Then Came You (album)

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Then Came You
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1975
Studio Hit Factory, New York City
Length38:24
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Dionne Warwick chronology
Just Being Myself
(1973)
Then Came You
(1975)
Track of the Cat
(1975)
Singles from Then Came You
  1. "Then Came You"
    Released: July 13, 1974
  2. "Sure Thing"
    Released: 1974
  3. "Take It From Me"
    Released: 1975

Then Came You is a studio album by the American singer Dionne Warwick. Sharing its title with the number one hit song Warwick performed a year before with The Spinners, the album was released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975 in the United States. The album peaked at number 167 on the US Billboard 200. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic editor Jason Elias found that Then Came You "is mostly an innovative effort of New York R&B/pop that should make anyone's short list of albums that truly capture the style [...] Here [Warwick] wasn't so much an interpreter of 'great material,' her voice and charm were the primary draw." [2]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Take It from Me" Jerry Ragovoy Ragovoy3:41
2."We'll Burn Our Bridges Behind Us"
Ragovoy3:30
3."Sure Thing"Ragovoy3:09
4."Then Came You"
  • Sherman Marshall
  • Phillip T. Pugh
Thom Bell 3:53
5."How Can I Tell Him"Ragovoy5:21
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
6."Move Me No Mountain"
  • Ragovoy
  • Abbey Schroeder
Ragovoy4:52
7."I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face"
Ragovoy3:27
8."It's Magic"
  • Ragovoy
  • Brockman
Ragovoy3:16
9."Who Knows"
  • Ragovoy
  • Laurie
Ragovoy3:15
10."Getting in My Way"
  • Ragovoy
  • Brockman
Ragovoy3:15

Personnel and credits

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Then Came You. [4]

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Then Came You
Chart (1975)Peak
position
US Top LP's & Tape ( Billboard ) [1] 167
US Soul LP's ( Billboard ) [5] 35
US Top 101 to 175 Albums ( Cash Box ) [6] 159
US The R&B LP Chart ( Record World ) [7] 36

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Then Came You - Dionne Warwick | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 749.
  4. Then Came You (liner notes). Dionne Warwick. Warner Bros. Records. 1975.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. "Soul LP's" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 87, no. 15. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. April 12, 1975. p. 57. ISSN   0006-2510.
  6. "Cash Box Top 101 to 175 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XXXVI, no. 45. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. March 29, 1975. p. 46. ISSN   0008-7289.
  7. "The R&B LP Chart" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 30, no. 1449. New York: Record World Pub. Co. March 18, 1972. p. 44. ISSN   0034-1622.