She's Back (Dionne Warwick album)

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She's Back
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ReleasedMay 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
Length125:28
Label
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Dionne Warwick chronology
Feels So Good
(2014)
She's Back
(2019)
Dionne Warwick & the Voices of Christmas
(2019)

She's Back is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Kind Music and eOne Entertainment on May 17, 2019. [1] Chiefly produced by her son Damon Elliott along with Teddy Harmon, initial editions of She's Back contained a remastered version of Warwick's 1998 album Dionne Sings Dionne as a bonus disc. It debuted and peaked at number 19 on the US Independent Albums. [2]

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic wrote that Warwick's son and chief producer Damon Elliott "paints She's Back with all manners of modern flair: the rhythms are electronic, the instruments largely synthesized, and the bass is often cranked. Several vocalists are invited to help broaden Warwick's appeal, too. Her duet partners are relatively old-fashioned (Kenny Lattimore, Brian McKnight), relatively hip (Musiq Soulchild), and certainly surprising (Krayzie Bone, whose verse on "Déjà Vu" is disarming), and they all help nudge She's Back into the 21st century, even if the overall aesthetic remains lodged in the 20th century [...] Since the album relies so heavily on ballads and slow jams, it becomes apparent that Warwick's voice isn't as supple as it once was, a transition that is inevitable with age, but the songs and settings of She's Back cast this human deficit in an unfortunately harsh light." [3]

Track listing

Disc one: She's Back — Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Am I Dreaming" (featuring Musiq Soulchild) Sam Dees
5:06
2."Tears Ago" Rahsaan Patterson
  • Elliott
  • Harmon
4:55
3."What Color Is Love" (featuring Kenny Lattimore) Terry Callier
  • Elliott
  • Harmon
4:06
4."How Do You Keep the Music Playing" (featuring Kevon Edmonds)
  • Elliott
  • Harmon
4:18
5."Déjà Vu" (featuring Krayzie Bone)
  • Elliott
  • Harmon
6:09
6."Forever in My Heart" (featuring Brian McKnight)
  • McKnight
  • Elliott
  • McKnight
3:42
7."Dream with No Love"
  • Elliott
  • Harmon
4:10
8."We're in Love" Patti Austin
  • Elliott
  • Harmon
3:26
9."You Really Started Something"
  • Elliott
  • Harmon
3:19
10."Two Ships" (featuring Fiji)Dionne Warwick
  • Rob Shrock
  • Elliott [A]
  • Fiji [A]
4:55
11."Life Is Waiting" Brenda Russell
  • Russell
  • Elliott [A]
4:01
12."If I Want to"
  • Elliott
  • Shrock
4:34
13."We Need to Go Back" (featuring Jubilation Choir) Ashford & Simpson Elliott3:17
14."What a Fool Believes"
  • Shrock
  • Elliott [A]
4:02
15."What the World Needs Now (2019 Version)" (featuring Jubilation Choir)
  • Bacharach
  • David
Elliott4:49
Disc two: Dionne Sings Dionne
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Walk On By"
  • Bacharach
  • David
Steve Tyrell 3:44
2."Love Begins with You"
  • Zane Giles
  • Larry Weiss
4:08
3."Reach Out for Me"
  • Bacharach
  • David
  • Elliott
  • Harmon
4:14
4."High Upon This Love"
Giles4:22
5."I Say a Little Prayer"
  • Bacharach
  • David
  • Elliott
  • Harmon
4:24
6."(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
  • Bacharach
  • David
Elliott4:46
7."If I Want to"
  • Bacharach
  • David
George Duke 4:30
8."Aquarela do Brasil"Elliott3:53
9."I Promise You"
  • Fred Busby
  • Wayne Holmes
Duke5:08
10."Be My Neighbour"
Elliott3:14
11."All Kinds of People"
  • Bacharach
  • David
Shrock3:37
12."What the World Needs Now Is Love"
  • Bacharach
  • David
Elliott4:19
13."Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
  • Bacharach
  • David
  • Giles
  • Elliott
3:35
14."Humbly I Pray" Tim Miner Miner4:45

Notes

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [2] 19

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousMay 17, 2019
[1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "She's Back". AllMusic . Retrieved July 29, 2020.