Tell It to My Heart is the debut album by singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne was born Leslie Wunderman on March 7, 1962 before later adopting her current stage name. She is an American pop vocalist, songwriter, and dance artist. Overall, she has had eighteen individual hit songs reach the top ten in Billboard magazine...

. The LP yielded four top-ten singles: "Tell It to My Heart" (#7), "Prove Your Love" (#7), "I'll Always Love You" (#3) and "Don't Rush Me" (#2). The album achieved double-platinum sales in the United States.

Two covers were issued for the album. The original was very colorful, with Dayne resembling her appearance in the "Tell It to My Heart" music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

, with big hair and a tight black dress. The subsequent cover was more subdued, and presented Dayne in much more modest hair and make-up, seated against a wall in a brown leather jacket and white tank top. It is likely that Arista reworked the album cover art to help cash in on Dayne's new-found success on the less-youth-oriented Adult Contemporary chart after the release of "I'll Always Love You."

Track listing

1. "Tell It to My Heart
   Tell It to My Heart
   "Tell It to My Heart" is a song recorded by dance-pop vocalist Taylor Dayne, released as her first single from her debut album of the same name in late 1987. The single was Dayne's first major exposure, and she soon became known for her up-tempo, dance-oriented music.-Background and writing:The...
   
   " (S. Swirsky
   Seth Swirsky
   Seth Swirsky is an American pop music songwriter , author, recording artist, filmmaker, political writer and baseball memorabilia collector -- a self-described "Manic Expressive."- Songwriter :In 1980, at the age of 20, Seth Swirsky wrote the national jingle for Thomas' English...
   
   , E. Gold) (3:41)
2. "In the Darkness" (B. Steinberg
   Billy Steinberg
   William Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...
   
   , T. Kelly
   Tom Kelly (musician)
   Thomas F. Kelly is an American musician, best known for his songwriting partnership with Billy Steinberg. Steinberg and Kelly co-wrote numerous hit songs for popular music artists, including five number-one singles on the Billboard Top 100 chart in the 1980s....
   
   ) (3:17)
3. "Don't Rush Me
   Don't Rush Me
   "Don't Rush Me" is a song written by Alexandra Forbes and Jeff Franzel and performed by Taylor Dayne. It was released in the late summer of 1988 as the fourth single from Dayne's debut album Tell It to My Heart.-Reception and charts:...
   
   " (A. Forbes, J. Franzel
   Jeff Franzel
   Jeff Franzel is a songwriter and musician who has composed for a number of artists, including 'N Sync, Taylor Dayne, The Temptations, Shawn Colvin, and Clay Aiken. He has collaborated with lyricists such as Alex Forbes, Ty Lacy, Jess Cates, Monty Powell, Anna Wilson, Lindy Robbins, Darrell Brown,...
   
   ) (3:50)
4. "I'll Always Love You" (J. George) (4:33)
5. "Prove Your Love
   Prove Your Love
   "Prove Your Love" is a song recorded by dance-pop vocalist Taylor Dayne, released as the second single from her debut album in 1988. Like her previous single "Tell It to My Heart", it is a high energy dance track with aggressive vocal delivery....
   
   " (S. Swirsky, A. Roman) (3:28)
6. "Do You Want It Right Now" (C. Burton, N. Straker
   Nick Straker
   Nick Straker is a London born musician, who had hits in Europe and the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s.-Career:...
   
   ) (4:04)
7. "Carry Your Heart" (S. Peiken
   Shelly Peiken
   Shelly Peiken is a multi-platinum Grammy nominated songwriter who is best known for her #1 hits "What a Girl Wants" and "Come on Over Baby ".Shelly and Meredith Brooks earned a Grammy nomination for Brooks's hit song "Bitch"....
   
   ) (4:22)
8. "Want Ads" (G. Perry, G. Johnson
   General Norman Johnson
   General Norman Johnson was the frontman of Chairmen of the Board and an American rhythm and blues songwriter and record producer.-Biography:...
   
   , B. Perkins) (3:00)
9. "Where Does That Boy Hang Out" (D. Lasley
   David Lasley
   David Lasley is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his contributions as a background singer for such artists as Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor and Luther Vandross....
   
   ) (4:23)
10. "Upon the Journey's End" (Duet with Billy T. Scott) (J. Sciarrone) (4:05)

Musicians

• Taylor Dayne - lead and background vocals
• Rich Tancredi - keyboards (tracks 1-2, 5-10), percussion and drum programming
• Steve Skinner - keyboards (tracks 3-4)
• Bob Cadway - guitar
• Donald Gladstone - bass guitar
• Ric Wake - percussion and drum programming
• Frank Desaro - tom and cymbal overdubs
• Richie Cannata
  Richie Cannata
  Richie Cannata is an American music producer, multi-instrumentalist and studio owner. He is most notable for playing saxophone in the Billy Joel band alongside Doug Stegmeyer and Liberty DeVitto. After leaving the band in 1981, he opened Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York...
  
   - saxophones
• Casey Warner - additional background vocals
• Shelly Peiken - additional background vocals
• Michael L. Gray - additional background vocals
• Billy T. Scott - additional background vocals

Production

• Ric Wake - arranger, recording engineer (track 1)
• Rich Tancredi - arranger
• Bob Cadway - recording engineer, mixing engineer (tracks 1, 3-4, 7-10)
• Clay Hutchinson - additional vocal engineering
• Michael Hutchinson - mixing engineer (track 5)
• Jason Corsaro - mixing engineer (tracks 2, 6)
• Thomas Uberman Yezzi - assistant engineer
• John Herman - assistant engineer
• Mario Vasquez - assistant engineer
• Dave O'Donnell
  Dave O'Donnell
  Dave O'Donnell is an American producer/engineer. He has worked for such artists as Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, and Ray Charles. Currently a resident of New York City.-References:...
  
   - assistant engineer
• Don Rodenback - assistant engineer
• Gilles Larrain
  Gilles Larrain
  Born in Da Lat, Vietnam in 1938, Gilles Larrain was first a painter, who went through the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and one of the pioneers in kinetic art in the 1960s, using air, smoke, light, water and neon tubes...
  
  - photography (original 1987 cover)
• Jennifer Baumann - photography (revamped 1988 cover)
• Susan Tobman - styling
• Timmothy Montgomery - hair/make-up
• Margery Greenspan - art direction

Singles

• "Tell It to My Heart" (11/1987)
• "Prove Your Love" (02/1988)
• "I'll Always Love You" (06/1988)
• "Don't Rush Me" (09/1988)