Precious Moments (album)

Precious Moments
Studio album by Jermaine Jackson
Released	February 13, 1986
Recorded	1985
Genre	Contemporary R&B
Length	46:42
Label	Arista
Producer	Michael Omartian (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9 & 10), Jermaine Jackson & Tom Keane (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8)
Jermaine Jackson chronology
Dynamite (1984) Precious Moments (1986) Don't Take It Personal (1989)

Precious Moments is the eleventh & second, Arista album from Jermaine Jackson. Released in 1986, the album includes the pop and R&B top-20 hit, "I Think It's Love" (co-written with Stevie Wonder) along with the Top 40 US R&B hit "Do You Remember Me?", and Top 40 Belgian hits "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" and "Words Into Action".

The album track "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful," a duet with Whitney Houston was never released as a single, however, the ballad received significant radio airplay at the time and can still be heard occasionally on certain soft rock/quiet storm-formatted radio stations today and was included on Houston's 2000 compilation Whitney: The Greatest Hits.

"Words Into Action" was featured in the 1986 film About Last Night and was included on the film soundtrack.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Do You Remember Me?" (Jermaine Jackson, Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano^[2]) 5:03
2. "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" (Jackson, Tom Keane, Kathy Wakefield, David Foster) 4:30
3. "Give a Little Love" (David Malloy, Rodney Crowell) 3:53
4. "Precious Moments" (Jackson, Keane) 5:10
5. "I Think It's Love" (Jackson, Omartian, Stevie Wonder) 3:52
6. "Our Love Story" (Jackson, Keane, David Batteau) 4:31
7. "I Hear Heartbeat" (Mick Leeson, Peter Vale) 5:39
8. "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" (Duet with Whitney Houston) (Elliot Willensky) 4:19
9. "Voices in the Dark" (Jackson, Omartian) 4:36
10. "Words Into Action" (Leeson, Vale) 4:55

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2012 Remaster (Expanded Edition)

1. Do You Remember Me?
2. Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone
3. Give A Little Love
4. Precious Moments
5. I Think It's Love
6. Our Love Story
7. I Hear Heartbeat
8. If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful - (Duet with Whitney Houston)
9. Voices In The Dark
10. Words Into Action
11. Closest Thing To Perfect {Extended Version}
12. I Think It's Love {Extended Remix}
13. Do You Remember Me? {Michael Omartian Remix}
14. Do You Remember Me? {Jellybean Remix}
15. Do You Remember Me? {Bruce Forest Remix}

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Dutch Albums Chart[4]	53
Swedish Albums Chart[5]	16
US Billboard 200[6]	46
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[7]	25

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090583/soundtrack?mode=desktop
2. Songwriters as listed at discogs
3. Jermaine Jackson- Precious Moments @Discogs.com Retrieved 3-20-2010.
4. "Dutch Albums Chart - March 29, 1986".
5. "Swedish Albums Chart - April 30, 1986".
6. "Billboard 200 - May 3, 1986".
7. "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - April 26, 1986".