Straight to the Heart (Crystal Gayle album)

Straight to the Heart

Studio album by Crystal Gayle

Released

1986

Crystal Gayle chronology

Nobody Wants to Be Alone
(1985)

Straight to the Heart
(1986)

A Crystal Christmas
(1986)

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

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Straight to the Heart"	Graham Lyle, Terry Britten	4:00
2.	"Cry"	Churchill Kohlman	4:18
3.	"Take This Heart"	Peter Leinheiser	3:05
4.	"A Little Bit Closer"	Thom Schuyler, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy	3:27
5.	"Do I Have to Say Goodbye?"	Peter McCann, Jim McBride	3:00
6.	"Deep Down"	Gary Nicholson, Kevin Welch	3:01
7.	"Crazy in the Heart"	Bob Garfrerick, Billy Henderson	3:05
8.	"Only Love Can Save Me Now"	Bucky Jones, Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro	3:24
9.	"Nobody Should Have to Love This Way"	Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black, Rory Bourke	4:12
10.	"Lonely Girl"	Josh Leo	3:47

Chart performance

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

References

http://www.allmusic.com/album/straight-to-the-heart-mw0000891712

Crystal Gayle

Albums Singles

Studio albums	Crystal Gayle Somebody Loves You Crystal We Must Believe in Magic When I Dream We Should Be Together Miss the Mississippi These Days Hollywood, Tennessee True Love Cage the Songbird Nobody Wants to Be Alone What If We Fall in Love (with Gary Morris) Straight to the Heart Nobody's Angel Ain't Gonna Worry Three Good Reasons Best Always Someday Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael In My Arms All My Tomorrows

Compilation albums	I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes Classic Crystal Favorites Crystal Gayle's Greatest Hits

Specialty albums	One from the Heart (with Tom Waits) A Crystal Christmas

Video albums	Crystal Gayle in Concert Live! An Evening with Crystal Gayle

Notable singles	"Wrong Road Again" "Somebody Loves You" "I'll Get Over You" "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)" "I'll Do It All Over Again" "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" "Ready for the Times to Get Better" "Talking in Your Sleep" "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" "When I Dream" "Half the Way" "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" "The Blue Side" "If You Ever Change Your Mind" "Too Many Lovers" "The Woman in Me" "You Never Gave Up on Me" "Livin' in These Troubled Times" "'Til I Gain Control Again" "Our Love Is on the Faultline" "Baby, What About You" "The Sound of Goodbye" "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" "Turning Away" "Me Against the Night" "Nobody Wants to Be Alone" "A Long and Lasting Love" "Cry" "Straight to the Heart" "Nobody Should Have to Love This Way" "Only Love Can Save Me Now" "Nobody's Angel" "Never Ending Song of Love"

Collaboration singles	"Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)" (with Gary Morris) "Another World" (with Gary Morris)

Other singles	"You and I" (with Eddie Rabbitt)

Related articles	United Artists Records Columbia Records Elektra Records Warner Bros. Records Loretta Lynn Peggy Sue

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