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{{Infobox album
| name       = Straight from the Heart
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[The Gap Band]]
| cover      = Straight From the Heart (The Gap Band album - cover art).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1988
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Total Experience Records|Total Experience Recording Studios]]<br><small>([[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]])</small>
| genre      = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[funk]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Total Experience Records|Total Experience]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Gap Band 8]]
| prev_year  = 1986
| next_title = [[Round Trip (The Gap Band album)|Round Trip]]
| next_year  = 1989
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000852191|pure_url=yes}} link]|noprose=yes}}
'''''Straight from the Heart''''' is the 11th [[album]] by [[the Gap Band]], released in 1988 on [[Total Experience Records]] (their final release for the label). The album includes the single "Straight from the Heart", while the song "Sweeter Than Candy" was featured in the film ''Penitentiary 3''.
==Track listing==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Writer(s) !! Length
|-
| 1. || Come & Dance || Charlie Wilson, Dorian Williams, Ronnie Wilson || 6:06
|-
| 2. || Sweeter Than Candy || Charlie Wilson, Raymond Calhoun, Roman Johnson, Ronnie Wilson || 5:00
|-
| 3. || All the Way Yours || Jimmy Hamilton, Rick Adams || 4:47
|-
| 4. || I'm So Satisfied || Oliver Scott || 5:01
|-
| 5. || Straight from the Heart || Greg C. Jackson || 4:54
|-
| 6. || That's It, I Quit || Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson || 5:04
|-
| 7. || You Told Me That || Jimmy Hamilton, Raymond Calhoun || 4:13
|-
| 8. || I Will Never Leave You || Dorian Williams, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor || 4:38
|}
==References==
*[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000852191|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]
*[https://www.discogs.com/The-Gap-Band-Straight-From-The-Heart/master/158045 Discogs]
==External links==
* {{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000852191|label=Straight From The Heart}}
* [https://www.discogs.com/The-Gap-Band-Straight-From-The-Heart/master/158045 Straight From The Heart] at [[Discogs]]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Back-in-1995/376397873051?v=stream#!/pages/The-Gap-Band/105491452818905?ref=ts Facebook Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/the.gap.band Myspace Page]
* [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GA009 Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Gap Band]
* [http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/The%20Gap%20Band/ The Gap Band] at [[WhoSampled]]
* [http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/708/charlie_wilson_outstanding_contributions/ Charlie Wilson in-depth interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' August 2011]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827183259/http://soulinterviews.com/interviews-archive/686-charlie-wilson-swe.html Charlie Wilson 2011 Interview at Soulinterviews.com]
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[[Category:Total Experience Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Total Experience Recording Studios]]