Friends
Studio album by
Dionne Warwick
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
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Friends is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on November 25, 1985 in the United States. Her seventh album with the label, it was executive produced by Clive Davis, who consulted frequent collaborators Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Albhy Galuten, Barry Manilow, and Stevie Wonder as well as Narada Michael Walden and David Foster to work with Warwick.

Following a series of lukewarm commercial successes, Friends marked a return to form for Warwick. Her highest-charting album since Dionne (1979), it peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 and went gold in Canada and the US. At the 1987 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best 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 the Billboard Hot 100. A second single, "Whisper in the Dark", was released in 1986.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."That's What Friends Are For" (featuring Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie 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

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Wynn, Ron. "Dionne Warwick: Friends > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 860. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved April 24, 2021. ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Dionne Warwick – Friends". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Dionne Warwick – Friends". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 333. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Dionne Warwick – Friends". Music Canada. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  11. ^ "American album certifications – Dionne Warwick – Friends". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

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