Sound of My Heart
{{Infobox album
| name = Sound of My Heart
| type = Album
| artist = Hubert Kah
| cover = Hubertkahsoundofmyheartalbum.jpeg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 1989
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Synthpop
| length =
| label = RCA, Blow Up, CBS, Sony, Curb Records, Polydor, Intercord Tonträger GmbH
| producer = Michael Cretu
| prev_title = Tensongs
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Hubert Kah
| next_year = 1996
}}
Sound of My Heart is the fifth studio album by the German synthpop band Hubert Kah, and their second English language album, released in 1989. It was produced by Michael Cretu. Three singles were released from the album: "Welcome, Machine Gun", "So Many People" and "It's Me, Cathy (Follow My Heart)".{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/int110758|title = Hubert Kah - Welcome, Machine Gun}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/int110788|title = Hubert Kah - So Many People}}{{cite web| url = https://www.discogs.com/Hubert-Kah-Its-Me-Cathy-Follow-My-Heart/master/205796| title = Hubert Kah - It's Me, Cathy (Follow My Heart) {{!}} Discogs| website = Discogs}} The band's 1987 single "Military Drums" was also included as a track on the Japanese and US editions of Sound of My Heart.{{cite web| url = https://www.discogs.com/Hubert-Kah-Sound-Of-My-Heart/release/1780480| title = Hubert Kah – Sound Of My Heart (1989, CD) - Discogs| website = Discogs}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sound-of-my-heart-r9596 |title=Sound of My Heart - Hubert Kah | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2017-07-01}}
}}
Upon release, Billboard commented: "Early dance hit "Machine Gun" and current "So Many People" prove to be a somewhat deceptive introduction to a collection that fits more comfortably in a techno/modern rock bag. Although pop radio at large may miss the boat on this one, tracks like "Cathy" and "Carousel" may appeal to the more adventurous programmers".Billboard magazine - Album reviews - October 21, 1989 - page 78 Barry Walters of The San Francisco Examiner noted Kemmler's "soaring, stylish tenor" and Cretu's "lavish, invigorating production" on the album.{{cite journal|last=Walters|first=Barry|date=25 August 1989|title=German sounds hot in S.F.|journal=The San Francisco Examiner}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Welcome, Machine Gun
| writer1 = Hubert Kemmler, Klaus Hirschburger
| length1 = 3:31
| title2 = Carrousel
| writer2 = Kemmler, Markus Löhr, Hirschburger
| length2 = 4:15
| title3 = Cathy
| writer3 = Kemmler, Löhr, Hirschburger
| length3 = 3:50
| title4 = Midnight Sun
| writer4 = Kemmler, Hirschburger
| length4 = 4:23
| title5 = Sound of My Heart
| writer5 = Kemmler, Löhr, Hirschburger, Susanne Müller
| length5 = 4:15
| title6 = So Many People
| writer6 = Kemmler, Löhr, Michael Cretu, Hirschburger
| length6 = 4:41
| title7 = Help Me Through the Night (When Devil Comes)
| writer7 = Kemmler, Löhr, Hirschburger
| length7 = 4:47
| title8 = The Voice of Silence
| writer8 = Kemmler, Löhr, Hirschburger, Müller
| length8 = 4:49
| title9 = Victim of Brain
| writer9 = Gerhard Würzberg, Roland Zinne, Harald Messmer, Müller, Kemmler
| length9 = 4:01
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1989 Japanese CD (original track 9 is track 10)
| title9 = Military Drums
| writer9 = Cretu, Müller
| length9 = 3:39
}}
Chart performance
=Album=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (1989)
!Peak |
|---|
| align="left"|German Albums Chart{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-24800 |title=Hubert Kah - Sound of my Heart |publisher=Offizelle Deutsche Charts |access-date=13 May 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;"|40 |
=Singles=
Military Drums
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (1987)
!Peak |
|---|
| German Singles Chart{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://germancharts.de/showitem.asp?interpret=Hubert+Kah&titel=Military+Drums&cat=s |title=germancharts.com - Hubert Kah - Military Drums |publisher=Germancharts.de |access-date=2017-07-01}}
| style="text-align:center;"|35 |
| U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303665/hubert-kah/chart |title=Hubert Kah - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |access-date=2017-07-01}}
| style="text-align:center;"|8 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|33 |
Welcome, Machine Gun
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (1989)
!Peak |
|---|
| German Singles Chart{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://germancharts.de/showitem.asp?interpret=Hubert+Kah&titel=Welcome%2C+Machine+Gun&cat=s |title=germancharts.com - Hubert Kah - Welcome, Machine Gun |publisher=Germancharts.de |access-date=2017-07-01}}
| style="text-align:center;"|42 |
| U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play
| style="text-align:center;"|7 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|35 |
So Many People
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (1989)
!Peak |
|---|
| U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play
| style="text-align:center;"|7 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|23 |
Cathy
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (1990)
!Peak |
|---|
| U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play
| style="text-align:center;"|14 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|40 |
Personnel
;Hubert Kah
- Hubert Kemmler - vocals, producer, arrangement
- Markus Löhr - keyboards, guitar, producer, arrangement
- Klaus Hirschburger - bass, producer, arrangement
;Additional personnel
- Peter Weihe - guitar
- Curt Cress - additional percussion
- Lothar Krell - additional keyboard on "Victim of Brain"
- Amy Goff - vocals on "Cathy"
- Annette Humpe - vocals on "Carrousel" and "The Voice of Silence"
- Inga Humpe - vocals on "Carrousel" and "The Voice of Silence"
- Michael Cretu - producer, recording, mixer, additional keyboards
- Frank Peterson - assistant engineer
- Mike Schmidt - artwork
- Stefan Langer - photography
References
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{{Hubert Kah}}
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