Friends in Love (Dionne Warwick album)

Friends in Love
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	April 14, 1982
Recorded	1981-1982
Genre	Pop
Length	42:18
Label	Arista
Producer	Jay Graydon
Dionne Warwick chronology
Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981) Friends in Love (1982) Heartbreaker (1982)

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Friends in Love is Dionne Warwick's third studio album for the Arista label. It was recorded during the winter of 1981-82 and was released that spring on April 14, 1982. The LP was originally issued as number AL 9585 in the Arista Catalog. The album rose to No. 87 on the Billboard album chart, selling approximately 200,000 US copies.

History

Songs on the album include the title track, a duet with singer Johnny Mathis, which made the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #38, in addition to charting on the Billboard R&B and adult contemporary charts at #22 and #5, respectively. A follow-up single, "For You", peaked at #14 on the adult contemporary chart. This album also contains the Cynthia Weil / Barry Mann song "Never Gonna Let You Go", which would become a hit the following year for Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For You"	Jay Graydon, Richard Page, John Bettis	4:55
2.	"Friends in Love" (with Johnny Mathis)	Jay Graydon, David Foster, Bill Champlin	4:02
3.	"Never Gonna Let You Go"	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	4:50
4.	"Can't Hide Love"	Skip Scarborough	4:50
5.	"Betcha by Golly Wow"	Thomas Bell, Linda Creed	3:28

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(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, Jay Graydon	3:58
10.	"A Love So Right"	Gloria Sklerov, Harry Lloyd	3:55

Personnel

• Dionne Warwick – lead vocals
• David Foster – Rhodes (1, 4, 7), acoustic piano (2, 4, 7, 10), string arrangements (2, 4), synthesizers (7)
• Steve Porcaro – Rhodes (1), synthesizers (1, 7)
• Jay Graydon – rhythm arrangements, synthesizers (1, 6, 7), guitar (1-4, 6, 7, 8, 10), percussion (3)
• Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano (3, 6), Rhodes (3, 5), synthesizers (5, 6), synthesizer arrangements (5)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (5, 8, 9)
• Michael Omartian – synthesizers (8, 10), acoustic piano (9), string arrangements (9, 10)
• Stevie Wonder – acoustic piano (8)
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar (3)
• Steve Lukather – guitar (4)
• Larry Carlton – acoustic guitar (5)
• Marty Walsh – electric guitar (5)
• Michael Landau – guitar (9)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (1, 4, 7, 10)
• Mike Porcaro – bass (2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
• Steve Gadd – drums (1, 4)
• Mike Baird – drums (2, 3, 5-8, 10)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (9)
• Victor Feldman – percussion (2, 10)
• Charles Loper – trombone
• Chuck Findley – trumpet
• Gary Grant – trumpet
• Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements, flugelhorn (3, 7)
• Johnny Mandel – string arrangements (1)
• Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements (2, 3, 4)
• Assa Drori – concertmaster (1-4, 9, 10)
• Steve George – backing vocals (1), synthesizers (6, 8), Rhodes (8)
• Richard Page – backing vocals (1-9)
• Johnny Mathis – lead vocals (2, 7)
• Bill Champlin – backing vocals (2-9)
• Venette Gloud – backing vocals (2-9)
• Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (6)

Production

• Producer – Jay Graydon
• Recorded and Mixed by Ian Eales and Jay Graydon at Garden Rake Studio (Sherman Oaks, CA).
• Strings recorded by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction and Design – Donn Davenport
• Photography – David Vance
• Inner Sleeve Photography – John Pinderhughes

External links

• Friends in Love at Discogs