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Donny Osmond Donald Clark Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, dancer, actor, television host and former teen idol. He gained fame performing with four of his elder brothers as the Osmonds, earning several top ten hits and gold albums. In the ...
's eleventh solo studio album. Released on October 30, 1990, on the Capitol label, it peaked at 177 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album featured three singles, two of which made Billboard's Hot 100 chart: " My Love Is A Fire" rising to number 21, and "Sure Lookin'" that reached number 54. The last single "Love Will Survive" peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart.


Track listing

#"My Love Is a Fire" (
Carl Sturken Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers are New York–based songwriters and record producers. They have produced hits for Ruben Studdard, Wild Orchid, Christina Aguilera and Evelyn Champagne King and helped build the career of Rihanna. In addition to ...
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Evan Rogers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers are New York–based songwriters and record producers. They have produced hits for Ruben Studdard, Wild Orchid, Christina Aguilera and Evelyn Champagne King and helped build the career of Rihanna. In addition to b ...
) – 4:28 #"Eyes Don't Lie" (Donny Osmond, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers) – 4:24 #"Love Will Survive" (Donny Osmond, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers) – 5:27 #"Sure Lookin (Donny Osmond, David Gamson, Tony LeMans) – 4:22 #"Private Affair" (
Diane Warren Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has won an Academy Honorary Award, Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and three consecutive ''Billboard'' Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year from 19 ...
) – 3:49 #"Take Another Try (At Love)" (Donny Osmond, David Gamson, Tony LeMans) – 4:27 #"Make It Last Forever" (Donny Osmond, Mark Holding, Mark Mancina) – 5:25 #"Never Too Late For Love" (Donny Osmond, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers) – 5:26 #"Just Between You and Me" (Donny Osmond, Duane Hitchings, Alan Hewitt) – 3:46 #"Before It's Too Late" (Donny Osmond, Oliver Leiber, David Gamson) – 5:18


Production and personnel

*Tracks 1-3 and 8 produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. Track 1 engineered by Al Hemburger and Matt Noble; Tracks 2, 3 and 8 engineered by Al Hemburger, Matt Noble and Acar Key. Engineering assistance on all tracks by Ed Murphy. Mixed by Steve Peck of
Electric Lady Studios Electric Lady Studios is a recording studio in Greenwich Village, New York City. It was commissioned by rock musician Jimi Hendrix in 1968 and designed by architect John Storyk and audio engineer Eddie Kramer. It was completed by 1970. Hendrix ...
. **All instruments on tracks 1 and 8 by Carl Sturken. **Musicians on tracks 2 and 3: Carl Sturken: guitars, keyboards; John "Noodle" Nevin: bass;
Dave Koz David Stephen Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an American saxophonist, composer, record producer, and radio personality based in Los Angeles, California. Early life Dave Koz was born in Encino, California, to Jewish parents: Norman, a dermatologis ...
: saxophone on track 3 *Tracks 4, 6, 7 and 10 produced by David Gamson. Tracks 4 and 6 engineered by Stephen Shelton, Ryan Dorn and Ray Bardani. Tracks 7 and 10 engineered by Ryan Dorn and Ray Bardani. Mixed by Ray Bardani and Ryan Dorn. **David Gamson: keyboards and drum programming;
Paul Jackson, Jr. Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...
: Guitars (tracks 7 and 10);
Paulinho da Costa Paulinho da Costa (, born Paulo Roberto da Costa on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist. Beginning his career as a samba musician in Brazil, he moved to the United States in the early 1970s and worked with Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Me ...
: percussion (track 10); Cornelius Mims: bass (track 6); Oliver Leiber: additional drum programming (track 10);
Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as a performer and composer, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in ...
: saxophone (track 6); DJ Aladdin: scratching (track 6) *Track 5 produced by
Ric Wake Ric Wake is an Anglo-American record producer who has won two Grammy Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment, he has worked with vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lucero, CoCo Lee, Taylor D ...
; arranged by Ric Wake and Rich Tancredi. Engineered and mixed by Bob Cadway, with assistance from Dan Hetzel and Tom Yezzi. **Rich Tancredi: Keyboards; Joe Franco: Drums, Percussion; Billy T. Scott, Jamillah Muhammed and
Shelly Peiken Shelly Meg Peiken is an American songwriter who is best known for co-writing the US No. 1 hits " What a Girl Wants" and " Come On Over Baby" by Christina Aguilera the US No. 2 hit " Bitch" by Meredith Brooks, " Almost Doesn't Count" by Brandy, ...
: Vocal Backing *Track 9 arranged and produced by Ric Wake and Donny Osmond. Engineered and mixed by Bob Cadway and Ryan Dorn. **Joe Franco: drums, percussion; Rich Tancredi: keyboards;
Al Pitrelli Al Pitrelli (born September 26, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper and Savatage. He has performed with various acts as a band member, session musician and touring me ...
: rhythm guitar; Rory James Collen:
lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...
*Strings on track 10 arranged and conducted by Jeremy Lubbock; contracted by Jules Chalkin. **Violin: Bruce Dukov, Debra Price, Arnold Belnick, Isabelle Daskoff, Joel Derouin, Henry Ferber, Reg Hill, Brian Leonard, Gordon Marron, Don Palmer, Haim Shtrum, Bob Sushel, Mari Tsumura, Shari Zippert **Viola: Sam Boghossian, Ken Burward-Hoy, Myra Kestenbaum, Dan Neufeld **Cello: Fred Seykora, Ron Cooper, Larry Corbett, Ernie Ehrhradt, Dennis Karmazyn, Suzie Katayama *Album mastered by
Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, neighborhood and distri ...
at Precision Lacquer,
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Reception

Charlotte Dillon of Allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of a possible 5, writing that the album was "worth a listen" due Osmond's vocal talents.


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*Donny Osmond: "Eyes Don't Lie" CD Booklet. 1990 Capitol Records. {{Authority control 1990 albums Donny Osmond albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers Albums produced by Ric Wake