Take It to Heart

Take It to Heart
Studio album by Michael McDonald
Released	May 15, 1990 (1990-05-15)
Recorded	1989
Studio	A&M, Hollywood Can-Am, Tarzana Smoketree Ranch, Chatworth One on One, North Hollywood Axis, New York City
Genre	Blue-eyed soul
Length	53:43
Label	Reprise
Producer	Michael McDonald Ted Templeman Don Was David Gamson Gardner Cole
Michael McDonald chronology
Sweet Freedom (1986) Take It to Heart (1990) Blink of an Eye (1993)

Take It to Heart is the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. It was released on May 15, 1990, on the label Reprise, five years after his previous studio album, No Lookin' Back.^[1][2]

The album was slated to be titled “Lonely Talk” to be issued in August 1989. It also had a different track list, containing a song called “Plain of Jars” and a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” (which ended up on his 1st Greatest Hits collection); there were also different versions of current tracks that made the official album. About 3 weeks prior to its original planned issue date, Reprise/WB decided there were not enough potential singles; therefore, “Tear It Up,” “All We Got” and “Get the Word Started” were added, with “Take It to Heart” recorded and added, which meant some songs and some versions were removed or changed (details unknown).