Friends in Love (Dionne Warwick album)

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Friends in Love
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Studio album by
Dionne Warwick
ReleasedApril 14, 1982
Length42:18
Label Arista
Producer Jay Graydon
Dionne Warwick chronology
Hot! Live and Otherwise
(1981)		Friends in Love
(1982)		 Heartbreaker
(1982)
Singles from Friends in Love
  1. "Friends in Love"
    Released: 1982
  2. "For You"
    Released: 1982
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Friends in Love is a studio album by the American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on April 14, 1982, in the United States. Her third album for the label, it was recorded during the winter of 1981-82, with production by Jay Graydon. It peaked at number 87 on the US Billboard 200. [3] Singles from the album include the title track, a duet with singer Johnny Mathis, which made the Top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and follow-up "For You," which peaked at number 14 on the adult contemporary chart.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks produced by Jay Graydon. [4]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."For You"
4:55
2."Friends in Love" (with Johnny Mathis)
4:02
3."Never Gonna Let You Go"
4:50
4."Can't Hide Love" Skip Scarborough 4:50
5."Betcha by Golly Wow"
3:28
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."More Than Fascination" Tom Snow 4:02
7."Got You Where I Want You" (with Johnny Mathis)
  • Candy Parton
  • Jim Andron
3:38
8."With a Touch" Stevie Wonder 4:40
9."What Is This"
  • Myra Waters
  • Graydon
3:58
10."A Love So Right"
  • Gloria Sklerov
  • Harry Lloyd
3:55

Personnel and credits

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 83
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] 33
Australian Album Chart (Kent Music Report) [6] 72

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References

  1. ↑ Friends in Love at AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 749.
  3. 1 2 "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ Friends in Love (booklet). Dionne Warwick. Arista Records. 1982.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 333. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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