Think It Over (album)

Think It Over is the third studio album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1978 on Private Stock Records. 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.

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

 * Side One
 * 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
 * Side Two
 * 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

 * Arranged by [Backing Vocals] – Cissy Houston, Michael Zager (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)
 * Arranged By, Conductor – Michael Zager
 * 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
 * Alto Saxophone – Lenny Hambro
 * 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
 * Art direction – Abie Sussman
 * 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