Music Speaks Louder Than Words

This article is about the album by American and Soviet musicians. For the album by James Blood Ulmer, see Music Speaks Louder Than Words (James Blood Ulmer album). For other albums, see Music Speaks (disambiguation).

Music Speaks Louder Than Words
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	July 1990
Recorded	1990
Genre	Rock
Label	Epic
Producer	Various

Music Speaks Louder Than Words is an album released by Epic Records in 1990.[1]

Overview

Artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Atlantic Starr, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle, Earth, Wind & Fire, Anne Murray and the Cover Girls featured on the album.[1][2]

The LP's songs were co-written by American and Soviet musicians and songwriters. A sum of composer royalties went towards the AFS Intercultural Exchanges programme. AFS Intercultural Exchanges is an international body based in 70 countries which places exchange students with host families.[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
New York Times	(favourable)[3]

Stephen Holden of the New York Times noted that "the album's songs are all slickly produced".[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Speak To My Heart" (Phoebe Snow)	Todd Cerney, Sue Shifrin & David Tukhmanov	4:17
2.	"Together" (Mickey Thomas)	Paul Chiten, Diane Warren & Oleg Gazmanov	4:40
3.	"I'm From Another Planet" (Animotion)	Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg, Alan Roy Scott, Sergey Manukyan, Mikk Targo	3:38
4.	"Family Of Man" (Atlantic Starr)	Franne Golde, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg, Sergey Manukyan, Mikk Targo	4:38
5.	"Cold Sky" (Cyndi Lauper)	Cyndi Lauper, Franke Previte, Alan Roy Scott, Igor Nikolayev	5:07
6.	"One World" (Earth, Wind & Fire)	Pamela Phillips Oland, Franke Previte, Sergey Manukyan, Mikk Targo	4:20
7.	"Underneath One Sky" (Roberta Flack)	Franne Golde, Wendy Waldman, Igor Krutoy	5:00
8.	"Don't Stop Now" (The Cover Girls)	Todd Cerney, Harold Payne & Viktor Reznikov	4:41
9.	"I Know Your Touch" (Anne Murray)	Albert Hammond, Brenda Russell, Vladimir Matetsky	4:08
10.	"One Heart, One Mind" (Emmanuel)	Gregory Abbott, Alexander Barykin	4:13
11.	"There's Always Love" (Patti LaBelle)	Michael Bolton, Desmond Child, Albert Hammond, Holly Knight, Brenda Russell, Diane Warren, Vladimir Matetsky	4:30

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References

1. Various Artists: Music Speaks Louder Than Words. Epic Records. July 1990.
2. Heim, Chris (August 3, 1990). "EPIC RELEASES U.S.-SOVIET SONGWRITING COLLABORATION". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune.
3. Holden, Stephen (August 15, 1990). "The Pop Life". The New York Times.