Friends Can Be Lovers

Friends Can Be Lovers
Studio album by Dionne Warwick
Released	January 20, 1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	Funk, soul, pop, jazz
Label	Arista
Producer	Burt Bacharach, Barry J. Eastmond, Ian Devaney, Andy Morris, David Elliott, Harvey Mason, Dionne Warwick, Masaki Kubo
Dionne Warwick chronology
Hidden Gems: The Best of Dionne Warwick, Vol. 2 (1992) Friends Can Be Lovers (1993) Aquarela do Brazil (1994)
Singles from Friends Can Be Lovers
"Sunny Weather Lover" Released: 1993 "Where My Lips Have Been" Released: 1993 "Friends Can Be Lovers" Released: 1993

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Friends Can Be Lovers is an album recorded by Dionne Warwick, her tenth for Arista Records. It was recorded in 1992 and released in January 1993.

History

The album was executive produced by Clive Davis. It was released in early 1993 and features the single "Where My Lips Have Been". The single reached No. 95 on the R&B singles chart. The album also features the song "Love Will Find a Way", a duet with her cousin Whitney Houston.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sunny Weather Love"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	4:09
2.	"Age of Miracles"	Frank Musker, Richard Kerr	4:41
3.	"Where My Lips Have Been"	Robert Charles Burns, Sandy Knox, Don Huber	4:35
4.	"Friends Can Be Lovers"	Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney, Andy Morris	5:28
5.	"Love Will Find a Way" (duet with Whitney Houston)	David Elliott, Terry Steele	4:56
6.	"Much Too Much"	Diane Warren	4:29
7.	"Til the End of Time"	Elliott, Barry J. Eastmond, Steele	5:11
8.	"The Woman That I Am"	Eastmond, Siedah Garrett	4:35
9.	"Fragile"	Sting	4:09
10.	"I Sing at Dawn"	Tokiko Iwatani, Dionne Warwick, Taku Izumi	4:27

Personnel

• Dionne Warwick – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Burt Bacharach – synthesizers (1), arrangerments (1)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (1)
• Barry J. Eastmond – synthesizers (1), arrangerments (1, 2, 3, 7, 8), keyboards (2, 3, 8)
• Randy Kerber – keyboards (1, 9), acoustic piano (9)
• Eric Rehl – keyboards (2, 3, 8), synthesizers (2, 3, 8)
• Richard Tee – acoustic piano (2)
• Ian Devaney – keyboards (4, 6), arrangerments (4, 6), guitar (6)
• Andy Morris – keyboards (4, 6), flugelhorn (4), arrangerments (4, 6)
• David Elliot – multi instruments (5), strings (5), arrangerments (5)
• Robert Wechsler – Synclavier programming (5)
• Kayama Griffin – keyboards (7)
• Bob James – synthesizer strings (9), string arrangements (9)
• Joe Kloess – keyboards (10), arrangements (10)
• Rob Shrock – keyboards (10), drum programming (10), arrangements (10)
• Dean Parks – guitar (1)
• Ira Siegel – guitar (2, 3)
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (5)
• Doc Powell – guitar (7)
• David Williams – guitar (9)
• Anthony Jackson – bass (1, 8)
• Will Lee – bass (2)
• Freddie Washington – bass (9)
• Harvey Mason – synth bass (9), synth drums (9), synth percussion (9), rhythm arrangements (9)
• Wade Short – bass (10)
• Sammy Merendino – drum programming (1, 2, 3)
• Ike Lee – drum programming (7)
• Buddy Williams – drums (8)
• Everette Harp – alto saxophone (3)
• Snake Davis – flute (4), saxophone (4)
• Roger Byam – soprano saxophone (8)
• Stephen Gibson – flugelhorn (4)
• Georgia Boyd – strings (4)
• Rebecca Gilliver – strings (4)
• Drusilla Harris – strings (4)
• Andrew Long – strings (4)
• Jane Nossek – strings (4)
• Simon Vance – strings (4)
• Paul Loomis – strings (5), string arrangements (5)
• Gayle Levant – harp (9)
• Susie Katayama – strings (10)
• David Foster – rhythm arrangements (9)
• Curtis King – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Yolanda Lee – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 7, 8)
• Dolette McDonald – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Lisa Stansfield – backing vocals (4, 6)
• Whitney Houston – lead vocals (5)
• Alex Brown – backing vocals (5)
• Alfie Silas – backing vocals (5)
• Terry Steele – backing vocals (5)
• Will Downing – backing vocals (7)
• Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals (7)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (9)
• Lisa Fischer – backing vocals (9)
• Brenda King – backing vocals (9)
• Darlene Love – backing vocals (9)
• Luther Vandross – backing vocals (9), vocal arrangements (9)

Production

• Clive Davis – executive producer
• Burt Bacharach – producer (1)
• Barry J. Eastmond – producer (1, 2, 3, 7, 8)
• Ian Devaney –producer (4, 6), engineer (4, 6), mixing (4, 6)
• Andy Morris – producer (4, 6), engineer (4, 6), mixing (4, 6)
• David Elliot – producer (5)
• Terry Steele – co-producer (5)
• Harvey Mason – producer (9)
• Dionne Warwick – producer (9)
• Masaki Kubo – producer (10)
• Joe Kloess – co-producer (10)
• Rob Shrock – co-producer (10), engineer (10)
• Tina Antoine – engineer
• David Apelt – engineer, mixing
• Ray Bardani – engineer, mixing
• Bobby Boughton – engineer, mixing
• Phil Castellano – engineer
• Milton Chan – engineer
• Todd Childress – engineer, assistant engineer, mix assistant
• Earl Cohen – engineer
• Mick Guzauski – engineer
• Alec Head – engineer
• Goh Hotoda – mixing
• Dave Jenkins – engineer
• Rich July – mix assistant
• Don Mack – engineer, assistant engineer
• Bill Malina – engineer
• Mark Partis – engineer
• Barney Perkins – engineer
• Michael Rodriguez – engineer, assistant engineer
• Mike Ross – engineer
• Bill Schnee – mixing
• Scott Weatherspoon – engineer
• Maude Gilman – art direction, design
• Dave Vance – photography

External links

• Friends Can Be Lovers at Discogs