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'" (from the 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