Friends in Love (Johnny Mathis album)

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Friends in Love
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Studio album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedApril 5, 1982 [1]
RecordedJuly 10, 1981
September 2, 1981
October 21, 1981
November 3, 1981
January 1982 [1]
Studio
Genre
Length35:25
Label Columbia
Producer Barry Fasman
Jack Gold
Jay Graydon [2]
Johnny Mathis chronology
Celebration – The Anniversary Album
(1981)		Friends in Love
(1982)		 Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole
(1983)

Friends in Love is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on April 5, 1982, [1] by Columbia Records and included six original songs, two of which were duets with Dionne Warwick.

Contents

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated May 8, 1982, and remained there for nine weeks, peaking at number 147. [4] It also made it to number 34 during a seven-week run on the UK album chart that began the following week, on May 15. [5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The title track from the album entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated April 17, 1982, and eventually got as high as number 38 over the course of 13 weeks. [7] That same issue included its debut on the magazine's list of the 100 most popular R&B songs in the US, where it also spent 13 weeks but reached number 22. [8] The next issue, dated April 24, marked its first appearance on the Adult Contemporary chart, and during its 17-week run, it rose to number five. [9]

This is the first Mathis album whose initial release included the compact disc (CD) format. [10]

Track listing

From the liner notes for the original album: [2]

  1. "Got You Where I Want You" performed with Dionne Warwick (Jim Andron, Candy Parton) – 3:43
    • Jay Graydon – producer, arranger, conductor, engineer
    • Recorded at Garden Rake Studios; Ian Eales – engineer
  2. "I Remember You and Me" (Jim Andron, Candy Parton) – 3:46
  3. "When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'" (Richard Parker, Bobby Whiteside) – 4:19
    • Barry Fasman – producer, rhythm and strings arranger
    • Charles Koppelman – executive producer
    • Recorded at Sound Lab Studios; John Arrias – engineer
    • Stuart Whitmore – assistant engineer
  4. "Somethin's Goin' On" (Norman Sallitt) – 3:21
    • Jack Gold – producer
    • Arnold Goland – arranger, conductor
    • Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
    • Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  5. "What Do You Do with the Love" (Richard Kerr, Candy Parton) – 3:28
    • Jack Gold – producer
    • Gene Page – arranger, conductor
    • Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
    • Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  6. "Friends in Love" performed with Dionne Warwick (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon) – 4:03
    • Jay Graydon – producer, arranger, conductor, engineer
    • Recorded at Garden Rake Studios; Ian Eales – engineer
  7. "What's Forever For" (Rafe Van Hoy) – 3:22
    • Jack Gold – producer
    • Gene Page – arranger, conductor
    • Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Reggie Dozier – engineer
    • Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  8. "Warm" (David Buskin) – 4:39
    • Jack Gold – producer
    • Gene Page – arranger, conductor
    • Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
    • Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  9. "Memory" from Cats (T. S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, Andrew Lloyd Webber) – 3:00
    • Jack Gold – producer
    • Gene Page – arranger, conductor
    • Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Reggie Dozier – engineer
    • Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
  10. "Lately" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:05
    • Jack Gold – producer
    • Gene Page – arranger, conductor
    • Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Reggie Dozier – engineer
    • Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer

2017 CD bonus tracks

This album's CD release as part of the 2017 box set The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection included six bonus tracks that were previously unavailable:

Recording dates

From the liner notes for The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection : [1]

Song information

Ray, Goodman & Brown recorded "When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'" for their 1981 album Stay. [11] "What's Forever For" appeared on the 1978 album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive by England Dan and John Ford Coley, [12] but Michael Martin Murphey also released a recording of the song in 1982 that went to number 19 pop [13] and number four Adult Contemporary [14] and spent a week at number one on Billboard's Country chart. [15] "Memory" originated in the 1981 Broadway musical Cats [2] and became a number six hit in the UK for Elaine Paige that same year. [16] And Stevie Wonder's "Lately" reached number three in the UK [17] and number 29 R&B, [18] number 33 Adult Contemporary, [19] and number 64 on the Hot 100 [20] in the US.

Personnel

From the liner notes for the original album: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 (1982) Friends in Love by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records JC 37748.
  3. ↑ "Friends in Love - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Whitburn 2010 , p. 504.
  5. ↑ "Johnny Mathis - Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 922. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Whitburn 2009 , p. 628.
  8. ↑ Whitburn 2004 , p. 383.
  9. ↑ Whitburn 2007 , p. 179.
  10. ↑ "Friends in Love - Johnny Mathis, Dionne Warwick - Releases". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  11. ↑ (1981) Stay by Ray, Goodman & Brown [album jacket]. New York: Polydor Records PD-1-6341.
  12. ↑ (1978) Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive by England Dan and John Ford Coley [album jacket]. New York: Big Tree Records BT 76015.
  13. ↑ Whitburn 2009 , p. 685.
  14. ↑ Whitburn 2007 , p. 197.
  15. ↑ Whitburn 2002 , p. 240.
  16. ↑ "Memory - Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  17. ↑ "Lately - Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  18. ↑ Whitburn 2004 , p. 636.
  19. ↑ Whitburn 2007 , p. 301.
  20. ↑ Whitburn 2009 , p. 1075.

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