{{Short description|1993 studio album by Debbie Gibson}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Body, Mind, Soul | type = studio | artist = Debbie Gibson | cover = Body MindSoul.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1993|01|19}} | recorded = June–October 1992 | studio = Electric Blue Studios and Electric Lady Studios (New York City, New York) | genre = Pop rock<ref name="allmusicreview"/> | length = 47:33 | label = Atlantic | producer = {{hlist|Deborah Gibson|Carl Sturken|Evan Rogers|Elliot Wolff|Phil Ramone}} | prev_title = Anything is Possible | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Think with Your Heart | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{Singles | name = Body, Mind, Soul | type = studio | single1 = Losin' Myself | single1date = January 1993 | single2 = Shock Your Mama | single2date = March 1993 | single3 = How Can This Be | single3date = June 1993 | single4 = Free Me | single4date = September 1993 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="allmusicreview">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/body-mind-soul-mw0000092668| title = Debbie Gibson – Body, Mind, Soul {{!}} Overview| first = Peter | last =Fawthrop| publisher = AllMusic. All Media Network| accessdate = 28 February 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2score = D<ref>{{cite web |last=Berger |first=Arion |date=26 January 1990 |title=Entertainment Weekly Review>>Body, Mind, Soul |url=http://www.ew.com/topic/body-mind-soul |url-status=live |work=Entertainment Weekly |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413182517/http://www.ew.com/topic/body-mind-soul |archivedate=13 April 2016 |access-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> | rev3 = ''Los Angeles Times'' | rev3score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenbluth |first=Jean |date=4 February 1990 |title=In Brief |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-01-ca-1384-story.html |url-status=live |work=Los Angeles Times |publisher=Timothy Ryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306223335/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-04/entertainment/ca-1384_1_star |archive-date=6 March 2016 |access-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> | rev4 = ''Orlando Sentinel'' | rev4score = {{Rating|1|3}}<ref>Gettelman, Parry (February 4, 1990). "Debbie Gibson". ''Orlando Sentinel''.</ref> | rev5 = ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' | rev5score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref>Wood, Sam (February 10, 1990). "Marsalis' City Tones, Composed for Ballet". ''Philadelphia Inquirer''.</ref> | rev6 = ''Reading Eagle'' | rev6score = (unfavorable)<ref>{{cite news |date=25 January 1990 |title= Reading Eagle Review>>Pop>>Body, Mind, Soul|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=1990128&id=WPkhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t6IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5108,5675162&hl=pt-BR |newspaper=Reading Eagle |access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="RSreview">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/deborahgibson/albums/album/135162/review/5945197/electric_youth | title = Debbie Gibson – Body, Mind, Soul {{!}} Rolling Stone Review| first = Chuck | last =Eddy|work= Rolling Stone| date=4 March 1990| accessdate = 24 February 2016|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013204017/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/deborahgibson/albums/album/135161/review/5941813/body_mind_soul|archivedate=13 October 2008}}</ref> }}
'''''Body, Mind, Soul''''' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released on January 16, 1993, by Atlantic Records. The album, which saw the then 22-year-old Gibson attempt to mature her sound by moving away from dance and pop in favor of sultrier R&B, failed to find favor with the record buying public and missed out on the U.S. top 100, peaking at No. 109,<ref name="BBcts">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/300622/debbie-gibson/chart?f=305 | title = Debbie Gibson – Body, Mind, Soul {{!}} Billboard Charts|work= Billboard| publisher = Lynne Segall| accessdate = February 28, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828002743/http://www.billboard.com/artist/300622/debbie-gibson/chart?f=305|archivedate=August 28, 2015}}</ref> and also in the UK when it was released a few months later. However, the album was a hit in Japan, peaking at No. 13 on the charts. It was Gibson's last studio album under Atlantic Records.
==Reception==
''Billboard'' praised the album, nothing that "maturing former teen icon aims to recapture Mid-80's chart success with a barrelful of potential hits. Perhaps as a result of her recent Broadway appearance, Gibson has begun to plumb the lower end of her alto, sounding downright sultry on such cuts as lead single "Losin' Myself." Other winners are "Shock Your Mama," with an irresistibly catchy chorus and a rap break, and "Love Or Money" and "Free Me," both tailor-made for Top 40."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-01-20.pdf|magazine=Billboard|title=Album reviews|issue=17 November 1990 |page=62 |access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>
''Rolling Stone'' praised the album, calling it "surprising...what Deb does here, Madonna only talks about on ''Erotica''...Gibson's breathy notes climb mall waterfalls and extend toward heaven as the music flows into cascades of incrementally harder rhythms; she loses her inhibitions... ''Body, Mind, Soul'' is her revenge."<ref name="RSreview"/>
AllMusic were more mixed in their review, commenting that "it must be difficult for a teen sensation to bridge herself from her own self-inflicted goody two-shoes labelling to a modern, respectable artist." The reviewer noted that the co-penned tracks were "gnawing and incessant" and that "to Gibson's credit, the best songs are those written wholly by her."<ref name="allmusicreview"/>
==Reissues==
The album was included in the 2017 box set ''We Could Be Together'', with two B-sides and three remixes as bonus tracks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/new-content-added-to-debbie-gibson-we-could-be-together-deluxe-set/ |title=New content added to Debbie Gibson ‘We Could Be Together’ deluxe set |first=Paul |last=Sinclair |website=Super Deluxe Edition |date=September 20, 2017 |accessdate=November 7, 2020}}</ref> A special two-disc digipack edition was released by Cherry Red Records on November 18, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/debbie-gibson-body-mind-soul-2cd-expanded-edition/ |title=Debbie Gibson: Body Mind Soul, 2CD Expanded Edition |website=Cherry Red Records |access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = | extra_column = Producer(s) | all_writing = Deborah Gibson, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, except where indicated | total_length = 47:33 | title1 = Love or Money | extra1 = {{hlist|Gibson|Sturken|Rogers}} | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = Do You Have It in Your Heart? | extra2 = {{hlist|Gibson|Sturken|Rogers}} | length2 = 4:45 | title3 = Free Me | extra3 = {{hlist|Gibson|Sturken|Rogers}} | length3 = 4:27 | title4 = Shock Your Mama | extra4 = {{hlist|Gibson|Sturken|Rogers}} | length4 = 4:07 | title5 = Losin' Myself | extra5 = {{hlist|Gibson|Sturken|Rogers}} | length5 = 5:17 | title6 = How Can This Be? | writer6 = Gibson | extra6 = Gibson | length6 = 3:57 | title7 = When I Say No | writer7 = Gibson | extra7 = Elliot Wolff | length7 = 3:54 | title8 = Little Birdie | writer8 = Gibson | extra8 = Wolff | length8 = 3:59 | title9 = Kisses 4 One | writer9 = Gibson | extra9 = Wolff | length9 = 3:49 | title10 = Tear Down These Walls | writer10 = Gibson | extra10 = Phil Ramone | length10 = 4:18 | title11 = Goodbye | writer11 = {{hlist|Gibson|Carole Bayer-Sager|Narada Michael Walden}} | extra11 = {{hlist|Gibson|Sturken|Rogers}} | length11 = 4:47 }}
* "Shock Your Mama" was omitted from the South Korea release due to music censorship laws.<ref>{{Discogs release|id=12223553-Debbie-Gibson-Body-Mind-Soul|name=Body Mind Soul (Korea)|type=album}}</ref>
{{Track listing | headline = Japan bonus track | extra_column = Producer(s) | title12 = Eyes of the Child | writer12 = Gibson | extra12 = Gibson | length12 = 2:20 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Deluxe Digipack Edition bonus tracks | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = | title12 = Love or Lust | note12 = Non-album B-side | extra12 = {{hlist|Gibson|Sturken|Rogers}} | length12 = | title13 = Eyes of the Child | writer13 = Gibson | extra13 = Gibson | length13 = | title14 = Shock Your Mama | note14 = The London Apprentice Edit | extra14 = {{hlist|Gibson|Sturken|Rogers}} | length14 = | title15 = Losin' Myself | note15 = Radio Mix | extra15 = {{hlist|Gibson|Sturken|Rogers}} | length15 = }}
{{Track listing | headline = Deluxe Digipack Edition Disc 2: The Remixes | total_length = | title1 = Losin' Myself | note1 = 12" Masters at Work | length1 = | title2 = Losin' Myself | note2 = Masters at Work Dub | length2 = | title3 = Free Me | note3 = Extended Mix | length3 = | title4 = Losin' Myself | note4 = G-Man/Marz "Hot" Mix | length4 = | title5 = Losin' Myself | note5 = G-Man/Marz Alternate "Hot" Mix | length5 = | title6 = Kisses 4 One | note6 = Percapella | writer6 = Gibson | length6 = | title7 = Losin' Myself | note7 = T-Ray's Hip Hop | length7 = | title8 = Losin' Myself | note8 = T-Ray's Acoustic Mix | length8 = | title9 = Free Me | note9 = Smoove Free Club Mix | length9 = | title10 = Losin' Myself | note10 = Masters at Work "Hot" Mix | length10 = | title11 = Losin' Myself | note11 = Masters at Work 12" Edit | length11 = }}
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Body, Mind, Soul'' !scope="col"|Chart (1993) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imgur.com/a/uXa0A|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received January 20, 2017|publisher=imgur.com|accessdate=January 20, 2017}}</ref> |180 |- !scope="row"|Japanese Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/86290/rank/album/|publisher=Oricon |language=Japanese |accessdate=July 16, 2012 |title=アルバム売上ランキング}}</ref> |13 |- {{album chart|Billboard200|109|artist=Debbie Gibson|rowheader=true|access-date=September 12, 2025}} |- !scope="row"| US Cash Box Top 200<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1993/CB-1993-02-13.pdf|title=Cash Box Top 200 Albums – Week ending February 13, 1993 |work=Cash Box |access-date=September 12, 2025}}</ref> |100 |- |}
==Personnel== '''Musicians''' *Debbie Gibson – lead and backing vocals, keyboards *Carl Sturken – keyboards, guitars, drums, "The Guys" on track 1 (tracks 1–5, 11) *Eric Rehl – keyboards, drums (tracks 6, 10) *Elliott Wolff – tracks (tracks 7–9) *Alan Ferrante – guitar (tracks 7–8) *Ira Siegel – guitar (track 10) *John "Noodle" Nevin – bass guitar (tracks 4, 11) *Bashiri Johnson – percussion (tracks 1–9) *Sammy Figueroa – percussion (track 10) *Andy Snitzel – saxophone (track 6) *Dave Koz – saxophone (tracks 8–9) *Evan Rogers – backing vocals "The Guys" on track 1 (tracks 1–5, 11) *Darroll Gustamachio – "The Guys" (track 1) *David Kutch – "The Guys" (track 1) *Kevin Wright – backing vocals (tracks 4, 11) *Robin Clark – backing vocals (track 6) *Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (track 6) *Diva Gray – backing vocals (tracks 6, 10) *Jill Dell'Anzte – backing vocals (track 10) *Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (track 10)
'''Production''' *Debbie Gibson – arranger *Carl Sturken – arranger (tracks 1–5, 11) *Evan Rogers – arranger (tracks 1–5, 11) *Eric Rehl – arranger (tracks 6, 10) *Elliott Wolff – arranger (7–9) *Phil Ramone – arranger (track 10) *Darroll Gustamachio – engineer, mixing (Visual Sound Design, Inc.) (tracks 1–6, 10–11) *Fred Guarino – engineer (tracks 6–10) *David Kutch – engineer, assistant engineer, mix engineer *Spyros Poulos – additional programming engineer (tracks 7–9) *Steve Peck – mixing (tracks 7–9) *Jennifer Bette – additional mix engineer (tracks 7–9) *Richard Travali – additional recording (tracks 4, 7–9) *Mark Gaide – additional recording (track 10) *Thomas Bricker – art direction *Dah Len Wee – photography *Diane Gibson – Management (GMI) *Herb "Pump" Powers – mastering (The Hit Factory DMS)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://debbiegibsonofficial.com/js_albums/body-mind-soul/}} * {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=e3b8d515-2745-39a3-81ea-def11d90b2a5|name=Body, Mind, Soul}} * {{Discogs master|master=45883|name=Body, Mind, Soul|type=album}}
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