Think It Over (Cissy Houston album)

Think It Over
Studio album by Cissy Houston
Released	1978
Recorded	1977-1978 Seret Sound Studies, New York City
Genre	Soul, Disco, Funk
Length	72:31
Label	Private Stock Records
Producer	Michael Zager
Cissy Houston chronology
Cissy Houston (1977) Think It Over (1978) Warning-Danger (1979)
Singles from Think It Over
"Think It Over/An Umbrella Song" Released: 1978 "Warning-Danger" Released: 1978

Think It Over is a 1978 studio album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released on Private Stock Records.^[1] The album was produced by Michael Zager and features Houston's R&B hit "Think It Over", which peaked at #5 on the Billboards Dance chart and #32 on Billboards Hot Soul chart.^[2]

In 2013, the original recording was remastered and re-released on CD with bonus tracks under Cherry Red Records. The bonus extra are remixes of "An Umbrella Song", "Warning-Danger", "Somebody Should Have Told Me" and "Think It Over", which were originally included on her 1979's album Warning-Danger, released by Columbia Records.

Track listing

UK, CD Album re-issue^[3]

A Side

1. "Think It Over" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) - 6:00
2. "Love Don't Hurt People" (Ron Netsky, Steve Netsky) - 3:01
3. "Somebody Should Have Told Me" (Cissy Houston, Doug Frank, Doug James) - 4:30
4. "After You" (Doug Frank, Doug James) - 4:38

B Side

1. "Warning - Danger" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) - 5:56
2. "I Just Want To Be With You" (Alvin Fields, Michael Zager) - 5:08
3. "An Umbrella Song" (Alvin Fields, Michael Zager) - 2:58
4. "Sometimes" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager) - 3:33
5. "I Won't Be The One" (Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Doug Frank) - 3:00

CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Warning-Danger" (Extended Disco Mix) - 10:26
2. "An Umbrella Song" (Extended Disco Mix) - 5:52
3. "Somebody Should Have Told Me" (Extended Disco Mix) - 8:04
4. "Think It Over" (Extended Disco Mix) - 7:59

Production

• Alto Saxophone – Lenny Hambro
• Arranged By [Backing Vocals] – Cissy Houston, Michael Zager (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)
• Arranged By, Conductor – Michael Zager
• Art Direction – Abie Sussman
• Backing Vocals – Alvin Fields (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5), Beverly Ingram (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B4, B5), Cissy Houston (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5), Donny Harper (tracks: B2, B5), Lani Groves (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Whitney Houston (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
• Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
• Bass – Francisco Centeno
• Drums – Allan Schwartzberg
• Electric Piano – Michael Zager (tracks: B2)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Darroll Gustamachio
• Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Rick Rowe
• Executive-Producer – Jerry Love
• Guitar – Jeff Mironov
• Harmonica – Michael Chimes (tracks: B3)
• Keyboards, Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Moog] – Rob Mounsey
• Mastered By – Joey Gastwirt
• Percussion – Rubens Bassini
• Strings – Alfred Brown String Section
• Trombone – Gerald Chamberlain
• Bass Trombone – Jack Jeffers
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Alan Rubin, Burt Collins, John Gatchell, Robert Milliken
• Vibraphone – Dave Carey
• Voice [Siren] – Jerry Love (tracks: B1)

Credits

• Produced, Arranged, Conducted – Michael Zager
• Executive-producer – Jerry Love
• Recorded at Secret Sound Studios, New York City.
• Mastered at Masterdisc, New York City.

Charts

Singles

Year	Title	US R&B	US Dance
1978	"Think It Over"	32	5

References

1. Cissy Houston-Discography
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 251.
3. Cissy Houston-Think It Over (CD, Album)

External links

• Cissy Houston Bio page
• Cissy Houston - Think It Over CD