Thelma Houston 1983 is Thelma Houston

Thelma Houston

Thelma Houston is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1976 with her cover version of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.-Early life & career:Houston is the daughter of a cotton picking mother...

's twelfth studio album and was her debut album on MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

. The album only generated commercial interest in the Urban

Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...

music market. It includes two modest R&B chart hits, "Working Girl" and "Just Like All The Rest."

Track listing

1. "Make It Last"
2. "Say Goodbye To Love"
3. "Running In Circles"
4. "What For"
5. "Just Like All The Rest"
6. "Standing In The Light"
7. "Take Me Through Your Lifetime"
8. "Givin' It All"
9. "Handsome Dudes"
10. "Working Girl"

Thelma Houston 1994

Italian-only release (Fonit Cetra CDL378)

1. Don't Leave Me This Way 4:03
2. I'm Losing (Ancora) 3:20
3. Cruel Beauty (Bella senz'anima) 3:41
4. The Long Road 4:27
5. A World of Love (Un mondo d'amore) 2:56
6. My Life Is Mine (Vita spericolata) 4:20
7. Don't Leave Me This way [remix radio version] 4:00
8. Flame (Almeno tu nell' universo) 5:06
9. The Way You Are (Tu come stai) 4:15
10. More and More 3:06
11. Shing Star (Stella stai) 3:34
12. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning 3:15

Several remixes by Junior Vasquez and Joe T. Vanelli were released using the vocals of this 1994 version.