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Something to Talk About is a studio album by Canadian artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1985. The album is so named after the Shirley Eikhard-composed song "Something to Talk About", which Murray later rejected (Bonnie Raitt went on to have a huge hit with the song).

Something to Talk About
Studio album by Anne Murray
Released	1985 (1985)
Studio	Eastern Sound - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre	Country, Pop[1]
Length	38:21
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Foster (track 1) Jack White (tracks 2-6, 10) Keith Diamond (tracks 7-9)
Anne Murray chronology
Heart Over Mind (1984) Something to Talk About (1985) Harmony (1987)
Singles from Something to Talk About
"Now and Forever (You and Me)" Released: January 1986 "Who's Leaving Who" Released: April 1986

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.[2]

Track listing

1. "Now and Forever (You and Me)" (David Foster, Jim Vallance, Randy Goodrum) – 4:14
2. "Who's Leaving Who" (Jack White, Mark Spiro) – 3:40
3. "My Life's a Dance" (White, Spiro) – 4:23
4. "Call Us Fools" (Alan Roy Scott, Roy Freeland, Jill Colucci) – 3:51
5. "On and On" (Jerry Buckner) – 4:02
6. "Heartaches" (C. F. Turner)[3] – 3:53
7. "Reach for Me" (Roger Bruno, Ellen Schwartz) – 3:54
8. "When You're Gone" (Keith Diamond, Cliff Dawson) – 4:05
9. "You Never Know" (Gary Nicholson, Amy Sky) – 3:09
10. "Gotcha" (White, Spiro, Ed Arkin) – 3:22

Personnel

• Anne Murray – lead vocals
• David Foster – keyboards (1), synthesizers (1)
• Ed Arkin – keyboards (2-6, 10), synthesizers (2-6, 10), programming (2-6, 10), bass (2-6, 10), electronic drums (2-6, 10)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Kristian Schultze – keyboards (2-6, 10), synthesizers (2-6, 10), programming (2-6, 10), bass (2-6, 10), electronic drums (2-6, 10)
• Tom Henley – acoustic piano (4)
• Skip Anderson – keyboards (7, 8, 9), acoustic piano (7, 8, 9)
• Oscar Brown – keyboards (7, 8, 9)
• Keith Diamond – synthesizers (7, 8, 9), programming (7, 8, 9), bass (7, 8, 9), electronic drums (7, 8, 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, 8, 9)
• Paul Pesco – guitars (7, 8, 9)
• Bob Rosa – drums (7, 8, 9)
• Terry Silverlight – drums (7, 8, 9)
• Brian Malouf – percussion (2-6, 10)
• Gary Herbeck – 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)
• John 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, 8, 9)
• Jill Dell'Abate – backing vocals (7, 8, 9)
• Curtis King – backing vocals (7, 8, 9)
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (7, 8, 9)
• Cindy Mizelll – backing vocals (7, 8, 9)
• Sandy Pandya – backing vocals (7, 8, 9)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)	22
US Billboard 200[4]	68
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6]	37

References

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