1982 studio album by Dionne Warwick
Friends in Love Dionne Warwick . It was released byArista Records on April 14, 1982, in the United States. Her fourth album for the label, it was recorded during the winter of 1981-82, with production byJay Graydon . It peaked at number 87 on the USBillboard Top LPs & Tape[ 3] Johnny Mathis , which reached the top 40 on the USBillboard Hot 100Adult Contemporary chart.
All tracks produced byJay Graydon .[ 4]
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) 3:38 8. "With a Touch" Stevie Wonder 4:40 9. "What Is This" 3:58 10. "A Love So Right" Gloria Sklerov Harry Lloyd 3:55
Personnel and credits [ edit ] Musicians
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 – trumpetGary 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 byAl Schmitt atCapitol Studios (Hollywood, CA). Art Direction and Design – Donn Davenport Photography – David Vance Inner Sleeve Photography – John Pinderhughes ^ Dionne Warwick –Friends in Love : Review atAllMusic . Retrieved December 31, 2018.^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. p. 749.^a b "Billboard Top LPs & Tape" (PDF) .Billboard ISSN 0006-2510 .^ Friends in Love (booklet). Dionne Warwick. Arista Records. 1982.{{cite AV media notes }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )^ Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 333.ISBN 0-646-11917-6 ^ "Soul LPs" (PDF) .Billboard ISSN 0006-2510 .^ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF) .Cash Box ISSN 0008-7289 .^ "Top Black Contemporary 75 Albums" (PDF) .Cash Box ISSN 0008-7289 .
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