No Sound But a Heart is the eighth studio album by Scottish singer
Sheena Easton, released in 1987 on the
EMI America label. The album was issued in the Canadian, Mexican and Asian markets. The album consists of midtempo and ballad songs, including the single and video, "Eternity", written by
Prince. The disc features
Steve Perry from
Journey on backing vocals on "Still in Love" and a duet with
Eugene Wilde on "What If We Fall in Love".
The release of No Sound But a Heart was hampered in the United States after EMI America was absorbed into EMI Manhattan Records and two scheduled release dates for the album (February and June 1987) were not met. The album was reissued in 1999 by the
One Way Records label, marking the first time it had been officially available in the United States. The 1999 reissue added several bonus tracks including "Shockwave" a non album B-side to "Eternity" and Easton's contributions to the soundtrack of the 1986 film About Last Night..., "Natural Love" and the Top 50 single "So Far, So Good".
This was Easton's final release on the EMI label. She moved to
MCA Records the following year.
On July 12, 2019, RT Industries digitally released No Sound But a Heart.
Reviews
From a 1987 review in Rolling Stone magazine: "No Sound But a Heart is an interesting compromise. It keeps the emphasis on soul balladry, but backs its songs with solid R&B grooves."
Producers – David Leonard (Track 1); Keith Diamond (Tracks 2, 6 & 8); Narada Michael Walden (Tracks 3, 7 & 9–12); Phil Ramone (Track 4); Nick Martinelli (Track 5); Keith Olsen (Track 13).
Engineers – David Leonard (Track 1); J.C. Convertino (Tracks 2 & 6); Bob Rosa (Tracks 2, 6 & 8); David Frazer (Tracks 3, 7 & 9); Jimmy Bayer (Track 4); Gene Leone, Scott MacMillan and Michael Tarsia (Track 5); Matthew Kasher (Track 8).
Assistant Engineers – Bino Espinoza and David Knight (Track 1); Ed Bruder (Tracks 2, 6 & 8); Tony Masciaratte (Tracks 2 & 6); Dana Jon Chappelle (Tracks 3, 7 & 9); Tim Leitner (Track 4); Randy Abrams (Track 5); Robert Brockman, Mark Partis, Angela Piva, Roey Shamir and Tom Vercillo (Track 8).