Ms. Vocalist

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ms. Vocalist

| type = studio

| artist = Debbie Gibson

| cover = Ms. Vocalist.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2010|11|03}} {{Small|(Standard Edition)}}
{{start date|2011|01|26}} {{Small|(Deluxe Edition)}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2541286-Debbie-Gibson-Ms-Vocalist | title=Debbie Gibson – Ms. Vocalist (2010, CD) | website=Discogs | accessdate=2023-11-16 | quote= Debbie Gibson – Ms. Vocalist - Sony Records Int'l – SICP 2886 - Nov 3, 2010}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|standards}}

| length = 59:32 {{Small|(Standard Edition)}}
75:18 {{Small|(Deluxe Edition)}}

| label = Sony Music Japan

| producer = {{hlist|Deborah Gibson|TATOO|Gavin MacKillop}}

| prev_title = Colored Lights: The Broadway Album

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = The Singles A's & B's

| next_year = 2017

}}

Ms. Vocalist is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson. Released on November 3, 2010 exclusively in Japan by Sony Music Japan, the album features Gibson's English-language covers of popular male-oriented Japanese songs. In addition, the album includes a duet with Mr. Big vocalist Eric Martin and two re-recordings of her number one hit "Lost in Your Eyes", with one version sung in Japanese.{{cite web |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000063991 |title=エリック・マーティン、デビー・ギブソンと夢のデュエット |website=BARKS |date=September 7, 2010 |access-date=March 5, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/37324 |title=MR.BIGボーカル×80年代歌姫「世界中の誰よりきっと」カバー |website=Natalie.mu |date=September 7, 2010 |access-date=March 5, 2021}}[http://deborahgibson.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/deb-to-release-ms-vocalist-album-in-japan/ Debbie Gibson Official Blog – Deb to Release Ms. Vocalist Album in Japan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023073544/http://deborahgibson.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/deb-to-release-ms-vocalist-album-in-japan/ |date=October 23, 2010 }} A deluxe edition release features four extra re-recordings of songs from her 1987 debut album Out of the Blue, plus a DVD featuring interviews and the music video for "I Love You".{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/m/item/itemShw.php?site=S&ima=0002&cd=SICP000003002 |title=Debbie Gibson: Ms. Vocalist (Deluxe Edition) |publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan |access-date=March 5, 2021}}

Ms. Vocalist is the female counterpart of Eric Martin's Mr. Vocalist album series.{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/m/item/itemShw.php?site=S&ima=2313&cd=SICP000002091 |title=Eric Martin: Mr. Vocalist |publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan |access-date=March 5, 2021}}

The album peaked at No. 71 on Oricon's Weekly Albums chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/111762/products/900604/1/ |title=MS.ボーカリスト 来日記念デラックス・エディション{{!}}デビー・ギブソン |publisher=Oricon |access-date=March 5, 2021}}

Ms. Vocalist was included in the 2017 box set We Could Be Together, making it the first time it was released in western markets.{{cite web |url=https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/new-content-added-to-debbie-gibson-we-could-be-together-deluxe-set/ |title=New content added to Debbie Gibson 'We Could Be Together' deluxe set |first=Paul |last=Sinclair |website=Super Deluxe Edition |date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2020}}

Track listing

(Deluxe version released on January 26, 2011){{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6419540-Debbie-Gibson-Ms-Vocalist | title=Debbie Gibson – Ms. Vocalist (2011, CD) | website=Discogs | accessdate=2023-11-16 | quote=Released - Jan 26, 2011}}

{{Track listing

| headline =

| extra_column = Original artist

| total_length = 59:32

| title1 = Tsunami

| writer1 = {{hlist|Keisuke Kuwata|Kaz Asonuma|Scantana}}

| extra1 = Southern All Stars

| length1 = 5:14

| title2 = Say Yes

| writer2 = {{hlist|Ryo Asuka|Stephanie Lewis}}

| extra2 = Chage and Aska

| length2 = 4:44

| title3 = I Love You

| writer3 = {{hlist|Yutaka Ozaki|Leo Imai}}

| extra3 = Yutaka Ozaki

| length3 = 4:19

| title4 = Roman Hikō

| note4 = {{nihongo3||浪漫飛行||"Romantic Flight"}}

| writer4 = {{hlist|Kome Kome Club|Seiji Motoyama}}

| extra4 = Kome Kome Club

| length4 = 4:52

| title5 = Suddenly ~Love Story wa Totsuzen ni~

| note5 = {{nihongo4||Suddenly~ラブ・ストーリーは突然に~|Sadenrī ~Rabu Sutōrī wa Totsuzen ni|"Sudden Love Story"}}

| writer5 = {{hlist|Kazumasa Oda|Priscilla Coolidge}}

| extra5 = Kazumasa OdaEnglish version originally recorded by Rita Coolidge, from her 1991 cover album Dancing with an Angel.

| length5 = 4:49

| title6 = True Love

| writer6 = {{hlist|Fumiya Fujii|Motoyama}}

| extra6 = Fumiya Fujii

| length6 = 3:38

| title7 = Hitomi o Tojite

| note7 = {{nihongo||瞳をとじて||"Close My Eyes"}}

| writer7 = {{hlist|Ken Hirai|Sierra}}

| extra7 = Ken Hirai

| length7 = 5:22

| title8 = Sakura Zaka

| note8 = {{nihongo4||桜坂||"Cherry Blossom Slope"}}

| writer8 = {{hlist|Masaharu Fukuyama|Joe Inoue}}

| extra8 = Masaharu Fukuyama

| length8 = 4:51

| title9 = However

| writer9 = {{hlist|Takuro|Imai}}

| extra9 = Glay

| length9 = 5:26

| title10 = Robinson

| note10 = {{nihongo4||ロビンソン}}

| writer10 = {{hlist|Masamune Kusano|Motoyama}}

| extra10 = Spitz

| length10 = 4:49

| title11 = Lost in Your Eyes 2010 (Bonus Track)

| writer11 = Deborah Gibson

| length11 = 3:49

| title12 = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto (Ms. Vocalist Version) (with Eric Martin) (Bonus Track)

| note12 = {{nihongo||世界中の誰よりきっと (MSV ver.)||"Surely More Than Anyone in the World (MSV ver.)"}}

| writer12 = {{hlist|Show Wesugi|Miho Nakayama|Tetsurō Oda|Emi Komazaki}}

| extra12 = Miho Nakayama & Wands

| length12 = 3:53

| title13 = Lost in Your Eyes 2010 (Japanese Version) (Bonus Track)

| writer13 = {{hlist|Gibson|Inoue}}

| length13 = 3:46

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

| total_length = 75:18

| title14 = Only in My Dreams

| note14 = Re-recorded Ver.

| writer14 = Gibson

| length14 = 3:45

| title15 = Shake Your Love

| note15 = Re-recorded Ver.

| writer15 = Gibson

| length15 = 3:39

| title16 = Out of the Blue

| note16 = Re-recorded Ver.

| writer16 = Gibson

| length16 = 3:56

| title17 = Foolish Beat

| note17 = Re-recorded Ver.

| writer17 = Gibson

| length17 = 4:26

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe Edition DVD

| title1 = Special Interview Part 1

| length1 =

| title2 = I Love You

| note2 = Music Video

| length2 =

| title3 = Special Interview Part 2

| length3 =

| title4 = Best Hit Cover Festival Digest Footage (Recorded on Nov. 4th 2010)

| length4 =

| title5 = Special Interview Part 3

| length5 =

}}

Personnel

  • Debbie Gibson – vocals (all tracks), piano (11, 13)
  • Eric Martin – vocals (12)
  • Tōru Meki – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (1, 3–4, 7, 9–10, 12)
  • Tim Kobza – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (2, 5–6, 8)
  • Takayuki Doi – bass (3)
  • Curt Schneider – bass (6)
  • Rudy Haeusermann – keyboards, programming (8)
  • Tomoyuki Yamada – drums, percussion (1, 3–4, 7, 9–10, 12)
  • Ryan Hoyle – drums, percussion (2)
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums, percussion (5–6)
  • Chica Strings – strings (3)

Charts

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! scope="col"| Chart (2010)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)

| 71

Footnotes

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