Break of Hearts (album)

Break of Hearts is the fifth album by new wave band Katrina and the Waves, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). It is their last album to reach the Billboard 200, reaching #122, and contains their last top 40 hit in the United States, "That's the Way", which reached #16. It was the last studio release in the United States and Canada and the last for Capitol [SBK Label] (the band would briefly move to Virgin Records just before it was sold to Capitol's then-owner EMI).

Break of Hearts
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 26, 1989
Recorded1988-89
GenrePop
Length40:22
LabelSBK
Attic (Canada)
ProducerKatrina and the Waves; Jay Burnett
Katrina and the Waves chronology
Waves
(1986)
Break of Hearts
(1989)
Pet the Tiger
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Katrina and the Waves except as indicated.

  1. "Rock n' Roll Girl"
  2. "Can't Tame My Love"
  3. "That's the Way" (Katrina Leskanich, Kimberley Rew)
  4. "Keep Running to Me" (Rew)
  5. "Break of Hearts"
  6. "I Can Dream About It" (Leskanich, Rew)
  7. "To Have and to Hold" (Rew)
  8. "(I've Got a) Crush On You"
  9. "Love Calculator" (Leskanich, Rew)
  10. "Rock Myself to Sleep" (Vince de la Cruz, Rew)

Personnel

with:

  • Nick Glennie-Smith - keyboards
  • Stevie Lange - backing vocals
  • Shirley Lewis - backing vocals
  • Dee Lewis - backing vocals
  • Jimmy Helms - backing vocals
  • George Chandler - backing vocals
  • Jimmy Chambers - backing vocals

Production

  • Producers: Katrina and the Waves, Jay Burnett
  • Engineer: Mike Vindice, Dennis Herman, Pat Collier

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
The Billboard 200 122
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1989 "That's the Way" The Billboard Hot 100 16
1989 "That's the Way" UK Singles Chart 84
1989 "Rock n' Roll Girl" UK Singles Chart 93

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