Friends in Love (Dionne Warwick album)
1982 studio album by Dionne Warwick
Friends in Love | ||||
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Studio album by Dionne Warwick | ||||
Released | April 14, 1982 | |||
Length | 42:18 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Jay Graydon | |||
Dionne Warwick chronology | ||||
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Singles from Friends in Love | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
Friends in Love is a studio album by the American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on April 14, 1982, in the United States. Her third album for the label, it was recorded during the winter of 1981-82, with production by Jay Graydon. It peaked at number 87 on the US Billboard 200.[3] Singles from the album include the title track, a duet with singer Johnny Mathis, which made the Top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and follow-up "For You," which peaked at number 14 on the adult contemporary chart.
Track listing
All tracks produced by Jay Graydon.[4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "For You" |
| 4:55 |
2. | "Friends in Love" (with Johnny Mathis) |
| 4:02 |
3. | "Never Gonna Let You Go" | 4:50 | |
4. | "Can't Hide Love" | Skip Scarborough | 4:50 |
5. | "Betcha by Golly Wow" | 3:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "More Than Fascination" | Tom Snow | 4:02 |
7. | "Got You Where I Want You" (with Johnny Mathis) |
| 3:38 |
8. | "With a Touch" | Stevie Wonder | 4:40 |
9. | "What Is This" |
| 3:58 |
10. | "A Love So Right" |
| 3:55 |
Personnel and credits
Musicians
- Dionne Warwick – lead vocals
- David Foster – Rhodes (1, 4, 7), acoustic piano (2, 4, 7, 10), string arrangements (2, 4), synthesizers (7)
- Steve Porcaro – Rhodes (1), synthesizers (1, 7)
- Jay Graydon – rhythm arrangements, synthesizers (1, 6, 7), guitar (1-4, 6, 7, 8, 10), percussion (3)
- Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano (3, 6), Rhodes (3, 5), synthesizers (5, 6), synthesizer arrangements (5)
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (5, 8, 9)
- Michael Omartian – synthesizers (8, 10), acoustic piano (9), string arrangements (9, 10)
- Stevie Wonder – acoustic piano (8)
- Dean Parks – acoustic guitar (3)
- Steve Lukather – guitar (4)
- Larry Carlton – acoustic guitar (5)
- Marty Walsh – electric guitar (5)
- Michael Landau – guitar (9)
- Abraham Laboriel – bass (1, 4, 7, 10)
- Mike Porcaro – bass (2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
- Steve Gadd – drums (1, 4)
- Mike Baird – drums (2, 3, 5-8, 10)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums (9)
- Victor Feldman – percussion (2, 10)
- Charles Loper – trombone
- Chuck Findley – trumpet
- Gary Grant – trumpet
- Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements, flugelhorn (3, 7)
- Johnny Mandel – string arrangements (1)
- Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements (2, 3, 4)
- Assa Drori – concertmaster (1-4, 9, 10)
- Steve George – backing vocals (1), synthesizers (6, 8), Rhodes (8)
- Richard Page – backing vocals (1-9)
- Johnny Mathis – lead vocals (2, 7)
- Bill Champlin – backing vocals (2-9)
- Venette Gloud – backing vocals (2-9)
- Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (6)
Production
- Producer – Jay Graydon
- Recorded and Mixed by Ian Eales and Jay Graydon at Garden Rake Studio (Sherman Oaks, CA).
- Strings recorded by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
- Art Direction and Design – Donn Davenport
- Photography – David Vance
- Inner Sleeve Photography – John Pinderhughes
Charts
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[3] | 83 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] | 33 |
Australian Album Chart (Kent Music Report)[6] | 72 |
References
- ^ Friends in Love at AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 749.
- ^ a b "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Friends in Love (booklet). Dionne Warwick. Arista Records. 1982.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 333. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
External links
- Friends in Love at Discogs
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- Presenting Dionne Warwick (1963)
- Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964)
- Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964)
- The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick (1965)
- Here I Am (1965)
- Here Where There Is Love (1966)
- On Stage and in the Movies (1967)
- The Windows of the World (1967)
- Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls (1968)
- The Magic of Believing (1968)
- Promises, Promises (1968)
- Soulful (1969)
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970)
- Very Dionne (1970)
- Dionne (1972)
- Just Being Myself (1973)
- Then Came You (1975)
- Track of the Cat (1975)
- Love at First Sight (1977)
- Dionne (1979)
- No Night So Long (1980)
- Friends in Love (1982)
- Heartbreaker (1982)
- How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983)
- Finder of Lost Loves (1985)
- Friends (1985)
- Reservations for Two (1987)
- Dionne Warwick Sings Cole Porter (1990)
- Friends Can Be Lovers (1993)
- Aquarela do Brasil (1994)
- My Favorite Time of the Year (2004)
- My Friends & Me (2006)
- Why We Sing (2008)
- Only Trust Your Heart (2011)
- Now (2012)
- She's Back (2019)
- Dionne Warwick & the Voices of Christmas (2019)
- Dionne Warwick in Paris (1966)
- Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981)
- Christmas in Vienna II (1993)
- Greatest Hits: 1979–1990 (1989)
- The Love Collection (2008)
- "Don't Make Me Over"
- "Wishin' and Hopin'"
- "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
- "Walk On By"
- "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
- "A House Is Not a Home"
- "Reach Out for Me"
- "Who Can I Turn To?"
- "Are You There (with Another Girl)"
- "Message to Michael"
- "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"
- "Alfie"
- "The Windows of the World"
- "I Say a Little Prayer"
- "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls"
- "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
- "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
- "This Girl's in Love with You"
- "Odds and Ends"
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
- "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
- "Make It Easy on Yourself"
- "I'm Your Puppet"
- "Then Came You"
- "By the Time I Get to Phoenix
- "Only Love Can Break a Heart"
- "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
- "Déjà Vu"
- "After You"
- "No Night So Long"
- "Easy Love"
- "Now We're Starting Over Again"
- "Heartbreaker"
- "All the Love in the World"
- "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye"
- "Run to Me"
- "That's What Friends Are For"
- "Whisper in the Dark"
- "Love Power"
- "Reservations for Two"
- "Take Good Care of You and Me"
- "I Don't Need Another Love"
- "It's All Over"
- "Where My Lips Have Been"
- "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
- "The Good Life"
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
- "Do You Believe in Love at First Sight"
- "Solid Gold"
- "Never Gonna Let You Go"