Warm Your Heart

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Warm Your Heart
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 11, 1991 (1991-06-11)
RecordedMarch 1990 – March 1991
Studio
  • Ultrasonic Studios (New Orleans)
  • Conway Recording (Los Angeles)
  • Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles)
  • Studio F (Los Angeles)
  • Russian Hill Recording (San Francisco)
  • Skywalker Ranch (Marin County)
Genre
Label A&M
Producer
Aaron Neville chronology
The Mickey Mouse March
(1986)
Warm Your Heart
(1991)
The Grand Tour
(1993)

Warm Your Heart is a 1991 album released by American R&B/soul singer Aaron Neville. It features the singles "Everybody Plays the Fool", "Somewhere, Somebody" and "Close Your Eyes". The "Close Your Eyes" single also featured album producer Linda Ronstadt on guest vocals. The pair had previously collaborated on the songs "Don't Know Much", "All My Life" and "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby".

Contents

Musicians

The album utilises many guest vocalists, musicians and session musicians. Producer Linda Ronstadt sings on four songs on the album and Grammy Award winning Rita Coolidge sings on three. Other guests include slide guitarist Ry Cooder, saxophonist Plas Johnson, Bob Seger, Dr. John, Bob Glaub and Dean Parks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
NME 5/10 [2]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Vancouver Sun Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Windsor Star A [6]

Reception at the time of release was generally good. In their four-star review Rolling Stone said that Neville "must have taken the meaning of the gospel deep into his heart". [7] The New York Times review stated that the "solo album debut of the great New Orleans soul singer has the year's most sublime pop vocals". [8] The album reached number 44 on the American Billboard 200 album chart, and achieved platinum status. In Canada, the album reached number 25 in the Album Charts and achieved gold status.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Louisiana 1927" Randy Newman 3:04
2."Everybody Plays the Fool" J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark, Ken Williams 4:25
3."It Feels Like Rain" John Hiatt 4:56
4."Somewhere, Somebody" Max Gronenthal, Andrew Kastner, Larry John McNally3:01
5."Don't Go, Please Stay" Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard 2:40
6."With You in Mind" Allen Toussaint 3:32
7."That's The Way She Loves"Allen Toussaint4:45
8."Angola Bound" Aaron Neville, Neville Brothers 4:32
9."Close Your Eyes" (duet with Linda Ronstadt) Chuck Willis 3:10
10."La Vie Dansante" Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Michael Utley 3:21
11."Warm Your Heart" Tom Dowd, Ahmet Ertegün, Jerry Wexler 3:49
12."I Bid You Goodnight"Traditional4:00
13."Ave Maria" Franz Schubert 4:41

Personnel

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Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Warm Your Heart
Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [10] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 12
US Billboard 200 [13] 44

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