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 |
scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| 71 |
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Footnotes
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://debbiegibsonofficial.com/js_albums/ms-vocalist/}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=e5f9807b-9f9c-4da9-b6ee-39f233f219ce|name=Ms. Vocalist}}
- {{Discogs master|master=337791|name=Ms. Vocalist|type=album}}
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