Friends in Love (Dionne Warwick album)

Friends in Love
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released April 14, 1982
Genre Pop
Label Arista
Producer Jay Graydon
Dionne Warwick chronology

Hot! Live and Otherwise
(1981)		 Friends in Love
(1982)		 Heartbreaker
(1982)
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Friends in Love, Dionne Warwick's third studio album for the Arista label, was released in 1982. It was recorded during the winter of 1981-82 and was released that spring. The LP was originally issued as number AL 9585 in the Arista Catalog. The album rose to No. 87 on the Billboard album chart, selling approximately 200,000 US copies.

History

Songs on the album include the title track, a duet with singer Johnny Mathis, which made the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #38, in addition to charting on the Billboard R&B and adult contemporary charts at #22 and #5, respectively. A follow-up single, "For You", peaked at #14 on the adult contemporary chart. This album also contains the Cynthia Weil / Barry Mann song "Never Gonna Let You Go", which would become a hit the following year for Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "For You"  Jay Graydon, Richard Page, John Bettis 4:55
2. "Friends in Love" (with Johnny Mathis)Graydon, David Foster, Bill Champlin 4:02
3. "Never Gonna Let You Go"  Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 4:50
4. "Can't Hide Love"  Skip Scarborough 4:50
5. "Betcha by Golly Wow"  Thomas Bell, Linda Creed 3:28
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
6. "More Than Fascination"  Tom Snow 4:02
7. "Got You Where I Want You" (with Johnny Mathis)Candy Parton, Jim Andron 3:38
8. "With a Touch"  Stevie Wonder 4:40
9. "What Is This"  Myra Waters, Graydon 3:58
10. "A Love So Right"  Gloria Sklerov, Harry Lloyd 3:55

References

  1. ↑ "Friends in Love > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.

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