Warm and Tender (Olivia Newton-John album)

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Warm and Tender
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Studio album by
Released9 September 1989
Recorded1988
Genre Children's
Length41:27
Label Geffen
Producer John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John chronology
The Rumour
(1988)
Warm and Tender
(1989)
Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992
(1992)
Singles from Warm and Tender
  1. "Reach Out for Me"
    Released: 1989
  2. "When You Wish Upon a Star"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Warm and Tender is the fourteenth studio album and first of children's lullabies released by Olivia Newton-John in September 1989. After being absent on Newton-John's last album The Rumour , producer John Farrar returned for this album. After recording extensively in the U.K. and U.S. throughout her career, this was Newton-John's first album recorded in her hometown of Melbourne.

Contents

"Reach Out for Me" peaked at number 153 on the ARIA Charts. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1.""Jenny Rebecca""(Carol Hall)3:46
2."Rocking"(Traditional, lyrics by Percy Dearmer)3:05
3."Way You Look Tonight"(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)2:59
4."Lullaby My Lovely" ((German lullaby)) 1:16
5."You'll Never Walk Alone"(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)2:49
6."Sleep My Princess"(Mozart's Cradle Song)1:08
7."The Flower That Shattered the Stone"(Joe Henry, John Jarvis)3:22
8."Twinkle Twinkle Little Star""(Traditional)0:55
9."Warm and Tender"(Newton-John, Farrar)3:21
10."Rock-a-bye Baby"(Public domain)0:42
11."Over the Rainbow"(Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)3:26
12."Twelfth of Never"(Paul Francis Webster, Jerry Livingston)4:23
13."All the Pretty Little Horses"(Traditional)1:10
14."When You Wish upon a Star"(Ned Washington, Leigh Harline)3:22
15.""Brahms' Lullaby "(Intro)" (Brahms) – "Reach Out for Me Brahms Lullaby (Reprise)"(Burt Bacharach, Hal David)5:55

2002 reissue bonus track

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Part of Your World (2002 Version)" Alan Menken 3:13

Personnel

Musicians

Other musicians

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Warm and Tender
Chart (1989–1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[ citation needed ]109
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [3] 43
US Billboard 200 [4] 124
US Cashbox Top 200 Albums [5] 151

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