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Deborah is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson. Released on June 11, 1997 under Gibson's own record label, Espiritu Records, this was the first release where the singer was credited with her full name. The original release sold to Debbie Gibson International Fan Club (DGIF) members includes her covers of "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl, as she starred in the off-Broadway production tour of the musical the previous year.[1][2] The second release for the general market replaced the Funny Girl covers with "Only Words" (Dance Edit) and a re-recording of Gibson's 1987 debut single "Only in My Dreams".

Deborah
Studio album by Debbie Gibson
Released	June 11, 1997 (1997-06-11)
Recorded	November 1996-March 1997
Studio	Blue Studios On the Mark Productions Cocoa Butt Studios Studio 19 Valley Studios
Genre	Pop dance-pop pop rock
Length	56:41
Label	Espiritu Records
Producer	Deborah Gibson Richard Drummie Mark Portmann Steve Rosen
Debbie Gibson chronology
Greatest Hits (1995) Deborah (1997) Lost in Your Eyes and Other Hits (1999)
Singles from Deborah
"Only Words" Released: April 1997 "Moonchild" Released: November 1997 "Naturally" Released: February 1998
Japan release cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

In Japan, the album was released as Moonchild on November 29, 1997 by Nippon Columbia under the Portazul label. It includes all tracks from both versions of the U.S. release.[3]

The album was included in the 2017 box set We Could Be Together, with the track listing based on the original DGIF release and two additional songs and three remixes as bonus tracks.[4]

Singles

• "Only Words" is the first dance maxi-single from the album. Released in the U.S. in 1997 and peaking at #38 on the Hot Dance chart,[5]
• "Moonchild" released in 1997.
• "Naturally" is the third and final single from Deborah Gibson's album, released in 1997. "Naturally" was released as a single exclusively in Japan in 1998.

Track listing

Personnel

• Deborah Gibson - vocals, backing vocals, piano, musical arrangements, keyboards
• Carlos Alomar – acoustic & electric guitar
• Reynaldo Andrews – handclapping
• Carlton Batts – mastering
• Bob Biles – sound engineering
• Anna-Jane Casey – vocals, performance
• Chris Childs – bass
• Robin Clark – background vocals
• Richard Cottle – keyboards
• Richard Drummie – guitar, mandolin, musical arrangement, production, drum programming, keyboard programming
• Dave Goodermuth – assistant engineer
• Marc Goodman – sound engineering
• Andy Grassi – vocals, sound engineering, mixing
• Dave Hancock – mixing assistant
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion
• Larry Knight – acoustic & electric guitar
• David Matthews – sound engineering
• P. Dennis Mitchell – sound engineering, mixing
• Richie Morales – drums
• Joey Moskowitz – programming
• B.J. Nelson – backing vocals
• Rafael Padilla – percussion
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
• John Patitucci – bass samples
• George Perilli – drums
• Mark Portmann – arrangement, production, sound engineering, keyboard programming
• Sally Ries – backing vocals
• Andrea Robinson – backing vocals
• Alex Rodriguez – mixing
• Steve Rosen – piano, arrangement, keyboards, production
• Tom Salta – keyboards, programming
• Bill Schnee – mixing
• Michael Thompson – electric guitar
• Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
• Junior Vasquez – production, mixing, post production

References

External links

• Official website
• Deborah at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Deborah at Discogs (list of releases)

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