Anything Is Possible (Debbie Gibson album) - Composition

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Anything Is Possible is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released on November 20, 1990 by Atlantic Records. The album features a collaboration between Gibson and veteran Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier, who co-wrote four of the album's tracks including the title single. "Stand Your Ground" marked Gibson's final collaboration with longtime producer Fred Zarr.

Anything Is Possible

Studio album by

Debbie Gibson

Released

November 20, 1990

Recorded

October 1989-August 1990

Studio

GPI/Electric Blue Studios, Long Island
The Hit Factory, New York City
Innersanctum Sound Studio, Encino
Tyrell Music Studios and Sunset Sound Los Angeles
Z Recording Studio, Brooklyn

Genre

Pop
dance-pop
bubblegum pop

Length

73:38

Label

Atlantic

Producer

Debbie Gibson chronology

Electric Youth
(1989)

Anything Is Possible
(1990)

Body, Mind, Soul
(1993)

Singles from Anything Is Possible

"Anything Is Possible"
Released: November 1990
"(This So-Called) Miracle"
Released: December 1990
"One Hand, One Heart"
Released: April 1991
"One Step Ahead"
Released: July 1991
"Sure"
Released: November 1991
"In His Mind"
Released: February 1992

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

At the time of the album's release in late 1990, Gibson was 20 years old and the late-1980s teen pop wave was near its end. The album was Gibson's first to not reach the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, peaking at No. 41 in the United States. It made the top 40 of the Cashbox albums chart for one week, peaking at No. 38 on December 22, 1990 before descending down the chart. The album sold fewer copies than her previous two albums, Out of the Blue and Electric Youth, both of which had gone multi-platinum.

Anything Is Possible was certified Gold by the RIAA. In Japan, the album reached No. 5 on the Oricon weekly albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAJ. The album was released in March 1991 in the United Kingdom but stalled at No. 69. The title single reached the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The album was included in the 2017 box set We Could Be Together, with two B-sides as bonus tracks.[3] A special two-disc digipack edition was released by Cherry Red Records on March 18, 2022.[4]

Track listing

The LP and cassette releases have unique labels on their sides. Side A is labeled "NRG↑" (pronounced "energy up") for its upbeat songs while the ballad-oriented side B is "Mood Swings".

All tracks are written and produced by Deborah Gibson, except where indicated.

NRG↑
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Another Brick Falls"			3:55
2.	"Anything Is Possible"	Gibson Lamont Dozier	Dozier	3:44
3.	"Reverse Psychology"	Gibson Dozier	Dozier	4:25
4.	"One Step Ahead"	Gibson Dozier	John "Jellybean" Benitez	4:51
5.	"Stand Your Ground∗"		Fred Zarr	3:48
6.	"Deep Down∗"			4:52
7.	"It Must've Been My Boy"	Gibson Dozier	Dozier	4:19
8.	"Lead Them Home My Dreams"			5:32
Total length:				35:33

Mood Swings
No.	Title	Length
1.	"One Hand, One Heart"	4:35
2.	"Sure"	4:17
3.	"Negative Energy"	3:40
4.	"Mood Swings"	3:52
5.	"Try∗"	4:07
6.	"In His Mind∗"	3:33
7.	"Where Have You Been?"	6:07
8.	"This So-Called Miracle"	7:28
Total length:		37:46

Japan bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Without You"	Gibson Tatsuro Yamashita	Andrew Zulla	4:17

Deluxe Digipack Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
17.	"So Close to Forever"
18.	"The Most Beautiful Love Song"

Deluxe Digipack Edition Disc 2: The Remixes
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Anything Is Possible" (Remix Edit)	Gibson Dozier
2.	"Anything Is Possible" (12" Harding & Curnow Remix)	Gibson Dozier
3.	"Anything Is Possible" (Jellybean Dance Mix)	Gibson Dozier
4.	"Anything Is Possible" (Radio Edit of Dance Mix)	Gibson Dozier
5.	"Anything Is Possible" (Dub Mix)	Gibson Dozier
6.	"Anything Is Possible" (Instrumental)	Gibson Dozier
7.	"(This So-Called) Miracle" (Edit)
8.	"One Step Ahead" (Hot Radio Mix)	Gibson Dozier
9.	"One Step Ahead" (Club Mix)	Gibson Dozier
10.	"One Step Ahead" (Masters at Work Mix)	Gibson Dozier
11.	"One Step Ahead" (Underground Mix)	Gibson Dozier
12.	"One Step Ahead" (Radio Mix with Rap)	Gibson Dozier
13.	"One Step Ahead" (Bonus Beats)	Gibson Dozier
14.	"One Step Ahead" (PWL 7" Edit)	Gibson Dozier
15.	"One Step Ahead" (PWL 12" Remix)	Gibson Dozier

∗ denotes track featured only on CD and cassette formats.

Charts

1990 Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1990	Australian Albums Chart[5]	80
1990	Canada Albums Chart[6]	85
1990	Japanese Albums Chart[7]	5
1990	UK Albums Chart[8]	69
1990	U.S. Billboard 200[9]	41

Deluxe Edition

Year	Chart	Position
2022	UK Album Sales Chart (OCC)[10]	65
2022	Scottish Albums[11]	79

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[12]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[13]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Adapted credits from the liner notes of Anything Is Possible.[14]

Musicians

Debbie Gibson - lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboard programming, drum programming, piano
Lamont Dozier - keyboard programming, drum programming, rhythm track arrangement, backing vocals (tracks 2–3, 7)
Hense Powell - keyboard programming, keyboards (tracks 2, 7)
Andrew Zulla - keyboard programming, drum programming (track 3)
Fred Zarr - keyboard programming, drum programming (track 5)
John "Jellybean" Benitez - drum programming (track 4)
Ed Terry - synthesizers (track 4)
Gary Corbett - keyboards, Hammond B-3 (track 8, 13, 16)
Paul Buckmaster - string arrangement, horns arrangement (tracks 3, 9-10, 14-15)
Jerry Hey - horn arrangement (tracks 7, 10)
Carlos Alomar - guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synth guitar (tracks 1–2, 7–8, 10, 15-16)
Ira Siegel - guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7, 12-14)
Paul Pesco - guitar (tracks 4, 6)
Eluriel "Tinker" Barfield - bass (track 6)
Freddie Washington - bass (track 7)
Doug Stegmeyer - bass (tracks 8, 10, 13, -15-16)
Margaret Ross - harp (track 16)
Fred Levine - drums, drum overdubs (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10, 12–13, 15-16)
Quentin Dennard - drums (track 7)
Bashiri Johnson - percussion (tracks 1–5, 7, 10, 12-15)
Adam Tese - saxophone, percussion (tracks 6, 10)
Jocelyn Brown - backing vocals (track 1)
Connie Harvey - backing vocals (track 1)
Michelle Cobbs - backing vocals (tracks 3, 16)
B.J. Nelson - backing vocals (tracks 3, 6, 8)
Keeth Stewart - backing vocals (tracks 3, 8, 15)
Carrie Johnson - backing vocals (tracks 4, 8, 13)
Libby Johnson - backing vocals (tracks 4, 8, 13)
Robin Clark - backing vocals (tracks 5–8, 10, 16)
Fonzi Thornton - backing vocals (tracks 5–8, 10, 16)
Freddie Jackson - backing vocals (track 12)
Yolanda Lee - backing vocals (track 12)
Jesi Forte - backing vocals (track 15)
Dennis Collins - backing vocals (track 16)

Production

Debbie Gibson - arranger (tracks 1–3, 6, 8-16)
Lamont Dozier - arranger (tracks 2, 7)
Hense Powell - arranger (track 3, 7)
Jellybean Benitez - arranger (track 4)
Ed Terry - arranger (track 4)
Fred Zarr - arranger (track 5)
Phil Castellano - recording engineer, mix engineer (tracks 1-10, 12-16)
Andrew Zulla - recording engineer, programming engineer, assistant recording engineer (tracks 1, 3–4, 6, 8-12, 16)
Reggie Dozier - recording engineer (track 2, 7)
Phil Esses - recording engineer (track 5)
Bob Rosa - mix engineer (tracks 1–3, 7, 9, 11–12, 14, 16)
Hugo Dwyer - mix engineer (tracks 4, 6, 10)
Dave Sorenson - assistant mix engineer (tracks 1–3, 7, 9, 11–12, 14, 16)
Andy Grassi - assistant mix engineer (tracks 5, 8, 13, 15)
Jay Ryan - assistant mix engineer (tracks 6, 10)
John Karlquist - album coordinator
Diane Gibson - executive producer, management
Alberto Tolot - photography
Paul Starr - makeup (Profile, Los Angeles)
Victor Vidal - hair (Cloutier, Los Angeles)
Derric Lowe - stylist
Ted Jensen - mastering (Sterling Sound, NYC)

References

AllMusic - Anything Is Possible's Review Retrieved 22 February 2016.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 280.
Sinclair, Paul (September 20, 2017). "New content added to Debbie Gibson 'We Could Be Together' deluxe set". Super Deluxe Edition. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
"Debbie Gibson: Anything Is Possible, Expanded 2CD Edition". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
"Anything Is Possible - Australian chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
"Top Albums/CDs - Volume 53, No. 14 March 09, 1991". Archived from the original on July 19, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.. RPM (magazine).
"エニシング・イズ・ポッシブル | デビー・ギブソン" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
"Official Albums Chart Top 75". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
Billboard - Debbie Gibson Charts Lynne Segall Billboard Retrieved February 22, 2016.
"Official Album Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
"Official Album Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
"Japanese album certifications – デビー・ギブソン – Anything is Possible" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1992年5月 on the drop-down menu
"American album certifications – Debbie Gibson – Anything is Possible". Recording Industry Association of America.
Anything Is Possible (booklet). Debbie Gibson. Atlantic Records. 1990. CD 82167.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Official website
Anything Is Possible at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Anything Is Possible at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Debbie Gibson
Discography
Studio albums	Out of the Blue (1987) Electric Youth (1989) Anything Is Possible (1990) Body, Mind, Soul (1993) Think with Your Heart (1995) Deborah (1997) M.Y.O.B. (2001) Colored Lights: The Broadway Album (2003) Ms. Vocalist (2010) The Body Remembers (2021) Winterlicious (2022)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1995) We Could Be Together (2017)
Singles	"Only in My Dreams" (1986) "Shake Your Love" (1987) "Out of the Blue" (1987) "Foolish Beat" (1988) "Staying Together" (1988) "Lost in Your Eyes" (1989) "Electric Youth" (1989) "No More Rhyme" (1989) "We Could Be Together" (1989) "Without You" (1990) "Anything Is Possible" (1990) "One Step Ahead" (1991) "Losin' Myself" (1993) "Shock Your Mama" (1993) "For Better or Worse" (1995) "Only in My Dreams 1998" (1998) "Lost in Your Eyes, the Duet" (2021)
Related articles	Fred Zarr Morton Estrin "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child"
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