Deborah (album)

Deborah
Studio album by Debbie Gibson
Released	December 1996 (U.S.)
Genre	Pop, dance-pop, pop rock
Length	56:41
Label	Espiritu
Producer	Deborah Gibson, Richard Drummie, Mark Portmann, Steve Rosen
Debbie Gibson chronology
Greatest Hits (1995) Deborah (1996) Lost in Your Eyes and Other Hits (1999)
Singles from Deborah
"Only Words" Released: April 1997 "Moonchild" Released: November 1997 "Only in My Dreams 1998" Released: February 1998

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Deborah is the sixth original album by American singer Debbie Gibson. Released December 1996 on Espiritu Records, this was the first release where the singer was credited with her full name.

Singles

• "Only Words" (Jellybean Recordings DM 2524) is the first dance maxi-single from the 1996 album. Released in the U.S. in 1997, it contains five variants of Album Track 4. Peaking at #38 on the Hot Dance chart,^[1] this single is Gibson's last appearance on any Billboard Magazine sales and/or airplay chart to date as primary artist.
• "Moonchild" released in 1997.
• "Only In My Dreams 1998":
• "Naturally" is the fourth and final single from Deborah Gibson's album, released in 1997. "Naturally" was released as a single exclusively in Japan in 1998.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Deborah Gibson except "Moonchild" and "Cry Tonight" composed by Gibson and Joy Swinea, and "People" and "Don't Rain On My Parade" by Bob Merrill & Jule Styne.

1. "Prelude" – 0:19
2. "Ode to a Would Be Lover" – 4:11
3. "Moonchild" – 4:40
4. "Only Words" – 3:24
5. "Naturally" – 3:55
6. "Nobody's You" – 3:45
7. "Cry Tonight" – 3:25
8. "Where I Wanna Be" – 4:53
9. "Butterflies Are Free" – 3:41
10. "Give Me Your Love" – 4:11
11. "Just Wasn't Love" – 4:07
12. "I Can't" – 4:14
13. "People" – 3:03
14. "Don't Rain on My Parade" – 2:59
15. "I Will Let You Go" – 3:13

Alternate Releases

The above tracks were released as a limited edition release to NRG up fan club members, while the tracks below were part of the standard release.

1. "Prelude" – 0:19
2. "Ode to a Would Be Lover" – 4:11
3. "Moonchild" – 4:40
4. "Only Words" – 3:24
5. "Naturally" – 3:55
6. "Nobody's You" – 3:45
7. "Cry Tonight" – 3:25
8. "Where I Wanna Be" – 4:53
9. "Butterflies Are Free" – 3:41
10. "Give Me Your Love" – 4:11
11. "Just Wasn't Love" – 4:07
12. "I Can't" – 4:14
13. "I Will Let You Go" – 3:13
14. "Only Words" (Dance Edit) – 3:56
15. "Only in My Dreams" (1997 Dance Edit) – 4:38

In Japan, the album was released as Moonchild (Nippon Columbia/Sony COCY 80747) and was released November 1997 by Nippon Columbia division of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, includes all tracks from both U.S. revisions, as follows:

1. "Prelude" – 0:19
2. "Ode to a Would Be Lover" – 4:11
3. "Moonchild" – 4:40
4. "Only Words" – 3:24
5. "Naturally" – 3:55
6. "Nobody's You" – 3:45
7. "Cry Tonight" – 3:25
8. "Where I Wanna Be" – 4:53
9. "Butterflies Are Free" – 3:41
10. "Give Me Your Love" – 4:11
11. "Just Wasn't Love" – 4:07
12. "I Can't" – 4:14
13. "I Will Let You Go" – 3:13
14. "Only Words" (Dance Edit) – 3:56
15. "Only in My Dreams" (1997 Dance Edit) – 4:38
16. "People" – 3:03
17. "Don't Rain on My Parade" – 2:59

Personnel

• 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
• Deborah Gibson – piano, musical arrangement, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, production
• Dave Goodermuth – engineering (assistant)
• 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 – background 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 – background vocals
• Andrea Robinson – background vocals
• Alex Rodriguez – mixing
• Steve Rosen – piano, arrangement, keyboards, production
• Tom Salta – keyboards, programming
• Bill Schnee – mixing
• Michael Thompson – electric guitar
• Fonzi Thornton – background vocals
• Junior Vasquez – production, mixing, post production

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