Vesta (album)

Vesta
Studio album by Vesta Williams
Released	1986
Recorded	1985, 1986
Genre	R&B, Pop
Length	41:40
Label	A&M Records
Producer	Bryan Loren, Billy Valentine, Jeremy Lubbock, David Crawford, John McClain (Exe. Producer)
Vesta Williams chronology
Vesta (1986) Vesta 4 U (1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Vesta is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Vesta Williams, released in 1986 on A&M Records. The album was a minor hit reaching 43 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart.^[2] The album scored two R&B hit songs, the lead single "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" peaking to number 9 on R&B singles and top 20 on Dutch and UK singles chart. "Don't Blow a Good Thing" reaching number 17, Williams also scored her first big dance hit as the single reached the top five on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart. Overall sales of the album are unknown, it was reported by Billboard (magazine) to have sold only 220,000 between 1986 - 1987 though it endured on the Billboard R&B Album chart for over a year.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Something About You"	Bryan Loren	4:11
2.	"Sweet Thang"	Bryan Loren	5:08
3.	"Don't Blow a Good Thing"	Bryan Loren	4:35
4.	"Get Out of My Life"	Bryan Loren, Tami Meggett	5:16
5.	"I Can Make Your Dreams Come True"	Bryan Loren	3:41

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"My Heart Is Yours"	Bryan Loren, Billy Valentine	5:27
7.	"You Make Me Want To (Love Again)"	Leon Ware, Billy Valentine	4:58
8.	"It's You"	Leon Ware	3:50
9.	"Don't Let Me Down"	Vesta Williams, Louis Russell	4:12
10.	"Once Bitten Twice Shy"	Vesta Williams, Dean Gant	4:03

European release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Something About You"	Bryan Loren	4:11
2.	"Sweet Thang"	Bryan Loren	5:08
3.	"Don't Blow a Good Thing"	Bryan Loren	4:35
4.	"Get Out of My Life"	Bryan Loren, Tami Meggett	5:16
5.	"I Can Make Your Dreams Come True"	Bryan Loren	3:41
6.	"Suddenly It's Magic"	Amy La Television, Willie Wilcox	5:04
7.	"My Heart Is Yours"	Bryan Loren, Billy Valentine	5:27
8.	"You Make Me Want To (Love Again)"	Leon Ware, Billy Valentine	4:58
9.	"It's You"	Leon Ware	3:50
10.	"Don't Let Me Down"	Vesta Williams, Louis Russell	4:12
11.	"Once Bitten Twice Shy"	Vesta Williams, Dean Gant	4:03

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	43

singles

Year	Title	Chart positions
		U.S. R&B	US Dance	Dutch Single Top 100	UK Singles
1986	"Once Bitten, Twice Shy"	9	45	20	14
1987	"Something About You"	46	21	-	-
	"Don't Blow a Good Thing"	17	5	-	89
	"Suddenly It's Magic"	-	-	-	88
	"You Make Me Want To (Love Again)"	90	-	-	-

References

1. Vesta review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
2. Vesta-All music charts

External links

• Vesta at Discogs (list of releases)