Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)

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Heartbreaker
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1982
RecordedApril–May 1982
Studio
Genre R&B
Length39:51
Label Arista
Producer Gibb-Galuten-Richardson
Dionne Warwick chronology
Friends in Love
(1982)
Heartbreaker
(1982)
How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
(1983)
Singles from Heartbreaker
  1. "Heartbreaker"
    Released: September 1982
  2. "All the Love in the World"
    Released: November 1982
  3. "Take the Short Way Home (US)"
    Released: January 1983
  4. "Yours"
    Released: February 1983

Heartbreaker is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on September 28, 1982, in the United States. Her fourth album with the label, it was largely written by the Bee Gees, and produced by band member Barry Gibb along with Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten; Gibb and Galuten also served as musicians on the album. Warwick recorded the songs on Heartbreaker during the spring of 1982.

Contents

The album sold an estimated three million copies worldwide and ranks as Warwick's highest-charting album in most international territories. It hit #1 in the Norwegian Albums Chart and reached the top five in Sweden, the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands, also entering the top 20 in Austria, Germany, and on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In the US, Heartbreaker was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of 500,000 copies.

The title track, the album's lead single, reached the top of charts around the world and stands as one of Warwick's biggest career hits, reaching number one in Poland, Portugal, Sweden and on the US Adult Contemporary chart. The following two singles were "Take the Short Way Home" and "All The Love in the World," the latter of which reached the top ten on the UK Singles Chart. The Heartbreaker Demos , a collection of Barry Gibb's demos, was released in 2006.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic editor Rob Theakston found that "while it lacks the genius and soulful grit of Dionne Warwick's earlier classic work, the album was polished and painstakingly produced perfectly for adult pop stations [...] Starting off with a bang courtesy of the title track, Warwick and Gibb go through all of the motions [...] This is not the most definitive album of Warwick's career, but is definitely one of the few highlights that a pop-heavy '80s afforded her." [1]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Gibb-Galuten-Richardson. [2] All tracks written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartbreaker" 4:16
2."It Makes No Difference"
4:26
3."Yours" 4:58
4."Take the Short Way Home"
  • B. Gibb
  • Galuten
3:47
5."Misunderstood" 4:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."All the Love in the World" 3:25
7."I Can't See Anything (But You)"
  • B. Gibb
  • Galuten
  • M. Gibb
3:24
8."Just One More Night"
  • B. Gibb
  • Galuten
3:51
9."You Are My Love" 3:50
10."Our Day Will Come"3:47
Déjà Vu – The Arista Recordings (2020) bonus track [3]
No.TitleLength
11."Let It Be Me" (Demo duet with Barry Gibb)3:46

Personnel and credits

Musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [17] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [19] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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