Take It to Heart

Take It to Heart is the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. It was released on May 15, 1990, on the label Reprise, five years after his previous studio album, No Lookin' Back. The album was slated to be titled Lonely Talk to be issued in August 1989. It also had a different track list, containing a song called “Plain of Jars” and a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” (which ended up on his 2000 greatest hits collection The Voice of Michael McDonald); there were also different versions of current tracks that made the official album. About 3 weeks prior to its original planned issue date, Reprise/Warner Bros. decided there were not enough potential singles; therefore, “Tear It Up,” “All We Got” and “Get the Word Started” were added, with “Take It to Heart” recorded and added, which meant some songs and some versions were removed or changed (details unknown).