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1985 studio album by Dionne Warwick
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 two Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 6. "Stronger Than Before" 3:22 7. "Stay Devoted" 3:36 8. "No One There (To Sing Me a Love Song)" 4:28 9. "How Long?" 4:12 10. "Extravagant Gestures" 4:59
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
^ Wynn, Ron.
"Dionne Warwick: Friends > Review" at
AllMusic . Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004).
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster. p. 860.
ISBN
9780743201698 . Retrieved April 24, 2021 .
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"Norwegiancharts.com – Dionne Warwick – Friends" . Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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"Swedishcharts.com – Dionne Warwick – Friends" . Hung Medien. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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"Dionne Warwick Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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"Dionne Warwick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 333.
ISBN
0-646-11917-6 .
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"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1986" . Billboard . Retrieved February 14, 2021 .
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"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986" . Billboard . Retrieved February 14, 2021 .
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"Canadian album certifications – Dionne Warwick – Friends" .
Music Canada . Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
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"American album certifications – Dionne Warwick – Friends" .
Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
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