Released 1982 Label COLUMBIA | Length 35:25 Release date April 1982 Genre Pop rock | |
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Recorded 1982 atA&M Recording Studios,Burbank, California,Garden Rake Studios,Sherman Oaks, CaliforniaSound Lab StudiosLos Angeles, California Similar I'm Coming Home, Isn't It Romantic: The Stan, Hold Me - Thrill Me - Kiss Me, The Christmas Album, Christmas Eve with Johnny M | ||
Dionne warwick johnny mathis friends in love
Friends in Love is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in April 1982 by Columbia Records and included six original songs, two of which were duets with Dionne Warwick.
Contents
The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated May 8, 1982, and remained there for nine weeks, peaking at number 147. It also made it to number 34 during a seven-week run on the UK album chart that began the following week, on May 15.
The title track from the album entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated April 17, 1982, and eventually got as high as number 38 over the course of 13 weeks. That same issue included its debut on the magazine's list of the 100 most popular R&B songs in the US, where it also spent 13 weeks but reached number 22. The next issue, dated April 24, marked its first appearance on the Adult Contemporary chart, and during its 17-week run there it rose to number five.
This is the first Mathis album whose initial release included the compact disc (CD) format.
Track listing
- "Got You Where I Want You" performed with Dionne Warwick (Jim Andron, Candy Parton) – 3:43
- Jay Graydon – producer, arranger, conductor, engineer
- Recorded at Garden Rake Studios; Ian Eales – engineer
- "I Remember You and Me" (Jim Andron, Candy Parton) – 3:46
- Jack Gold – producer
- Artie Butler – arranger, conductor
- Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
- Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
- "When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'" (Richard Parker, Bobby Whiteside) – 4:19
- Barry Fasman – producer, rhythm and strings arranger
- Charles Koppelman – executive producer
- Recorded at Sound Lab Studios; John Arrias – engineer
- Stuart Whitmore – assistant engineer
- "Somethin's Goin' On" (Norman Sallitt) – 3:21
- Jack Gold – producer
- Arnold Goland – arranger, conductor
- Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
- Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
- "What Do You Do with the Love" (Richard Kerr, Candy Parton) – 3:28
- Jack Gold – producer
- Gene Page – arranger, conductor
- Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
- Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
- "Friends in Love" performed with Dionne Warwick (Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon) – 4:03
- Jay Graydon – producer, arranger, conductor, engineer
- Recorded at Garden Rake Studios; Ian Eales – engineer
- "What's Forever For" (Rafe VanHoy) – 3:22
- Jack Gold – producer
- Gene Page – arranger, conductor
- Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Reggie Dozier – engineer
- Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
- "Warm" (David Buskin) – 4:39
- Jack Gold – producer
- Gene Page – arranger, conductor
- Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Armin Steiner – engineer
- Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
- "Memory" from Cats (T. S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, Andrew Lloyd Webber) – 3:00
- Jack Gold – producer
- Gene Page – arranger, conductor
- Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Reggie Dozier – engineer
- Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
- "Lately" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:05
- Jack Gold – producer
- Gene Page – arranger, conductor
- Recorded at Lion Share Recording Studios; Reggie Dozier – engineer
- Mixed at A&M Recording Studios; Dick Bogert – engineer
Song information
Ray, Goodman & Brown recorded "When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'" for their 1981 album Stay. "What's Forever For" appeared on the 1978 album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive by England Dan and John Ford Coley, but Michael Martin Murphey also released a recording of the song in 1982 that went to number 19 pop and number four Adult Contemporary and spent a week at number one on Billboard's Country chart. "Memory" originated in the 1981 Broadway musical Cats and became a number six hit in the UK for Elaine Paige that same year. And Stevie Wonder's "Lately" reached number three in the UK and number 29 R&B, number 33 Adult Contemporary, and number 64 on the Hot 100 in the US.
Personnel
Songs
1Got You Where I Want You (Right In My Arms)3:42
2I Remember You and Me3:46
3When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'4:18