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Something to Talk About (album)

Something to Talk About is the twenty-second studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1986. The album is so named after the Shirley Eikhard-composed song "Something to Talk About", which Murray had wanted to record for the album but was rejected by her producers; Bonnie Raitt went on to have a huge hit with the song.

Personnel
• Anne Murray – lead vocals • David Foster – keyboards (1), synthesizers (1), arrangements (1) • Ed Arkin – keyboards (2–6, 10), synthesizers (2–6, 10), programming (2–6, 10), bass (2–6, 10), electronic drums (2–6, 10), arrangements (5, 6) • 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), arrangements (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), arrangements (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), arrangements (2–4) • Kristian Schultze – keyboards (2–6, 10), synthesizers (2–6, 10), programming (2–6, 10), bass (2–6, 10), electronic drums (2–6, 10) • Tom Hensley – acoustic piano (4) • Skip Anderson – keyboards (7–9), acoustic piano (7–9) • Oscar Brown – keyboards (7–9) • Keith Diamond – synthesizers (7–9), programming (7–9), bass (7–9), electronic drums (7–9), arrangements (7–9) • 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 (7–9) • Paul Pesco – guitars (7–9) • Bob Rosa – drums (7–9) • Terry Silverlight – drums (7–9) • 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) • Jon 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 (7–9) • Jill Dell'Abate – backing vocals (7–9) • Curtis King – backing vocals (7–9) • Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (7–9) • Cindy Mizelll – backing vocals (7–9) • Sandy Pandya – backing vocals (7–9) == Production ==
Production
• Balmur Ltd. – executive producers • David Foster – producer (1) • Jack White – producer (2–6, 10) • Mark Spiro – associate producer (2–6, 10) • Keith Diamond – producer (7–9) • Paul Cade – art direction, design • Nigel Dixon – photography • Sheila Yakimov – hair stylist • George Abbott – make-up • Lee Kinoshita-Bevington – wardrobe designer • Leonard T. Rambeau – personal management TechnicalBrian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) (2–6, 10) • Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Records (Hollywood, California) (7–9) • Ken Friesen – engineer (1–6, 10) • Humberto Gatica – mixing (1) • Jürgen Koppers – engineer (2–6, 10), mixing (2, 4–6, 10) • Brian Malouf – engineer (2–6, 10), remixing (3) • Kristian Schultze – engineer (2–6, 10) • Jon Van Nest – engineer (2–6, 10) • Bob Rosa – engineer (7–9), mixing (8, 9) • Tom Lord-Alge – mixing (7) • Tom Henderson – assistant engineer (1–6, 10) • Stephen Krause – assistant engineer (2–6, 10) • Peggy McAffee – assistant engineer (2–6, 10) • Samii Taylor – assistant engineer (2–6, 10) • Sabrina Buchanek – mix assistant (2–6, 10) • Acar Key – assistant engineer (7–9) ==Charts==
Charts
Weekly charts Year-end charts ==References==
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