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Promises, Promises (Dionne Warwick album)

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Promises, Promises
Studio album by
Dionne Warwick
ReleasedNovember 1968
Recorded1968
StudioA & R (New York City)
GenrePop, R&B, soul
Length33:33
LabelScepter
ProducerBurt Bacharach, Hal David
Dionne Warwick chronology
The Magic of Believing
(1968) 		Promises, Promises
(1968) 		Soulful
(1969)
Singles from Promises, Promises
  1. "Who Is Gonna Love Me"
    Released: August 1968
  2. "Promises, Promises"
    Released: October 1968
  3. "This Girl's in Love with You"
    Released: January 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Promises, Promises is the title of a 1968 album by Dionne Warwick, and her eleventh studio album. Like many of her previous albums, it was produced by the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The album includes three songs from the musical Promises, Promises, for which Bacharach and David wrote the music and lyrics, and which would premiere a month after the album was released: the title song, "Whoever You Are (I Love You)" and "Wanting Things". The album also includes two other Bacharach/David compositions, "This Girl's in Love with You" (which had originally been recorded by Herb Alpert as "This Guy's in Love with You" earlier that year) and "Who Is Gonna Love Me".

The album includes songs from two other musicals of the time: "Where Is Love?" from Oliver!, and "Where Am I Going?" from Sweet Charity.

The title track peaked at number 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the week of December 7, 1968 and No. 7 Easy Listening during the late fall of 1968.[2] "This Girl's in Love with You," the follow-up single, reached number seven in February 1969.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Promises, Promises" 2:57
2."This Girl's in Love with You" 4:13
3."Little Green Apples"Bobby Russell3:55
4."Where Is Love?"Lionel Bart2:48
5."Who Is Gonna Love Me" 3:11
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Whoever You Are, I Love You" 3:18
7."Where Am I Going?"Peter Matz, Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields2:05
8."Wanting Things" 2:22
9."Lonely in My Heart"David Williams, Peter Matz2:56
10."Yesterday I Heard the Rain"Armando Manzanero, Gene Lees2:43

Personnel

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  • Dionne Warwick - vocals
  • Burt Bacharach, Don Sebesky, Peter Matz - arrangements
  • Phil Ramone - audio engineer
  • Burt Goldblatt - art direction, cover design
  • Michael Freeman - front cover photography

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Dionne Warwick: Promises, Promises > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  2. ^ Dionne Warwick, Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard.com. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "Top 50Albums" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 10, no. 26. February 24, 1969. p. 14. ISSN 0315-5994.
  4. ^ "Billboard Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 81, no. 9. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. March 1, 1969. p. 89. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ "Top Selling R&B LP's" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 81, no. 5. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. February 1, 1969. p. 30. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XXX, no. 30. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. February 22, 1969. p. 43. ISSN 0008-7289.
  7. ^ "Top LP's" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 23, no. 1129. New York: Record World Pub. Co. February 1, 1969. p. 32. ISSN 0034-1622.
  8. ^ "Top LP's – 1969" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 81, no. 52. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. December 28, 1968. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510.
  9. ^ "Top Soul Albums – 1969" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 81, no. 52. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. December 28, 1968. p. 17. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. ^ "Best Albums of 1969" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XXXI, no. 22. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. December 27, 1969. p. 36. ISSN 0008-7289.
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