Hot! Live and Otherwise | ||||
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Live album / studio album by | ||||
Released | May 20, 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Venue | Harrah's Casino, Reno, Nevada | |||
Genre | Pop, Adult Contemporary | |||
Length | 77:42 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Steve Buckingham, Michael Masser | |||
Dionne Warwick chronology | ||||
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Hot! Live and Otherwise is a combination live and in-studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1981 on Arista Records. The LP was originally issued as number A2L 8605 in the Arista Catalog.
An extended version of this album is available having been issued on CD in 2007.
The live portion of the albums was recorded over several dates at Harrah's Casino in Reno, Nevada in the spring of 1981. The original 2-LP release featured three sides of live recordings, plus a fourth side of studio recordings, including the pop and AC hit "Some Changes Are for Good" and "Now We're Starting Over Again," which later became an Adult Contemporary hit for Natalie Cole in 1989 under the shortened title "Starting Over Again." Three of those studio recordings were produced by Michael Masser and the other two were produced by Steve Buckingham.
The album was reissued on CD in 2007 with new liner notes from David Nathan, a slightly amended track listing (missing the live track "We Never Said Goodbye" and one of the studio tracks "Dedicate This Heart"), and added two previously unissued studio bonus cuts, "When the Good Times Come Again" and "Right Back." The former song was written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings – the same writing team that provided Warwick with her gold-selling comeback hit, "I'll Never Love This Way Again" in 1979.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "What You Won't Do for Love" / "In the Stone" (medley) | Bobby Caldwell, Alphonse Kettner / Maurice White, David Foster, Allee Willis | 6:53 |
2. | "Don't Make Me Over" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 3:04 |
3. | "Alfie" | Bacharach, David | 3:40 |
4. | "One in a Million You" | Sam Dees | 4:30 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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5. | "Hit Record Medley" ("Walk On By / Anyone Who Had a Heart / You'll Never Get to Heaven / A House Is Not a Home / Message to Michael / Trains and Boats and Planes / The Look of Love / Close to You / Do You Know the Way to San Jose / Valley of the Dolls / There's Always Something There to Remind Me / Make It Easy on Yourself / Promises, Promises / What the World Needs Now / Then Came You") | Bacharach, David, André Previn, Phillip Pugh, Sherman Marshall | 20:30 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Déjà Vu" | Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Anderson | 4:40 |
7. | "Easy Love" | Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt, Randy Cate | 2:56 |
8. | "No Night So Long" | Richard Kerr, Will Jennings | 3:43 |
9. | "We Never Said Goodbye" | Hayes, Anderson | 3:44 |
10. | "I'll Never Love This Way Again" | Kerr, Jennings | 5:46 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "There's a Long Road Ahead of Us" | Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin | 3:48 |
12. | "Dedicate This Heart" | Michael McDonald, Paul Anka | 4:04 |
13. | "Some Changes Are for Good" | Masser, Carole Bayer Sager | 3:58 |
14. | "Even a Fool Would Let Go" | Kerry Chater, Tom Snow | 3:18 |
15. | "Now We're Starting Over Again" | Masser, Goffin | 3:08 |
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