Something to Talk About is the twenty-second studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1986. The album is so named after the Shirley Eikhard-composed song "Something to Talk About", which Murray had wanted to record for the album but was rejected by her producers; Bonnie Raitt went on to have a huge hit with the song.
The album peaked at #2 for several weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart - Anne's highest position. The disc was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Contents
Personnel
Anne Murray – lead vocals
David Foster – keyboards (1), synthesizers (1), arrangements (1)
Ed Arkin – keyboards (2–6, 10), synthesizers (2–6, 10), programming (2–6, 10), bass (2–6, 10), electronic drums (2–6, 10), arrangements (5, 6)
Michael Boddicker – keyboards (2–6, 10), synthesizers (2–6, 10), programming (2–6, 10), bass (2–6, 10), electronic drums (2–6, 10)
Harold Faltermeyer – keyboards (2–6, 10), synthesizers (2–6, 10), programming (2–6, 10), bass (2–6, 10), electronic drums (2–6, 10), arrangements (10)
Mark Spiro – keyboards (2–6, 10), synthesizers (2–6, 10), programming (2–6, 10), bass (2–6, 10), electronic drums (2–6, 10), backing vocals (2–6, 10), arrangements (2–6, 10)
Bo Tomlyn – keyboards (2–6, 10), synthesizers (2–6, 10), programming (2–6, 10), bass (2–6, 10), electronic drums (2–6, 10)
Uve Schikora – keyboards (2–6, 10), synthesizers (2–6, 10), programming (2–6, 10), bass (2–6, 10), electronic drums (2–6, 10), arrangements (2–4)
Kristian Schultze – keyboards (2–6, 10), synthesizers (2–6, 10), programming (2–6, 10), bass (2–6, 10), electronic drums (2–6, 10)
Tom Hensley – acoustic piano (4)
Skip Anderson – keyboards (7–9), acoustic piano (7–9)
Oscar Brown – keyboards (7–9)
Keith Diamond – synthesizers (7–9), programming (7–9), bass (7–9), electronic drums (7–9), arrangements (7–9)
Michael Landau – guitars (1–6, 10)
Bob Mann – guitars (1)
Russ Freeman – guitars (2–6, 10)
Dann Huff – guitars (2–6, 10)
Ronny Drayton – guitars (7–9)
Paul Pesco – guitars (7–9)
Bob Rosa – drums (7–9)
Terry Silverlight – drums (7–9)
Brian Malouf – percussion (2–6, 10)
Gary Herbig – saxophone solos (2–6, 10)
Larry Williams – saxophones (2–6, 10), sax solos (2–6, 10)
Lew McCreary – trombone (2–6, 10)
Chuck Findley – trumpet (2–6, 10)
Jerry Hey – trumpet (2–6, 10)
Richard Page – backing vocals (1–6, 10)
Jill Colucci – backing vocals (2–6, 10)
Cindy Fee – backing vocals (2–6, 10)
Steve George – backing vocals (2–6, 10)
Jim Haas – backing vocals (2–6, 10)
Jon Joyce – backing vocals (2–6, 10)
Tom Kelly – backing vocals (2–6, 10)
Edie Lehmann – backing vocals (2–6, 10)
Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals (2–6, 10)
Andrea Robinson – backing vocals (2–6, 10)
Cliff Dawson – backing vocals (7–9)
Jill Dell'Abate – backing vocals (7–9)
Curtis King – backing vocals (7–9)
Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (7–9)
Cindy Mizelll – backing vocals (7–9)
Sandy Pandya – backing vocals (7–9)
Production
Balmur Ltd. – executive producers
David Foster – producer (1)
Jack White – producer (2–6, 10)
Mark Spiro – associate producer (2–6, 10)
Keith Diamond – producer (7–9)
Paul Cade – art direction, design
Nigel Dixon – photography
Sheila Yakimov – hair stylist
George Abbott – make-up
Lee Kinoshita-Bevington – wardrobe designer
Leonard T. Rambeau – personal management
Technical
Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) (2–6, 10)
Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Records (Hollywood, California) (7–9)
Ken Friesen – engineer (1–6, 10)
Humberto Gatica – mixing (1)
Jürgen Koppers – engineer (2–6, 10), mixing (2, 4–6, 10)
Brian Malouf – engineer (2–6, 10), remixing (3)
Kristian Schultze – engineer (2–6, 10)
Jon Van Nest – engineer (2–6, 10)