Straight to the Heart is an album by the American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in August 1986, it peaked at #12 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

Straight to the Heart
Studio album by Crystal Gayle
Released	August 1986
Studio	Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; The Loft, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Jim Ed Norman
Crystal Gayle chronology
Nobody Wants to Be Alone (1985) Straight to the Heart (1986) A Crystal Christmas (1986)

Two singles from the album, "Cry" and "Straight to the Heart", both reached #1 on the Country Singles Chart in 1986 (the latter of which was Gayle's final #1 hit to date). Further hits were "Nobody Should Have To Love This Way" at #26, and "Only Love Can Save Me Now" at #11. Three songs: "Deep Down", "Lonely Girl” and "Cry" were performed on the daytime drama Another World in 1987. Crystal also played herself in the storyline involving a serial killer.

Track listing

Personnel

• Crystal Gayle - lead vocals
• Josh Leo, Steve Gibson, Larry Byrom, Reggie Young, John McFee - guitar
• Michael Rhodes, Larry Paxton, Tom Robb - bass
• Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
• Mike Lawler, David Innis, Vince Melamed - synthesizer
• Charles Cochran - synthesizer, piano
• James Stroud, Eddie Bayers - drums, percussion
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• Bruce Dees, Cindy Richardson, Val & Birdie, Dennis Wilson, Diane Tidwell, Lisa Silver, Philip Forrest, Harry Stinson, Larry Lee, John McFee, Keith Knudsen, Tim Goodman - backing vocals
• Bergen White - string arrangements

Technical

• Eric Prestidge - recording, mixing
• Laura LiPuma - art direction, design
• Stuart Watson - photography

Chart performance

References

• http://www.allmusic.com/album/straight-to-the-heart-mw0000891712