Romance was David Cassidy

David Cassidy

David Bruce Cassidy is an American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his role as the character of Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical/sitcom The Partridge Family. He was one of pop culture's most celebrated teen idols, enjoying a successful pop career in the 1970s, and...

's seventh studio album as a solo artist and his first released by Arista Records

Arista Records

Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

. Released in 1985, Romance was the only studio album Cassidy released during the 80's. Since growing out of his teen idol

Teen idol

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 fame from The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...

, Cassidy continued to try to re-invent his music career; however, in the United States

United States

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, his latter albums from the 1970s did not chart. Therefore, for the album Romance, Artisa excluded a U.S. release and released the album only in Europe

Europe

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, Israel

Israel

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, Japan

Japan

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, South Africa

South Africa

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 and Australia

Australia

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.

Romance hit no. 20 on the British charts in May 1985. George Michael

George Michael

George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...

 sung on the song, The Last Kiss which peaked at #6 in the UK Top 40 and charted all over Europe

Europe

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 and in Australia

Australia

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. Subsequent singles from the album - "Romance (Let Your Heart Go)" and "Someone" - were minor hits in comparison. However, the last single from the album She Knows All About Boys was a Pan European #1.

The album is produced by Alan Tarney

Alan Tarney

Alan Tarney is an English songwriter, record producer and bass guitarist. He was born in Workington, Cumberland, England, but spent his teenage years in Adelaide, Australia where he met his songwriting and musical partner Trevor Spencer.- Career :Tarney was part of the huge influx of British...

. Tarney also wrote or co-wrote (with David Cassidy) all songs on the album with the exception of She Knows All About Boys.

Track listing

1. Romance (Let Your Heart Go) with Basia
   Basia
   Basia Trzetrzelewska is a Polish singer-songwriter and record producer. She established a successful international recording career featuring characteristically Latin-flavoured jazz-pop crossover songs during the late 1980s and early 1990s and the late 2000s and 2010s, particularly in the United...
   
   on vocals
2. Touched By Lightning
3. The Last Kiss
4. Thin Ice
5. Someone
6. The Letter
7. Heart Of Emotion
8. Tenderly
9. She Knows All About Boys (Dan Merino)
10. Remember Me