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A1	Direct Hit Written-By – Richard Evans	4:58
A2	We Took The Long Way Home Written-By – A. Bellink*, L. Schere*, R. Roberts*	3:57
A3	Play The Part Written-By – A. Brown*, N. Pointer*	5:31
A4	Don't Do It Again Written-By – A. Brown*, K. Moore*	4:56
B1	Life Time Of Love Written-By – Geoffrey Leib	4:23
B2	Catch Me Written-By – A. Brown*, N. Pointer*, R. Evans*	4:31
B3	When Love Walks In The Door Written-By – Dutch Robinson	4:31
B4	Living Through The Ghost Written By – B. Cooper, L. Jones	4:18

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Liberty Records
• Copyright (c) – Liberty Records
• Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – Redwing Studios
• Recorded At – Paramount Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Paramount Recording Studios

Credits

• Arranged By [Orchestra] – Richard Evans
• Art Direction – Bill Burks
• Backing Vocals – Alexandria Brown*, Alice Echols, Darryl Phinnessee, Mortonette Jenkins, Noel Pointer
• Backing Vocals [Appear Courtesy Of Capitol Records, Inc.] – Phil Perry , Kevin Sanlin*
• Bass, Contractor [Bass] – Larry Ball
• Bells, Marimba [Flapamba] – Victor Feldman
• Cello – Earl Madison, Linda Sanfilippo, Miguel Martinez , Nils Oliver
• Concertmaster – Bill Henderson*
• Conductor [Orchestra] – Noel Pointer
• Contractor [Trumpet] – Charles Findley*
• Design – Jonathan Louie
• Drums – James Gadson
• Engineer [Consultant], Edited By [Assisting] – Larry Boden, Ron Lewter, Terri Fiyalko
• Guitar – Charles Fearing, Dennis Herring, Larry Lingle, Phil Upchurch
• Keyboards – Denzil Miller, Geoff Lieb*, Noel Pointer, Russell Ferrante
• Mixed By [Assistant Mix Engineer] – John Pooley
• Percussion – Derf Reklaw
• Photography By – Thomas Gibson*
• Producer – Noel Pointer, Richard Evans
• Recorded By [Assistant Recording Engineer] – John Pooley , Larry Hinds
• Recorded By [Recording Engineer], Mixed By [Mix Engineer] – Kirk Butler
• Synthesizer – Noel Pointer, Russell Ferrante
• Tenor Saxophone – Kim Hutchcroft, Phillip Ayling*
• Trombone – Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary
• Trumpet – Charles Findley*, Gary Grant, Steven Madaio*
• Viola – Barbara Thomason, Brenton Banks, Horia Moroaica, Joel Soultanian, Lesa Terry, Robin Ross
• Violin – Gina Kronstadt, Janice Gower, Jerome Webster, James Ross*, Mark Cargill, Pamela Henderson*, Pavel Farkas, Sid Page, Steven Gordon*, Bill Henderson*

Notes

Recorded at Redwing Sound, Tarzana, California and Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California, September, October and November 1981
Re-mixed on JVC DAS-90 Digital Recording System at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California
© ℗ 1982 Liberty Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.
Manufactured by Dyna Products, Inc.
Printed in the Philippines

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7777-51123-1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LT-51123	Noel Pointer	Direct Hit ‎(LP, Album)	Liberty	LT-51123	US	1982
LPS-99.546	Noel Pointer	Direct Hit ‎(LP, Album)	Liberty	LPS-99.546	Venezuela	1982
4LT 51123	Noel Pointer	Direct Hit ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Liberty	4LT 51123	US	1982
072435787792	Noel Pointer	Direct Hit ‎(CD, Album, Copy Prot., RE, RM)	Capitol Music, EMI	072435787792	Europe	2004
J-151	Noel Pointer	Direct Hit ‎(Cass, Album)	Contessa	J-151	Indonesia	1982