Friends in Love (Dionne Warwick album)

Friends in Love
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	April 14, 1982
Length	42:18
Label	Arista
Producer	Jay Graydon
Dionne Warwick chronology
Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981) Friends in Love (1982) Heartbreaker (1982)
Singles from Friends in Love
"Friends in Love" Released: April 1982 "For You" Released: July 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
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 fourth 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]

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Writer(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

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
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5]	72
US Top LPs & Tape ( Billboard ) [3]	83
US Soul LPs ( Billboard ) [6]	33
US Top 100 Albums ( Cash Box ) [7]	95
US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums ( Cash Box ) [8]	24

References

1. Friends in Love at AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 749.
3. "Billboard Top LPs & Tape" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 94, no. 23. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. June 12, 1982. p. 103. ISSN   0006-2510.
4. Friends in Love (booklet). Dionne Warwick. Arista Records. 1982.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 333. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
6. "Soul LPs" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 94, no. 23. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. June 12, 1982. p. 87. ISSN   0006-2510.
7. "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XLIV, no. 3. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. June 12, 1982. p. 60. ISSN   0008-7289.
8. "Top Black Contemporary 75 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XLIV, no. 4. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. June 19, 1982. p. 15. ISSN   0008-7289.

External links

• Friends in Love at Discogs (list of releases)