Angel Heart (Jimmy Webb album)

Angel Heart is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in April 1982 by Real West Production.

Critical response
In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann described the album as "a classic of the style called 'West Coast pop', a creamy adult contemporary sound with a rock edge but plenty of strings, the tasty guitar solos offset by the sweet harmonies". However, he found the material weak by Jimmy Webb standards, with a number of compositions that are ponderous and/or lacking in distinction, and said that the two best songs, "Scissors Cut" and "In Cars", already had superior recordings done by Art Garfunkel.

Personnel

 * Music
 * Jimmy Webb – vocals, piano, electric piano
 * Fred Mollin – acoustic guitar, percussion, producer, backing vocals
 * Kenny Loggins – backing vocals
 * Victor Feldman – percussion
 * Daryl Hall – backing vocals on "Nasty Love"
 * Fred Tackett – acoustic and electric guitar
 * Jerry Hey – trumpet
 * David Paich – organ, piano
 * David Foster – piano
 * Leland Sklar – bass
 * Bob Glaub – bass
 * Jeff Porcaro – drums
 * Dean Cortez – bass
 * Graham Nash – backing vocals
 * Valerie Carter – backing vocals
 * Michael McDonald – backing vocals
 * Leah Kunkel – backing vocals
 * Stephen Bishop – vocals on "In Cars"
 * Steve Lukather – electric guitar
 * Bud Shank – flute
 * Dean Parks – acoustic and electric guitar
 * Gerry Beckley – backing vocals


 * Production
 * Matthew McCauley – arranger, string arrangements, backing vocals, synthesizer, producer, conductor, percussion
 * William F. Williams – executive producer
 * Nancy Donald – design
 * Mark Linett – overdub engineer
 * Bob Schaper – engineer
 * Mike Reese – mastering
 * Dennis Drake – engineer, overdub engineer
 * Bob Irwin – reissue producer
 * Kevin Boutote – digital mastering
 * Bill Schnee – mixing
 * Henry Diltz – photography