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1978 studio album by Andrew Gold
All This and Heaven Too is the third album by singer-songwriter Andrew Gold , released in 1978 on Asylum Records . It includes the hit singles "Never Let Her Slip Away " (a no. 5 entry on the UK Singles Chart ) and "Thank You for Being a Friend " (a no. 25 entry on the Billboard singles chart ).[ 4]
Background
All This and Heaven Too reached the British Top Five in the albums chart in 1978. "Thank You for Being a Friend " later gained popularity as the theme song for The Golden Girls , though it was performed by Cynthia "Cindy" Fee, a singer who often recorded advertising jingles, for the show. Gold also became known for his biggest UK hit song, "Never Let Her Slip Away ," which was a No. 5 chart hit in the UK; Freddie Mercury assisted Gold as an uncredited background singer on the track.[ 5] British dance group Undercover duplicated the chart position of Gold's original with a 1992 cover version.
Track listing
All songs written by Andrew Gold , except where noted.
Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release) Title 1. "Gambler" (Kenny Edwards ) 3:55 2. "Thank You for Being a Friend" (outtake) 1:33 3. "Dr. Robert " (Lennon-McCartney ) (live at the Roxy , Los Angeles, CA, 1978) 3:18 4. "Genevieve" (instrumental) (Gold, Brock Walsh) 5:41 5. "Still You Linger On" (instrumental) 4:50
Charts
Personnel
Andrew Gold – vocals, piano, acoustic and electric guitar, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer, harmonium, bass, drums, percussion, tympani, backing vocals
Kenny Edwards – bass
Brock Walsh – backing vocals, percussion
Waddy Wachtel – guitar
Jeff Porcaro – drums
Rick Marotta – drums
Russ Kunkel – drums
Beau Segal – drums
Brad Palmer – bass
Ernie Watts – saxophone
J. D. Souther – backing vocals
Jennifer Warnes – backing vocals
Mark Safan – backing vocals
Production
Andrew Gold with Brock Walsh – producer
Greg Ladanyi with Dennis Kirk – engineer
George Ybarra – assistant engineer
David Campbell – arrangements
References
^ Chrispell, James. All This & Heaven Too at AllMusic . Retrieved November 30, 2014.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields . ISBN 089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition , p. 538. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
^ Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition , p. 267. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3
^ Freddie Mercury provided uncredited backing vocals per these sources:
"Top 500" . Smooth Radio . Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2016 .
Sweeting, Adam. Andrew Gold obituary . The Guardian . June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
"Never Let Her Slip Away". Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s . BBC Radio 2 . 5 Feb 2012.
O'Neal, Sean. R.I.P. Andrew Gold, songwriter of "Lonely Boy" and The Golden Girls theme . The A.V. Club . June 6, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
Singer/Songwriter Andrew Gold Dies . Contactmusic . June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
Drive with Russell Woolf; Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . June 16, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 127. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
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