Finder of Lost Loves (album)

Finder of Lost Loves
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	January 24, 1985
Studio	Sunset Sound and Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California) Lion Share Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Length	44:39
Label	Arista
Producer	Burt Bacharach Richard Landis Barry Manilow Carole Bayer Sager Stevie Wonder
Dionne Warwick chronology
How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) Finder of Lost Loves (1985) Friends (1985)
Singles from Finder of Lost Loves
"Finder of Lost Loves" Released: January 1985 "Run to Me" Released: April 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Finder of Lost Loves is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on January 24, 1985, in the United States. Warwick worked with Richard Landis, Barry Manilow, and Stevie Wonder on the majority of the album, though she also reunited with Burt Bacharach for the first time in over a decade.

Background

The title track of the album was originally recorded by Warwick with Luther Vandross (who had produced Warwick's previous album How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye in 1983), and used as the theme to the short-lived TV series Finder of Lost Loves (1984–85). The version on this album, which was released as the first single, was recorded as a duet with Warwick and Glenn Jones, though the version with Vandross would be included as a bonus track on the 2014 expanded edition of the album, along with a solo version just featuring Warwick herself.

The album also includes a cover of the Bee Gees song "Run to Me" performed as a duet with Manilow as well as two duets with Wonder, which had previously been released on Wonder's soundtrack album to The Woman in Red . The track "No One in the World" would be covered (with greater success) by vocalist Anita Baker the following year, for her hit album Rapture (1986). Warwick would release the song again on her 1987 album Reservations for Two .

Commercial performance

Finder of Lost Loves peaked at number 106 on the US Billboard 200 chart. ^[2]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"No One in the World"	Ken Hirsch Marti Sharron	Barry Manilow	3:34
2.	"Without Your Love"	Robert John Lange	Richard Landis	4:43
3.	"Run to Me" (duet with Barry Manilow)	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb	Manilow	4:36
4.	"Finder of Lost Loves" (duet with Glenn Jones)	Burt Bacharach Carole Bayer Sager	Bacharach Sager	4:41
5.	"Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore"	Steve Goldman	Manilow	5:01

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
6.	"It's You" (duet with Stevie Wonder)	Wonder	Wonder	4:58
7.	"It's Love"	Manilow Adrienne Anderson	Manilow	3:36
8.	"Bedroom Eyes"	Manilow Bruce Sussman Jack Feldman	Manilow	4:45
9.	"Weakness" (duet with Stevie Wonder)	Wonder	Wonder	4:16
10.	"You Made Me Want to Love Again"	Richard Kerr Norman Gimbel	Manilow	4:29

2014 expanded edition – bonus disc ^[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Broken Bottles"	B. Gibb R. Gibb M. Gibb	Manilow	3:51
2.	"Dangerous"	Darrell Brown Ed Sanford	Manilow	3:42
3.	"Finder of Lost Loves" (Duet Version with Luther Vandross)	Bacharach Sager	Bacharach Sager	5:04
4.	"Finder of Lost Loves" (Solo Version)	Bacharach Sager	Bacharach Sager	4:42
5.	"No One in the World" (Alternate Version)	Hirsch Sharron	Manilow	3:15
6.	"Without Your Love" (7" Version)	Lange	Landis	4:07
7.	"Run to Me" (7" Version)	B. Gibb R. Gibb M. Gibb	Manilow	4:24
8.	"It's Love" (7" Version)	Manilow Anderson	Manilow	3:35
9.	"Bedroom Eyes" (Alternate Version)	Manilow Sussman Feldman	Manilow	5:32
10.	"No One in the World" (Instrumental)	Hirsch Marti Sharron	Manilow	3:36
11.	"Run to Me" (Instrumental)	B. Gibb R. Gibb M. Gibb	Manilow	4:46
12.	"Without Your Love" (Instrumental)	Lange	Landis	4:59

Personnel and credits

Musicians

• Dionne Warwick – lead vocals, backing vocals (7)
• Artie Butler – acoustic piano (1), orchestrations (1, 3, 5, 10), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 10)
• Barry Manilow – arrangements (1, 3, 5, 10), acoustic piano (3, 8, 10), lead and backing vocals (3), rhythm track arrangements (7), synthesizers (8)
• Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10), acoustic piano (4)
• Robbie Buchanan – Fender Rhodes (2), synthesizers (4)
• John Philip Shenale – synthesizers, synthesizer programming (2)
• Stevie Wonder – acoustic piano (6, 9), synthesizers (6, 9), Kurzweil 250 (6), harmonica (6), lead vocals (6, 9)
• Keith Harris – synthesizer programming (4, 9)
• Abdoulaye Soumare – additional programming (4, 9)
• Randy Kerber – synthesizers (7)
• Gary Pickus – synthesizers (7), rhythm track arrangements (7)
• Isaiah Sanders – synthesizers (9)
• Charles Fearing – guitars (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2)
• Dean Parks – guitars (4)
• Tim May – guitars (7)
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass (1, 2, 4, 7)
• Nathan East – bass (3, 5, 8, 10)
• Nathan Watts – bass (6, 9)
• Ed Greene – drums (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• John Robinson – drums (2)
• Carlos Vega – drums (4)
• James Allen – drums (6, 9)
• Alan Estes – percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Bob Malach – saxophone (9)
• Charles Calello – arrangements (2)
• Endre Granat – concertmaster (4)
• Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements (6)
• Greg Poree – string arrangements (9)
• Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Tom Kelly – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Richard Page – backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Jim Haas – backing vocals (2)
• Jon Joyce – backing vocals (2)
• Glenn Jones – lead vocals (4)
• Windy Barnes – backing vocals (9)
• Alex Brown – backing vocals (9)
• Lynn Davis – backing vocals (9)
• Susaye Greene – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Producers – Barry Manilow (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 10); Richard Landis (Track 2); Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager (Track 4); Stevie Wonder (Tracks 6 & 9).
• Associate Producer on Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 10 – Michael DeLugg
• Production Coordinator on Track 2 – Kathy Anaya
• Music Coordinator on Track 4 – Frank DeCaro
• Engineers – Michael DeLugg (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 10); David Cole (Track 2); John Guess (Track 4); Gary Olazabal (Tracks 6 & 9).
• Assistant Engineers – Bill Jackson and Tom Nist (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 10); Steve Schmitt (Track 4); Bob Harlan (Tracks 6 & 9).
• Recorded at Sunset Sound and Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California); Lion Share Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California).
• Mixed at The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California).
• Project Coordinator – Eric Borenstein
• Art Direction – Donn Davenport
• Photography – Harry Langdon
• Assistant to Barry Manilow – Marc Hulett

Charts

Chart performance for Finder of Lost Loves

Chart (1985)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [4]	86
US Top Pop Albums ( Billboard ) [2]	106
US Top Black Albums ( Billboard ) [5]	50
US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums ( Cash Box ) [6]	46

References

1. Wynn, Ron. "Dionne Warwick: Finder of Lost Loves > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
2. "Billboard Top Pop Albums" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 97, no. 14. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. April 6, 1985. p. 72. ISSN   0006-2510.
3. "Finder Of Lost Loves (2 CD Deluxe Edition)". FunkyTownGrooves.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
4. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
5. "Top Black Albums" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 97, no. 15. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. April 13, 1985. p. 63. ISSN   0006-2510.
6. "Top Black Contemporary 75 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XLVIII, no. 42. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. March 23, 1985. p. 22. ISSN   0008-7289.

External links

• Finder of Lost Loves at Discogs (list of releases)