Streetheart (Dion album)

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Streetheart
Dion Streetheart.jpg
Studio album by
Released1976
StudioSound Labs, Hollywood, California
Label Warner Bros. Records [1]
Producer Steve Barri, Michael Omartian
Dion chronology
Born to Be with You
(1975)
Streetheart
(1976)
Return of the Wanderer
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Streetheart is an album by the American singer/songwriter Dion, released in 1976 on Warner Bros. Records. [3] It was a commercial failure. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Salon deemed the album "unshaped and undistinguished." [5] AllMusic wrote that the album proved that Dion "still knew how to straddle his present and his past comfortably and effectively." [2]

Track listing [6]

Side 1
  1. "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Robert Rogers) – 3:50
  2. "Runaway Man" (Stormie Omartian, Michael Omartian) – 3:04
  3. "Queen of ‘59" (Dion DiMucci, Bill Tuohy) – 3:28
  4. "If I Can Just Get Through Tonight" (Peter Anders) – 3:28
  5. "More to You (Than Meets the Eye)" (Dion DiMucci, Danny Grenier) – 2:57
  6. "You Showed Me What Love Is" (Ben Raleigh, Sam Fox) – 3:09
Side 2
  1. "Hey My Love" (Mark Radice) – 3:20
  2. "Oh the Night" (Dion DiMucci) – 4:34
  3. "I’ll Give You All I’ve Got" (Thomas Cain) – 3:23
  4. "Lover Boy Supreme" (Dion DiMucci, Tony Fasce) – 3:31
  5. "Streetheart" (Dion DiMucci) – 5:23

Personnel [6]

Backing vocals [6]
Production [6]

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  6. 1 2 3 4 Original album sleeve notes