Precious Moments (album)

Precious Moments is the eleventh studio album, and second on Arista Records, from Jermaine Jackson. Released in 1986, the album includes the pop and R&B top-20 hit, "I Think It's Love" (co-written with Stevie Wonder) along with the top 40 US R&B hit "Do You Remember Me?", and top 40 Belgian hits "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" and "Words Into Action".

The album track, "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful," a duet with Whitney Houston was never released as a single; however, the ballad received significant radio airplay at the time and was included on Houston's 2000 compilation Whitney: The Greatest Hits.

"Words Into Action" was featured in the 1986 film About Last Night and included on the film's soundtrack album.^[2]

1. "Do You Remember Me?" (Jermaine Jackson, Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano) - 5:03
2. "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" (Jackson, Tom Keane, Kathy Wakefield, David Foster) - 4:30
3. "Give a Little Love" (David Malloy, Rodney Crowell) - 3:53
4. "Precious Moments" (Jackson, Keane) - 5:10
5. "I Think It's Love" (Jackson, Omartian, Stevie Wonder) - 3:52
6. "Our Love Story" (Jackson, Keane, David Batteau) - 4:31
7. "I Hear Heartbeat" (Mick Leeson, Peter Vale) - 5:39
8. "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" (Duet with Whitney Houston) (Elliot Willensky) - 4:19
9. "Voices in the Dark" (Jackson, Omartian) - 4:36
10. "Words into Action" (Leeson, Vale) - 4:55

11. "(Closest Thing To) Perfect" {Extended Version}
12. "I Think It's Love" {Extended Remix}
13. "Do You Remember Me?" {Michael Omartian Remix}
14. "Do You Remember Me?" {Jellybean Remix}
15. "Do You Remember Me?" {Bruce Forest Remix}

B-side

• Whatcha Doin' (single "Do You Remember Me?")

Musicians and Vocalists

• Jermaine Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Michael Omartian – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 9), synthesizers (1, 3, 5, 9, 10), drum programming (1, 5, 9), drums (3), drum machines (10)
• Marcus Ryle – synthesizer programming (1, 3, 5, 9)
• Tom Keane – keyboards (2, 4, 6, 8), synthesizers (2, 4, 6, 8), drums (4), backing vocals (4, 6, 7), drum programming (6)
• Bo Tomlyn – keyboards (2, 4, 6, 8), synthesizers (2, 4, 6, 8)
• Dean Gant – keyboards (7), synthesizers (7), drums (7)
• Michael Landau – guitars (1–6, 8, 9)
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars (7)
• Steve Lukather – guitars (8)
• Dann Huff – guitars (10)
• John Robinson – drums (2, 3)
• John Keane – drums (8)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 4–6, 8, 9)
• Gary Herbig – saxophones (1, 3, 5, 9)
• Kim Hutchcroft – saxophones (1, 5, 9)
• Marc Russo – saxophone (4)
• Ernie Watts – saxophone (10)
• Chuck Findley – trombone (1, 5, 9)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 5, 9)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 5, 9)
• Vesta Williams – backing vocals (1)
• Portia Griffin – backing vocals (2, 5)
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (2, 6)
• Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals (2, 6)
• Mona Lisa Young – backing vocals (5)
• Whitney Houston – lead vocals (8)

Music arrangements

• Michael Omartian – arrangements (1, 3, 5, 9, 10)
• Tom Keane – arrangements (2, 4, 6–8)
• Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements (2)
• Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (5)
• Jermaine Jackson – horn arrangements (5)

• Clive Davis – executive producer
• Michael Omartian – producer (1, 3, 5, 9, 10)
• Jermaine Jackson – producer (2, 4, 6–8)
• Tom Keane – producer (2, 4, 6–8)
• Terry Christian – engineer (1, 3, 5, 9, 10)
• John Guess – mixing (1, 3, 9, 10)
• Steve Hodge – engineer (2, 4, 6–8), mixing (2, 4, 6–8)
• Humberto Gatica – remixing (2, 6), mixing (3, 5)
• Michael Hutchinson – vocal recording for Whitney Houston (8)
• Ria Lewerke – art direction
• Paul Jasmin – artwork