
• "Don't Get Stopped in Beverly Hills" (US R&B #79)

Personnel

• Delissa Davis - Keyboards, Vocals
• George Duke - Keyboards
• Micki Free - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar (Synthesizer), Vocals
• Chuck Gentry - Guitar, Keyboards, Sequencing Programmer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Mitch Gibson - Assistant Engineer
• Hawk - Drum Programming, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer
• Howard Hewett - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Joyce "Fenderella" Irby - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
• John "J.R." Robinson - Percussion
• Barry Sarna - Keyboards
• Ernie Watts - Saxophone
• David Williams - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Bill Wolfer - Keyboards, Synthesizer
• William "Dr. Z." Zimmerman - Sequencing Programmer

References