No Night So Long

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No Night So Long
Studio album by
Dionne Warwick
ReleasedJuly 18, 1980
Length35:38
LabelArista
ProducerSteve Buckingham
Dionne Warwick chronology
Dionne
(1979) 		No Night So Long
(1980) 		Hot! Live and Otherwise
(1981)
Singles from No Night So Long
  1. "No Night So Long"
    Released: July 1980
  2. "Easy Love"
    Released: November 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

No Night So Long is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on July 18, 1980, in the United States. Her second album for the label, Warwick worked with producer Steve Buckingham on the album which was recorded during the spring of that year.

Singles

The album's title track, "No Night So Long", was written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings, the same team that wrote Warwick's 1979 comeback hit "I'll Never Love This Way Again". The title track is one of two US charting songs from the album, reaching number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The other single, "Easy Love," peaked at number 62 on the same chart. Both songs were also hits on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Easy Love" peaking at number 12 and "No Night So Long" spending three weeks at number 1.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Steve Buckingham.[2]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Easy Love"
3:15
2."No Night So Long"
3:26
3."It's the Falling in Love"
3:23
4."When the World Runs Out of Love"
3:44
5."We Never Said Goodbye"
3:41
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."How You Once Loved Me"
3:33
7."Reaching for the Sky"Peabo Bryson4:28
8."Sweetie Pie"
2:30
9."Somebody's Angel"
3:44
10."We Had This Time"
3:44
Déjà Vu – The Arista Recordings (2020) bonus tracks[3]
No.TitleLength
11."Even a Fool Would Let Go"3:13
12."Dedicate This Heart"4:03
13."Now That the Feeling’s Gone"3:24
14."Starting Tomorrow"2:49
15."This Time Is Ours"3:47
16."Only Heaven Can Wait for Love"2:58
17."Right Back"2:58
18."When The Good Times Come Again"4:00
19."This Is What I’ve Wanted All My Life"4:16

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Producer – Steve Buckingham
  • Production Assistants – Kathy Andrews and Jan Bidewell
  • Engineers – Alan Chinowsky, Joe Neil and Lenny Roberts.
  • Assistant Engineers – Russell Bracher and Alex Kashevaroff
  • Recorded at Mastersound Studios (Atlanta, GA); Britannia Studios (Hollywood, CA); Record Plant (Sausalito, CA).
  • Mixed at Mastersound Studios
  • Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
  • Art Direction and Design – Donn Davenport
  • Photography – Harry Langdon

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 23
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] 22
Australian Album Chart (Kent Music Report)[6] 98

References

  1. ^ "No Night So Long > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ No Night So Long (booklet). Dionne Warwick. Arista Records. 1980.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Dionne Warwick: Déjà Vu – The Arista Recordings (1979–1994), 12CD Boxset". cherryred.co.uk. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  6. ^ 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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