Take It to Heart Original Recording Remastered

Truly some of Mr McDonald's best work. One of my absolute favorites, and I'm surprised how this album has been overlooked. It brings me back to a certain unforgettable winter evening some 25 years ago and the important decision made. Mr McDonald's voice reaches down to your insides, just great stuff.

This album is one of Michael McDonald's best. Bluesy, Funky, and Rocky at the same time makes these listenable tunes onesthat never grow old. Right up there with his "Motown" albums in quality, "Take It To Heart" runs the test of time. This album isone that will be on my favorite list for a long time.

As many Michael McDonald fans we all have our likes and dislikes about each of his solo CD's. But "Take It To Heart" has a bit of a different twist, read on for the full story..Me being a die-hard M.McD. fan to the point of aquiring all of his recordings including his many duet and contributing vocals on other artist projects. Even his 1st perfessional recording "God Knows I love My Baby" from 1970 recorded on RCA Records.."sorry I am getting a bit off topic.Take It To Heart was suppose to be called Lonely Talk and be issued on August of 1989. It also had a bit of a different song line up..It had a song called "Plain Of Jars" and a cover of Stevie Wonders Higher Ground (Which ended up on his 1st GH's) there were also different versons of current tracks that made the offical CD. Just about 3 weeks prior to origonal issue date (Aug 89) Repris/WB's label decided there were not enough singles and so Tear It Up and All We Got were added along with Get The Word started (Not sure exactly what versons were changed, Take It To Heart was recorded and added, which meant some songs and some versons had to go. I myself would've rather have had "Lonely Talk and added "Take It To Heart" and that would've given us a 11 song CD they way Michael saw it. I love Lonely Talk, Love Can Break, Searchin For. Take It, Homeboy. True McD. classics. For those who heard Plain Of, You know what a different song stlye for Mike and those that did not. You were only able to hear it on the B-side of the Take It To Heart Cassette single or the UK CD5 w/ Higer Ground as well. One of the few unissued tunes ever put out by M.McD on a CD single. I do not know why record companies seem to think they know what fans want. If you play TITH tracks 2,3 and 4 and 6-11 and you do have the 2 B sides you will have kind've and idea what lonely talk was suppose to be. Maybe one day a box set of M.McD will be issued and some of those demo's and alt. mixes and session tracks for TITH will see the light of day. I hope you enjoyed this information. Overall TITH is a great CD. It shows of Michael's Faulseto alot. It is a shame the CD did not find it's way to the charts more..... MS

One of my favorite Michael McDonald albums. Upbeat and with his style.....need I say more?

One of Michael's finest tapes.

Love Michael. Best vocalist in my opinion.

Please, what else can you say....it's Michael McDonald....!!!! Very nice indeed. Thank you for selling.

It was going on 5 years since Michael McDonald's last album when "Take It To Heart" was released in May of 1990. McDonald had done some music in the meantime including the big hits "Sweet Freedom" and the Patti LaBelle duet "On My Own", songs that suggested McDonald's future might not be too bright from an artistic standpoint. However, Michael rose to the occasion, delivering a solid, consistently enjoyable album that finds him in peak vocal form, which is saying a lot.Unsurprisingly, there's very much of a late '80s/ early '90s production sheen, but that said, only on a few songs is there a real attempt at sounding 'up to date'. One of these is the uptempo album-opener "All We Got"--it was remixed by Shep Pettibone, and it's a great, dramatic club-dance song packed with powerful hooks. Another example is the adult contemporary ballad title track--considering that it was co-written by Diane Warren, it's not surprising that it's quite sugary, but it still has some appeal, thanks to McDonald's incredibly soulful vocals on the chorus. Then there's "Tear It Up", one of two tracks here that Michael had no involvement in writing--it's a sugary feel-good tune and the hip-hop beats on it are a bit much, but it's still got enough taste and tunefulness to make it respectable.The other track Michael didn't have any part in writing is "One Step Away" which is a rather sickly-sweet ballad, but likewise, it's tastefully performed and has effective hooks. The album ends with the engagingly lush and mellow smooth-jazz style "You Show Me"--the lyrics are pretty sappy, but it's still a nice track.Many of the tracks have an appealingly organic, punchy sound, thanks in no small part to the late Jeff Porcaro's crisp drumming--the minor-keyed ballad "Love Can Break Your Heart" (co-written by Paul Carrack) and the dynamic, tormented "Lonely Talk" are both excellent tracks; and both the ballad "No Amount Of Reason" and the socially conscious "Homeboy" are solid as well, even though ace guitarist Michael Landau does get carried away on this latter track with his metallic guitar soloing. "Get The Word Started", co-written by David Pack (of Ambrosia fame), is a tad sugary, but it's still very nicely funked-up, catchy, and extremely good.So, "Take It To Heart" isn't a masterpiece, but it's solid--it's one of those albums you can put on and enjoy all the way through and not feel utterly compelled to skip any tracks; even the weakest ones still make for solid background music. You can probably snap this disc up cheap, and it's worth doing so.

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When I listen to this offering I cannot understand why he never released some classic albums. This one is commercial, predictable and never really reaches the heights. Unfortunately, the same can be said for most of his disappointing output. The material he has had to work with can best be described as underwhelming. There must be something wrong when you have to start releasing album after album of Motown covers!

Je viens d'écouter l'album Take it to Heart de Michael Mcdonald !Même si l'album date de 1990, sa musique et ses chansons sont intemporelles !Une merveille ! Et cette voix !Je ne regrette absolument pas cet achat !Mr Mcdonald , à quand un nouvel album, pas avec des reprises, mais avec vos propres chansons !Vous êtes un auteur compositeur hors pair !

Friday Music からのリマスター盤ですが一曲目の「ALL WE GOT」を聴いて何か違う。以前のCDと聴き比べてみると、ホーンセクションのように使用されていたシンセの音が大幅にカットされて、随分おとなしい雰囲気のものに変更されています。確かに、発表当時、この曲はシングルとしてカットされてはいたものの、作品全体の雰囲気からは異質なほど先鋭的なサウンドで浮いてはいましたが・・・。今回の再発売に当たって、作品全体の見直しとして再編集したのかもしれませんね。結局、以前から持っているリマスター前のCDも持っていないといけませんね・・・・。