Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)
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Heartbreaker is a 1982 album by Dionne Warwick, her fourth for the Arista label. It was for the most part written by the members of the Bee Gees, and produced by Barry Gibb with Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten; Gibb and Galuten also served as musicians on the album. Heartbreaker is one of the most successful albums of Warwick's career. It is her most successful international album, having sold an estimated three million copies worldwide. In the United States, the album was certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 copies. It also stands as Warwick's biggest success in the United Kingdom, where it reached #3 in the UK Albums Chart[2] and was certified Platinum.
The title track, which was the album's lead single, hit the Pop Top 10 as well as #1 Adult Contemporary in the United States and was a global smash. Follow-up singles "Take The Short Way Home" and "All The Love In The World" were also successful.
Production
The songs of Heartbreaker, with the exception of the final track, a cover of "Our Day Will Come", were initially recorded by Barry Gibb in February 1982 as a set of demos for the album. (These demo recordings were eventually released in 2006 as the album The Heartbreaker Demos.) Warwick recorded the songs during the spring of 1982, and the album was released to massive acclaim and success that fall.
The LP was originally issued as number AL-9609 in the Arista Catalog.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Heartbreaker" | 4:16 |
| 2. | "It Makes No Difference" (B. Gibb, Albhy Galuten) | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Yours" | 4:58 |
| 4. | "Take the Short Way Home" (B. Gibb, Galuten) | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Misunderstood" | 4:07 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 6. | "All the Love in the World" | 3:25 |
| 7. | "I Can't See Anything (But You)" | 3:24 |
| 8. | "Just One More Night" (B. Gibb, Galuten) | 3:51 |
| 9. | "You Are My Love" | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Our Day Will Come" (Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson) | 3:47 |
Personnel
- Dionne Warwick - vocals
- Barry Gibb - vocals, guitar, strings and horns arrangement
- Tim Renwick - guitar
- Richard Tee - piano
- George Bitzer - piano, synthesizer
- Albhy Galuten - piano, synthesizer, strings and horns arrangement
- George Perry - bass
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Joe Lala - percussion
- Gary Brown - saxophone
- Peter Graves, Brett Murphey, Whit Sidener, Dan Bonsanti, Neal Bonsanti, Ken Faulk - The Boneroo Horns
- George Terry - guitar on "Heartbreaker"
- Dennis Bryon - percussion
- Daniel Ben Zebulon - percussion
- Anita Lopez - percussion
- Karl Richardson, Dale Peterson, Neal Kent, Sam Taylor-Porter - engineer
- Andy Holfman, Nicky Kalliongis - mediasound
The Heartbreaker Demos
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The Heartbreaker Demos is a demo version of the album by Barry Gibb. Originally circulating on tape among collectors and later also on CD the album saw a legitimate and wide release on iTunes in October 2006.[3] The album does not include the non-Gibb composition Our Day Will Come.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Heartbreaker" | 4:32 |
| 2. | "It Makes No Difference" (B. Gibb, Albhy Galuten) | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Yours" | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Take the Short Way Home" (B. Gibb, Galuten) | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Misunderstood" | 3:56 |
| 6. | "All the Love in the World" | 3:43 |
| 7. | "I Can't See Anything (But You)" | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Just One More Night" (B. Gibb, Galuten) | 3:52 |
| 9. | "You Are My Love" | 3:52 |
Personnel
- Barry Gibb - vocals, guitar
- Albhy Galuten - piano, synthesizer
- Uncredited - drums
References
- ^ Theakston, Rob. "Dionne Warwick: Heartbreaker > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive
- ^ "Barry Gibb - The Heartbreaker Demos". iTunes Apple. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
