Music Speaks Louder Than Words
1990 compilation album by Various Artists
Music Speaks Louder Than Words | |
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Compilation album by Various Artists | |
Released | July 1990 |
Recorded | 1990 |
Genre | Rock |
Label | Epic |
Producer | Various |
Music Speaks Louder Than Words is an album released by Epic Records in 1990.[1]
Overview
Artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Atlantic Starr, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle, Earth, Wind & Fire, Anne Murray and the Cover Girls featured on the album.[1][2]
The LP's songs were co-written by American and Soviet musicians and songwriters. A sum of composer royalties went towards the AFS Intercultural Exchanges programme. AFS Intercultural Exchanges is an international body based in 70 countries which places exchange students with host families.[1][2]
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
New York Times | (favourable)[3] |
Stephen Holden of the New York Times noted that "the album's songs are all slickly produced".[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Speak To My Heart" (Phoebe Snow) | Todd Cerney, Sue Shifrin & David Tukhmanov | 4:17 |
2. | "Together" (Mickey Thomas) | Paul Chiten, Diane Warren & Oleg Gazmanov | 4:40 |
3. | "I'm From Another Planet" (Animotion) | Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg, Alan Roy Scott, Sergey Manukyan, Mikk Targo | 3:38 |
4. | "Family Of Man" (Atlantic Starr) | Franne Golde, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg, Sergey Manukyan, Mikk Targo | 4:38 |
5. | "Cold Sky" (Cyndi Lauper) | Cyndi Lauper, Franke Previte, Alan Roy Scott, Igor Nikolayev | 5:07 |
6. | "One World" (Earth, Wind & Fire) | Pamela Phillips Oland, Franke Previte, Sergey Manukyan, Mikk Targo | 4:20 |
7. | "Underneath One Sky" (Roberta Flack) | Franne Golde, Wendy Waldman, Igor Krutoy | 5:00 |
8. | "Don't Stop Now" (The Cover Girls) | Todd Cerney, Harold Payne & Viktor Reznikov | 4:41 |
9. | "I Know Your Touch" (Anne Murray) | Albert Hammond, Brenda Russell, Vladimir Matetsky | 4:08 |
10. | "One Heart, One Mind" (Emmanuel) | Gregory Abbott, Alexander Barykin | 4:13 |
11. | "There's Always Love" (Patti LaBelle) | Michael Bolton, Desmond Child, Albert Hammond, Holly Knight, Brenda Russell, Diane Warren, Vladimir Matetsky | 4:30 |
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References
- ^ a b c d Various Artists: Music Speaks Louder Than Words. Epic Records. July 1990.
- ^ a b Heim, Chris (August 3, 1990). "EPIC RELEASES U.S.-SOVIET SONGWRITING COLLABORATION". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune.
- ^ a b Holden, Stephen (August 15, 1990). "The Pop Life". The New York Times.