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Precious Moments (album)

Precious Moments is the eleventh studio album, and second on Arista Records, 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".

Precious Moments

February 13, 1986

1985

R&B

46:42

Michael Omartian (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 9 & 10); Jermaine Jackson and Tom Keane (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8).

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.[2]

Whatcha Doin' (single "Do You Remember Me?")

Jermaine Jackson – lead and backing vocals

– keyboards (1, 3, 5, 9, 10), synthesizers (1, 3, 5, 9, 10), DX7 bass (1, 9, 10), Moog Source bass (1, 3, 5), drum programming (1, 3, 5, 9, 10), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 9, 10), horn arrangements (5)

Michael Omartian

Marcus Ryle – synthesizer programming (1, 3, 5, 9)

– keyboards (2, 4, 6, 8), synthesizers (2, 4, 6, 8), Moog bass (2, 4, 6, 8), arrangements (2, 4, 6), drum programming (4, 6), backing vocals (4, 6, 7)

Tom Keane

Bo Tomlyn – keyboards (2, 6, 8), synthesizers (2, 6, 8)

Dean Gant – keyboards (7), synthesizers (7), DX7 bass (7), drum programming (7)

– guitar (1-6, 8, 9)

Michael Landau

– guitar (7)

Paul Jackson, Jr.

– guitar (8)

Steve Lukather

– guitar (10)

Dann Huff

– drums (2), hi-hat (3), cymbal (3)

John Robinson

– drums (8)

John Keane

– percussion (1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)

Paulinho da Costa

Gary Herbig – saxophone (1, 3, 5, 9)

Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone (1, 5, 9)

– saxophone (4)

Marc Russo

– saxophone (10)

Ernie Watts

– trombone (1, 5, 9)

Chuck Findley

Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 5, 9)

– trumpet (1, 5, 9), horn arrangements (5)

Jerry Hey

Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements (2)

– backing vocals (1)

Vesta Williams

Portia Griffin – backing vocals (2, 5)

Julia Waters – backing vocals (2, 6)

Maxine Waters – backing vocals (2, 6)

Mona Lisa Young – backing vocals (5)

– lead vocals (8)

Whitney Houston

Producers – Michael Omartian (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 9 & 10); Jermaine Jackson and Tom Keane (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8).

Executive Producer –

Clive Davis

Engineers – Terry Christian (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 9 & 10); Steve Hodge (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8).

Whitney Houston's vocal on Track 8 recorded by Michael Hutchinson.

Mixing – John Guess (Tracks 1, 3, 9 & 10); Steve Hodge (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8); (Tracks 3 & 5)

Humberto Gatica

Remixing on Tracks 2 & 6 – Humberto Gatica

Art Direction – Ria Lewerke

Artwork – Paul Jasmin