All This and Heaven Too (album)

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Released April 15, 1978 All This and Heaven Too(1978) Whirlwind(1980) Release date 15 April 1978 Genres Pop music, Pop rock		Length 41:04 Artist Andrew Gold Label Asylum Records

Recorded The Sound Factory, Los Angeles Producer Andrew Gold, Brock Walsh Similar Andrew Gold albums, Pop music albums

All This and Heaven Too is the third album by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist 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).

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. 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.

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