Straight from the Heart (Peabo Bryson album)

1. "Slow Dancin'" (Peabo Bryson) - 3:55
2. "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" (Michael Masser, Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow) - 4:14
3. "Straight from the Heart" (Bryson) - 4:35
4. "There's No Getting Over You (La Theme De Sharon)" (Bryson) - 4:02
5. "I Get Nervous" (Richard Feldman, Larry John McNally, Rick Kelly) - 4:10
6. "Learning the Ways of Love" (Gerry Goffin, Masser) - 3:12
7. "Real Deal" (Bryson) - 4:32
8. "Love Means Forever" (Bryson) - 4:21

• Peabo Bryson – lead vocals, Memorymoog (1, 3, 7, 8), percussion solo (1), rhythm arrangements (1), backing vocals (3, 7), arrangements (3, 4, 7, 8), Yamaha DX7 (4, 7)
• Myra Walker – acoustic piano (1, 3, 7, 8), Fender Rhodes (1, 7, 8), Oberheim OB-X (3), backing vocals (3, 7), Yamaha DX7 (4)
• Mark Parrish – Memorymoog (1, 8), Prophet-5 (7)
• Trammell Starks – Memorymoog (1, 3, 4, 7, 8), Yamaha DX7 (4, 7)
• Randy Kerber – acoustic piano (2, 6), Yamaha DX7 (2, 6)
• Rick Kelly – keyboards (5)
• John Hauser – electric guitar (1, 3)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (2, 6)
• Richard Horton – electric guitar (3, 7), acoustic guitar (8)
• Richard Feldman – guitar (5)
• Dwight W. Watkins – bass guitar (1, 3, 8), Oberheim OB-X (3), backing vocals (3), flugelhorn (8)
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar (2, 6)
• Louis Johnson – bass guitar (5)
• Andre Robinson – Simmons drums (1, 3, 7, 8)
• Carlos Vega – drums (2, 6)
• John Robinson – drums (5)
• Charles Bryson – percussion (1)
• Michael Fisher – percussion (5)
• Ron Dover – tenor saxophone (3, 8), soprano saxophone (8), flute (8)
• James Bowling – flute (8)
• Michael Masser – rhythm track arrangements (2, 6)
• Gene Page – rhythm track arrangements (2, 6)
• Lee Holdridge – string arrangements and conductor (2, 6)
• Richard Marx – backing vocals (2, 6)
• Deborah Thomas – backing vocals (2, 6)
• Lynn Davis – backing vocals (5)
• Josie James – backing vocals (5)
• Marcy Levy – backing vocals (5)
• Samuel T. Dukes – backing vocals (7)

• Producers – Peabo Bryson (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 & 8); Michael Masser (Tracks 2 & 6); Richard Feldman and Rick Kelly (Track 5).
• Assistant Producer – Dwight Watkins
• Engineers – Russ Fowler (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8); Michael Mancini and Bill Schnee (Tracks 2 & 6); Richard Feldman and Rick Kelly (Track 5).
• Assistant Engineer on Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8 – Don M. Radick
• Mixing – Peabo Bryson, Russ Fowler and Dwight Watkins (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8).
• Recorded and Mixed at Cheshire Sound Studios (Atlanta, GA).
• Track 5 recorded at Orca Studios (Encino, CA).
• Rhythm Tracks and Vocals on Tracks 2 & 6 recorded at Devonshire Sound Studios (Burbank, CA).
• Strings recorded at Evergreen Studios (Burbank, CA).
• Mixed at Bill Schnee Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
• Art Direction – HSU
• Photography – Beverly Parker

The song "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" was utilized as a love theme for Joe Perkins and Kelly Capwell on the American daytime drama Santa Barbara.[1][2]

• Peabo Bryson, "Straight From The Heart" CD Liner Notes. Elektra Records, 1984