Throw You Down 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 fourteenth studio album. It was her only album for Reprise Records

Reprise Records

Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...

, released in mid 1990. Although the lyrics of the songs are production by Richard Perry

Richard Perry

Richard Perry is an American music producer. Perry began as a performer in his adolescence, but shifted gears after graduating college and rose through the late 1960s and early 1970s to become a highly successful and popular record producer with over a dozen gold records to his credit by 1982...

is solid and very catchy, the album got lost in the shuffle. Houston is in excellent form, turning in one of the most impressive vocal performances ever recorded. The album features the hits, "Out Of My Hands", "High" and the title track (dance #6 in 1991).

Track listing

1. "What He Was"
2. "You Can Float My Boat"
3. "Throw You Down"
4. "A Man Who Isn't So Smooth"
5. "High"
6. "Serious"
7. "Short Life"
8. "Got to Be Yourself"
9. "I Won't Forget"
10. "Out Of My Hands"

Throw You Down - CD Maxi Single

1. "Throw You Down (Single Mix)"
2. "Throw You Down (Throw Down Mix)"
3. "What He Has (12 Inch Mix)"
4. "Throw You Down (Rave Mix)"
5. "Throw You Down (Rave Dub)"
6. "Throw You Down (Down For The Count Dub)"

High - CD Promo Single

1. "High (New Single Remix)"
2. "High (Single Version)"
3. "High (Alternative Radio Mix)"
4. "High (House Remix)"