State of the Heart (Maureen McGovern album)

Infobox Album | Name = State of the Heart
Type = Album
Artist = Maureen McGovern


Released = 1988
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Pop, Standards
Length = 39:33
Label = CBS
Producer = Ron Barron
Last album = "Another Woman in Love"
(1987)
This album = "State of the Heart"
(1988)
Next album = "Naughty Baby"
(1989)

"State of the Heart" is Maureen McGovern's sixth studio album; it was released in 1988, just one year after her voice/piano album "Another Woman in Love". It was recorded at Clinton Recording Studios in New York City in 1987.

Unlike her previous album, it is a wholly orchestrated album and consists of contemporary love songs (six of which were composed by her long-time collaborators Jeffrey D. Harris and Judy Barron). The last track is the original version of Michel LeGrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman's song "On My Way to You," which (according to McGovern's official site) was written especially for McGovern. With the exceptions of "Here You Come Again" (which is a slow, jazzy version, compared to Dolly Parton's medium-tempoed country/pop version) and "Blue Interlude," all of the songs from this album are original.

"Blue Interlude" contains no lyrics but only vocalization. It is based on Frederic Chopin's composition "Prelude No. 20 in C Minor."

Kirk Whalum played the saxophone for the first and fifth tracks.

The picture for the front of the album shows McGovern (with her hair dyed a darker brown and grown down to her waist) wearing a gray robe in a gray background. It was photographed by Joyce Tenneson.

Track listing

# The Same Moon - (Jeffrey D. Harris, Judy Barron) - 4:50
# Why Can't I Forget? - (Jeffrey D. Harris, Judy Barron) - 3:25
# I Wonder What You're Like - (Robert Kraft, Larry Carlton, Carol Hall) - 4:04
# Here You Come Again - (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) - 3:40
# Sometime Soon - (Jeffrey D. Harris, Judy Barron) - 3:32
# State of the Heart - (Jeffrey D. Harris, Judy Barron) - 4:17
# Bedtime Story - (Jeffrey D. Harris, Judy Barron) - 4:02
# Night Flight - (Jeffrey D. Harris, Judy Barron) - 3:36
# Blue Interlude - (arranged by Jeremy Lubbock, based on an arrangement by Claus Ogerman for Bill Evans) - 4:23
# On My Way to You - (Michel LeGrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) - 3:44

Album credits

Musical supervision and conducting by: Ettore Stratta

Arrangements
*"The Same Moon," "Sometime Soon," "State of the Heart," and "Night Flight" arranged by: Jeffrey D. Harris
*"Why Can't I Forget?," "I Wonder What You're Like," "Here You Come Again," "Bedtime Story," and "On My Way to You" arranged by: Mike Renzi
*"Blue Interlude" arranged by: Jeremy Lubbock

Musicians
*Keyboards on "Why Can't I Forget?," "I Wonder What You're Like," "Here You Come Again," "Bedtime Story," and "On My Way to You": Mike Renzi
*Keyboards on "The Same Moon," "Sometime Soon," "State of the Heart," "Night Flight": Jeffrey D. Harris
*Drums: Allan Schwartzberg
*Bass: Francisco Centeno
*Guitars: John Tropea
*Percussion: Steve Thornton
*DX-7: Fred Hersch
*Synthesizers, solos on "I Wonder What You're Like," "Here You Come Again," and "State of the Heart": Daniel Freiberg
*Guitars on "Here You Come Again," and "Bedtime Story": Bob Gallo and Jeff Mironov
*Percussion on "I Wonder What You're Like": Dave Samuels
*Orchestra concertmaster: Marin Alsop
*Orchestral musical contractor: Frank Zuback

Engineers
*Engineer: Ed Rak, assisted by Neil Dignon, Jackie Brown & Rebecca Everett
*Additional recording engineered by: Gene Curtis, assisted by Troy Halderson
*Mixed by: Ed Rak
*Recorded on: Mitsubishi X-850 Digital 32 track, mixed to Mitsubishi X-80
*Mastered from the original digital recording at the CBS Studios on the CBS DisComputer System by: Vlado Meller

*Cover design: Allen Weinberg
*Cover photos: Joyce Tenneson

*Kirk Whalum appears courtesy of Columbia Records.