Headlines (Midnight Star album) explained

Headlines
Type:	studio
Artist:	Midnight Star
Cover:	Midnight Star - Headlines.png
Released:	1986
Recorded:	1985–1986
Studio:	QCA Recording Studios and Fifth Floor Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio Quadrasonic, New York City, New York
Length:	45:12
Label:	SOLAR Elektra
Producer:	Reggie Calloway^[1]
Prev Title:	Planetary Invasion
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Midnight Star
Next Year:	1988

Headlines is an album by the R&B group Midnight Star, released in 1986.^[2] It was the last album to include the Calloway brothers, who left to form Calloway.^{[2] [3]}

The album peaked at No. 42 on the UK Albums Chart.^[4]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that "there isn't enough heavyweight material here ... These kind of 'Headlines' only rate a cursory scan."^[5] The Ottawa Citizen thought that "the sultry voice of Belinda Lipscomb on two slow dancers, 'Searching for Love' and 'Stay Here by My Side', make Headlines a complete and solid effort from Midnight Star."^[6]

Track listing

1. "Headlines" – 7:49 (Belinda Lipscomb, Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace, Melvin Gentry, Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway)
2. "Midas Touch" – 5:00 (Bo Watson, June Watson-Williams)
3. "Stay Here by My Side" – 4:40 (Simmons)
4. "Close to Midnight" – 4:33 (Watson, M. Gentry, Karen Gentry)
5. "Get Dressed" – 4:58 (Lipscomb, Watson, Watson-Williams, M. Gentry)
6. "Engine No. 9" – 5:23 (Lovelace, K. Gentry, M. Gentry)
7. "Close Encounter" – 4:20 (Lipscomb, Simmons, R. Calloway, V. Calloway)
8. "Dead End" – 4:24 (Lipscomb, Watson, R. Calloway, V. Calloway)
9. "Searching for Love" – 5:01 (Lipscomb, Watson)

Personnel

Midnight Star

• Belinda Lipscomb: Vocals
• Bo Watson: Vocals, keyboards, synth programming
• Melvin Gentry: Lead guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• Jeff Cooper: Rhythm guitar, synth programming
• Kenneth Gant: Bass guitar, vocals
• Bill Simmons: Saxophone, keyboards, synth programming
• Reggie Calloway: Keyboards, trumpet, flute, vocals
• Vincent Calloway: Keyboards, trumpet, trombone, vocoder
• Bobby Lovelace: Drums, drum programming, percussion

Additional personnel

• Marcus Miller

Bass on track 6

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	56
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8]	7

Singles

Title	Year	Chart positions^[10]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
"Headlines"	1986	69	3	34
"Midas Touch"		42	7	—
"Engine No. 9"		—	11	—

External links

• Midnight Star-Headlines at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Midnight Star Shoots For Supergroup Constellation. Billboard. November 22, 1986. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
2. Web site: Midnight Star | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Funk. Dave. Thompson. June 2, 2001. Hal Leonard Corporation. Google Books.
4. Web site: MIDNIGHT STAR | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com.
5. News: Johnson . Connie . STAR BORES . Los Angeles Times . 27 July 1986 . Calendar . 93.
6. News: Abrams . Mike . Rock . Ottawa Citizen . 6 June 1986 . F5.
7. Web site: Midnight Star, TLP. Billboard. February 18, 2021. subscription.
8. Web site: Midnight Star, BLP. Billboard. February 18, 2021. subscription.
9. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986. Billboard. February 18, 2021.
10. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4912/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Midnight Star US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. October 6, 2011.