Pia Z Explained

Pia Z
Type:	studio
Artist:	Pia Zadora
Cover:	Pia Z.jpg
Released:	1989
Studio:	Tarpan Studios, San Rafael, California; Record Plant, Sausalito
Label:	CBS Associated
Producer:	Narada Michael Walden
Prev Title:	When the Lights Go Out
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Pia Today!
Next Year:	1989

Pia Z is a studio album by the American singer-actress Pia Zadora, released in 1989.^{[1] [2]} It was produced by Narada Michael Walden.^[3] Zadora supported the album with a North American tour.^[4]

"Heartbeat of Love" was released as the first single.^[5] "If You Were Mine" was issued as a promotional single only, and included "I Wanna Be Your Woman" as the second track. "If You Were Mine" was a modest adult contemporary hit.^[6]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that Zadora "has a credible and adaptable if lightweight voice, but in her naked appeal for popularity, she doesn't sound like anyone so much as she sounds like everyone."^[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Liz Jackson and Narada Michael Walden; except where indicated

1. "Heartbeat of Love"
2. "I Wanna Be Your Woman" (Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden)
3. "Keep Me Inside Your Love"
4. "You Made Me Want You"
5. "Slam It" (Gigi Gonaway, Kevin Walden, Narada Michael Walden)
6. "Eternally" (Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden)
7. "If You Were Mine"
8. "I Am What I Am"
9. "Floating Hearts" (Corrado Rustici, Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden)
10. "Kady" (Pia Zadora, Liz Jackson, Narada Michael Walden)

Notes and References

1. News: Williams . Jeannie . Pia Parties . USA Today . 31 Oct 1989 . 2D.
2. News: Camilli . Doug . She's baaaaack! . The Gazette . 30 Nov 1989 . Montreal . D6.
3. News: Britt . Bruce . Liza Minnelli and Pia Zadora... . Austin American-Statesman . 1 Nov 1989 . B13.
4. News: Jarvey . Paul . At last, Pia Zadora rises above criticism . Telegram & Gazette . 26 Aug 1990 . Datebook . 16.
5. Flick . Larry . Zadora's 'Pia Z.' Tries for True Audience . Billboard . Feb 3, 1990 . 102 . 5 . 37.
6. News: Weatherford . Mike . Pia Zadora back where she belongs . Las Vegas Review-Journal . 19 Apr 1991 . 1E.
7. News: Brown . Joe . Minnelli, Ronstadt and Zadora: Taking a Different Tack . The Washington Post . 19 Nov 1989 . G6.