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Friends (Dionne Warwick album)

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1985 studio album by Dionne Warwick
Friends
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 25, 1985
Length41:57
LabelArista
Producer
Dionne Warwick chronology
Finder of Lost Loves
(1985)		Friends
(1985)		Reservations for Two
(1987)
Singles from Friends
  1. "That's What Friends Are For"
    Released: November 1985
  2. "Whisper in the Dark"
    Released: February 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStar[1]
Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStar[2]

Friends is astudio album by American singerDionne Warwick. It was released byArista Records on November 25, 1985 in the United States. Her seventh album with the label, it was executive produced byClive Davis, who consulted frequent collaboratorsBurt Bacharach,Carole Bayer Sager,Albhy Galuten,Barry Manilow, andStevie Wonder as well asNarada Michael Walden andDavid Foster to work with Warwick.

Following a series of lukewarm commercial successes,Friends marked a return to form for Warwick. Her highest-charting album sinceDionne (1979), it peaked at number 12 on the USBillboard 200 and went gold in Canada and the US. At the1987 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated forBest Pop Vocal Performance, Female.Friends yielded the worldwide top ten single "That's What Friends Are For", which became Warwick's biggest US hit, spending four weeks at number one on theBillboard Hot 100. A second single, "Whisper in the Dark", was released in 1986.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."That's What Friends Are For" (featuringElton John,Gladys Knight andStevie Wonder)
  • Sager
  • Bacharach
4:15
2."Whisper in the Dark"Albhy Galuten4:35
3."Remember Your Heart"
Galuten3:43
4."Love at Second Sight"Foster4:40
5."Moments Aren't Moments"Stevie WonderWonder4:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
6."Stronger Than Before"
  • Sager
  • Bacharach
  • Roberts
  • Sager
  • Bacharach
3:22
7."Stay Devoted"
  • Sager
  • Bacharach
  • Sager
  • Bacharach
3:36
8."No One There (To Sing Me a Love Song)"4:28
9."How Long?"
  • Sager
  • Bacharach
  • Sager
  • Bacharach
4:12
10."Extravagant Gestures"
  • Sager
  • Bacharach
  • Sager
  • Bacharach
4:59

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance forFriends
Chart (1985–1986)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3]29
Canada Top 100 Albums (RPM)[4]16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5]20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6]33
USTop Pop Albums (Billboard)[7]12
USTop Black Albums (Billboard)[8]9
US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[9]14
US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums (Cash Box)[10]4

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance forFriends
Chart (1986)Position
Canada Top 100 Albums (RPM)[11]82
US Top Pop Albums (Billboard)[12]89
US Top Black Albums (Billboard)[13]38
US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums (Cash Box)[14]30

Certifications and sales

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Certifications forFriends
RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[15]Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA)[16]Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^Wynn, Ron. "Dionne Warwick:Friends > Review" atAllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ^Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004).The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 860.ISBN 9780743201698. RetrievedApril 24, 2021.{{cite book}}:|work= ignored (help)
  3. ^Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 333.ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^"RPM 100 Albums"(PDF).RPM. Vol. 43, no. 24. Ontario: RPM Music Publications Ltd. March 8, 1986. p. 19.ISSN 0315-5994.
  5. ^"Norwegiancharts.com – Dionne Warwick – Friends". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. ^"Swedishcharts.com – Dionne Warwick – Friends". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  7. ^"Billboard Top Pop Albums"(PDF).Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 9. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. March 1, 1986. p. 72.ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. ^"Top Black Albums".Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 7. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. February 15, 1986. p. 56.ISSN 0006-2510.
  9. ^"Cash Box Top 100 Albums"(PDF).Cash Box. Vol. XLIX, no. 37. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. March 1, 1986. p. 28.ISSN 0008-7289.
  10. ^"Top Black Contemporary 75 Albums"(PDF).Cash Box. Vol. XLIX, no. 34. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. February 2, 1986. p. 14.ISSN 0008-7289.
  11. ^"Top 100 Albums of '86"(PDF).RPM. Vol. 45, no. 14. Ontario: RPM Music Publications Ltd. December 27, 1986. p. 9.ISSN 0315-5994.
  12. ^"Top Pop Albums 1986"(PDF).Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 52. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. December 27, 1986. p. Y-19.ISSN 0006-2510.
  13. ^"Top Black Albums 1986"(PDF).Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 52. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. December 27, 1986. p. Y-24.ISSN 0006-2510.
  14. ^"Top Black Contemporary 75 Albums"(PDF).Cash Box. Vol. L, no. 28. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. December 27, 1986. p. 54.ISSN 0008-7289.
  15. ^"Canadian album certifications – Dionne Warwick – Friends".Music Canada. RetrievedJuly 29, 2020.
  16. ^"American album certifications – Dionne Warwick – Friends".Recording Industry Association of America. RetrievedJuly 29, 2020.

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