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Warm and Tender
Studio album by
Olivia Newton-John
Released9 September 1989
Recorded1988
GenreChildren's
Length41:27
LabelGeffen
ProducerJohn Farrar
Olivia Newton-John chronology
The Rumour
(1988) 		Warm and Tender
(1989) 		Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992
(1992)
Singles from Warm and Tender
  1. "Reach Out for Me"
    Released: 1989
  2. "When You Wish Upon a Star"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Warm and Tender is the fourteenth studio album and first of children's lullabies released by Olivia Newton-John in September 1989. After being absent on Newton-John's last album The Rumour, producer John Farrar returned for this album. After recording extensively in the UK and US throughout her career, this was Newton-John's first album recorded in her hometown of Melbourne.

"Reach Out for Me" peaked at number 153 on the ARIA Charts.[2]

Track listing

Warm and Tender track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jenny Rebecca"Carol Hall3:46
2."Rocking"Traditional, lyrics by Percy Dearmer3:05
3."Way You Look Tonight"Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields2:59
4."Lullaby, Lullaby, My Lovely One"German lullaby1:16
5."You'll Never Walk Alone"Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II2:49
6."Sleep My Princess"Mozart's Cradle Song1:08
7."The Flower That Shattered the Stone"Joe Henry, John Jarvis3:22
8."Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"Traditional0:55
9."Warm and Tender"Newton-John, Farrar3:21
10."Rock-a-bye Baby"Public domain0:42
11."Over the Rainbow"Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg3:26
12."Twelfth of Never"Paul Francis Webster, Jerry Livingston4:23
13."All the Pretty Little Horses"Traditional1:10
14."When You Wish upon a Star"Ned Washington, Leigh Harline3:22
15."Reach Out for Me" (with Brahms Lullaby intro and reprise)Burt Bacharach, Hal David5:55
2002 reissue bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Part of Your World" (2002 version)Alan Menken3:13

Personnel

Musicians

Conducted by and all Orchestral Arrangements by Graeme Lyall AM

Other musicians

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Warm and Tender
Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[citation needed] 109
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 43
US Billboard 200[4] 124
US Cashbox Top 200 Albums[5] 151

References

  1. ^ Viglione, Joe. Warm and Tender at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 14 November 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ^ Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. p. 349. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  4. ^ "Olivia Newton-John Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Top 200 Albums" (PDF). Cashbox. p. 15. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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