Straight to the Heart (Crystal Gayle album)

Straight to the Heart is an album by the American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in August 1986, it peaked at #12 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

Straight to the Heart
Studio album by
Crystal Gayle
ReleasedAugust 1986
GenreCountry
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerJim Ed Norman
Crystal Gayle chronology
Nobody Wants to Be Alone
(1985)		 Straight to the Heart
(1986)		 A Crystal Christmas
(1986)

Two singles from the album, "Cry" and "Straight to the Heart", both reached #1 on the Country Singles Chart in 1986 (the latter of which was Gayle's final #1 hit to date). Further hits were "Nobody Should Have To Love This Way" at #26, and "Only Love Can Save Me Now" at #11. Three songs ,”Deep Down”, “Lonely Girl” and “Cry” were preformed on the daytime drama “Another World” in 1986. Crystal also played herself in the storyline involving a serial killer.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Straight to the Heart"Graham Lyle, Terry Britten4:00
2."Cry"Churchill Kohlman4:18
3."Take This Heart"Peter Leinheiser3:05
4."A Little Bit Closer"Thom Schuyler, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy3:27
5."Do I Have to Say Goodbye?"Peter McCann, Jim McBride3:00
6."Deep Down"Gary Nicholson, Kevin Welch3:01
7."Crazy in the Heart"Bob Garfrerick, Billy Henderson3:05
8."Only Love Can Save Me Now"Bucky Jones, Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro3:24
9."Nobody Should Have to Love This Way"Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black, Rory Bourke4:12
10."Lonely Girl"Josh Leo3:47

Chart performance
Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 12

References
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