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Warm Your Heart
Studio album by
Aaron Neville
ReleasedJune 11, 1991 (1991-06-11)
RecordedMarch 1990 – March 1991
Studio
  • Ultrasonic Studios (New Orleans)
  • Conway Recording (Los Angeles)
  • Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles)
  • Studio F (Los Angeles)
  • Russian Hill Recording (San Francisco)
  • Skywalker Ranch (Marin County)
Genre
LabelA&M
Producer
Aaron Neville chronology
The Mickey Mouse March
(1986) 		Warm Your Heart
(1991) 		The Grand Tour
(1993)

Warm Your Heart is a 1991 album released by American R&B/soul singer Aaron Neville. It features the singles "Everybody Plays the Fool", "Somewhere, Somebody" and "Close Your Eyes". The "Close Your Eyes" single also featured album producer Linda Ronstadt on guest vocals. The pair had previously collaborated on the songs "Don't Know Much", "All My Life" and "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby".

Musicians

The album utilises many guest vocalists, musicians and session musicians. Producer Linda Ronstadt sings on four songs on the album and Grammy Award winning Rita Coolidge sings on three. Other guests include slide guitarist Ry Cooder, saxophonist Plas Johnson, Bob Seger, Dr. John, Bob Glaub and Dean Parks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME5/10[2]
Orlando Sentinel[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The Vancouver Sun[5]
The Windsor StarA[6]

Reception at the time of release was generally good. In their four-star review Rolling Stone said that Neville "must have taken the meaning of the gospel deep into his heart".[7] The New York Times review stated that the "solo album debut of the great New Orleans soul singer has the year's most sublime pop vocals".[8] The album reached number 44 on the American Billboard 200 album chart, and achieved platinum status. In Canada, the album reached number 25 in the Album Charts and achieved gold status.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Louisiana 1927"Randy Newman3:04
2."Everybody Plays the Fool"J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark, Ken Williams4:25
3."It Feels Like Rain"John Hiatt4:56
4."Somewhere, Somebody"Max Gronenthal, Andrew Kastner, Larry John McNally3:01
5."Don't Go, Please Stay"Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard2:40
6."With You in Mind"Allen Toussaint3:32
7."That's The Way She Loves"Allen Toussaint4:45
8."Angola Bound"Aaron Neville, Neville Brothers4:32
9."Close Your Eyes" (duet with Linda Ronstadt)Chuck Willis3:10
10."La Vie Dansante"Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Michael Utley3:21
11."Warm Your Heart"Tom Dowd, Ahmet Ertegün, Jerry Wexler3:49
12."I Bid You Goodnight"Traditional4:00
13."Ave Maria"Franz Schubert4:41

Personnel

with:

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Warm Your Heart
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 12
US Billboard 200[13] 44

References

  1. ^ "Warm Your Heart - Aaron Neville - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Bailie, Stuart (July 13, 1991). "Long Play". NME. p. 28. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Gettelman, Parry (August 30, 1991). "Aaron Neville". Orlando Sentinel.
  4. ^ "Warm Your Heart : Aaron Neville : Review : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  5. ^ Mackie, John (August 3, 1991). "Recordings". The Vancouver Sun.
  6. ^ Shaw, Ted (June 22, 1991). "Record Review". The Windsor Star.
  7. ^ "Rolling Stone magazine's four-star review". Rolling Stone. August 8, 1991. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
  8. ^ "7Digital's collation of reviews and track listing". New York Times. January 1, 1992. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 201.
  10. ^ "Charts.nz – Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  11. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "Aaron Neville Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
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